2023-07-31 19:20:00
The tiresome calf injury that had plagued him throughout the summer break was no longer an issue by Saturday followingnoon at the latest. Jackson Irvine is as fit as ever and the new veteran FC St. Pauli captain picked up where he left off at Betzenberg last season.
The Australian scored five goals and two assists in the second half of the season and was thus named the outstanding player in his position by the specialist magazine “Kicker”. And in the new series, Irvine is no longer at zero points following the first 90 minutes.
Jackson Irvine: St. Pauli’s opening goal was the turning point
51 minutes had been completed in Kaiserslautern when the 30-year-old undermined the hitherto stable FCK defense with a sugar pass, found Elias Saad and who netted the lead. “We told ourselves at half-time that the team that scores the first goal will win the game,” Irvine later said. “I think our opening goal was the turning point.”
Kiezklub captain Irvine harmonizes brilliantly with Elias Saad
A goal, too, which had recently been observed in a similar form. In the 4-1 friendly once morest Sabah FK from Azerbaijan at the training camp in South Tyrol, Saad also scored following a fantastic assist from Irvine to make it 3-0. “He’s super important for us,” the veteran praised the high-flyer, “he’s developing well.” However, Irvine warned that the 23-year-old, who was brought from Norderstedt last winter, still has to stay wide awake, especially in training. “If he understands all those little details and can incorporate them into his game, then he can still be a great player.”
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Just as he is already one, especially since his arrival in Hamburg. Irvine also marched ahead in the Palatinate, adopting – like everyone else – the robust style of play of the “Red Devils” (“We knew before the game that we shouldn’t be surprised at the intensity with which Kaiserslautern went into the duels” ). All in all, St. Pauli actually had the better duel ratio (54:46). Also a sign that Irvine, Saad and Co. are developing in the right direction.
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