Angsnar Knauff is shining in his season in the Eintracht Frankfurt. The 20-year-old player is the undisputed owner in the system of three central Austrian Glasnerwhere he occupies the position of right lane, and from where is having a noticeable influence in the good season of the German team, which is Baça’s rival in the quarterfinals of this edition of the Europa League.
Knauff is international with the inferiors of Germany, and is located in Frankfurt on loan from Borussia Dortmund, from where he has arrived this month of January on loan until 2023, and where he captured all the media attention just a year ago, after make an appearance as headline in eleven nothing more and nothing less than in cUEFA Champions League quarter-finalsand against Manchester City who would be a finalist in that edition.
The young e-band playerIt’s one more pearl of a great producer of young talent how is Borussia Dortmund: Mateu Morey, Jude Bellingham, Gio Reyna, Felix Passlack, Dan-Axel Zagadouare players with great potential who have been appearing over the last few years, and the last of them has been this Knauff.
Initially, he debuts in professional football in the winger position, in very advanced areas and near the area. Since his arrival at Eintracht something has changed. Glasner has devised a system with 3 plants, and with two very offensive lanes, where the starting players at that position are Knauff and Kostic, where both are showing tremendous performance.
Verticality and speed, their main weapons
The 20 year old It is a physical marvel. It is one of the jfastest players in the Bundesligaand also each day shows higher background resistance. In an area where you can exploit both factors, Knauff turns into a knife most of the time going into butter during his associations with Danish Lindstrom, that complements and enhances its offensive virtues.
In a game where presupposed, Eintracht will have spaces, and in which Xavi’s men will launch the line very high, with the wings striking, one of the keys for the German team to be able to hurt their rival, will be to find balls behind their backs, for which Knauff is a main actor in the system.
Knauff’s Advanced Stat
The ‘Big Data’ shows Angsnar Kanuff, as one of the best players in the Bundesliga in key passes prior to an assist, or what is the same, in giving the penultimate pass. These situations often occur after generating a space that attacks Lindstrom, or after a diagonal ball which he uses most of the time Kostic to give the last pass to the forward.
The 20-year-old is also one of the players who more centers to the throwing area of his team, And it is key in the offensive duels won by Eintrachtwho will have to play many moves one on one throughout a match in which They don’t start as favourites.
