Freiburg’s Igor Matanovic (22) expresses mixed feelings about beating old youth club St. Pauli in midst of relegation fight
Freiburg’s Igor Matanovic (22) expresses mixed feelings about beating old youth club St. Pauli in midst of relegation fight Freiburg striker Igor Matanovic didn’t necessarily wish to strike a hard blow against his former club St. Pauli on Sunday evening.
Matanovic’s brace actually ended up leading to an extremely frustrating loss for his hometown side , who are currently fighting relegation. The Hamburg native refrained from celebrating either goal in the 1-2 away Bundesliga victory. Igor Matanovic’s St.
Pauli journey Matanovic journey the Kiezkicker youth academy in 2010 when he was just seven-years-of-age. Like most German footballing academy products, he worked as a ball boy in the stadium on matchdays. The now seven-times-capped Croatian international broke through to the St.
Pauli first team during the 2020/21 2. Bundesliga campaign. Eintracht Frankfurt took notice of Matonovic’s talent and scooped him up on a €1.
8m transfer in the summer of 2021. In order to further his development, however, the RheinMainAdler deemed it prudent to loan him back to the Hamburg outfit on an extended two-year-loan. Matanovic still only scored three goals for St.