Union Berlin’s Marie-Louise Eta celebrates first Bundesliga point, spectacular comeback, and breakout prospect Livan Burcu (21)
Union Berlin’s Marie-Louise Eta celebrates first Bundesliga point, spectacular comeback, and breakout prospect Livan Burcu (21) Union Berlin head coach Marie-Louise Eta – commemorating her first Bundesliga point since her historic appointment – has had a chance to directly praise her team. Eta had much to be proud of. Union battled back from a 0-2 deficit to draw relegation rivals Köln 2-2 at the Stadion An der Alten Försterei in Köpenick.
The point earned does die Eisernen a tremendous amount of good, not to mention snaps a three-game losing streak. Marie-Louise Eta bold with personnel selections After losing her first two Bundesliga fixtures, Eta made five changes to the XI that lost against Leipzig last week. Slumping defensive leader Leopold Querfeld ws among those sacrificed.
Captain Christopher Trimmel, took a seat too along with buttressing support attackers Andras Schäfer and Janik Haberer. Striker Andrej Ilic was also replaced. The decision to replace Querfeld with Stanley Nsoki in the back-three was somewhat questionable given the fact that Bundesliga rookie keeper Carl Klaus had to make his first ever German top flight start due to No.
1 Frederik Rønnow being ruled out for the season. Much of what Eta tried initially didn’t work, but she was able to make the proper adjustments. Eta’s tactical switches and substitutions succeed Ilic and Trimmel were eventually introduced.
Nsoki made way for attacker Tim Skarke in the 67th-minute, heralding a shift from a 3-3-2-2 to 4-4-2 formation. The most important personnel move Eta made, involved introducing rising German-Turkish attacking prospect Livan Burcu in the 58th-minute. After pulling a goal back via a well-executed set-piece in the 73rd-minute, Burcu finally achieved his long-awaited breakthrough.