VSam Lammers doesn’t have much time left to prove his performance in Frankfurt. Getting the curve on the soccer field. The contract of the loanee from Atalanta Bergamo ends in a few months on July 1st. Eintracht had not agreed a purchase option for the 24-year-old center forward with the Italians at the end of August last year.
As things stand at present, the Frankfurters, who will be playing in Augsburg this Sunday (3.30 p.m. in the FAZ live ticker for the Bundesliga and on DAZN), would not use them either. Because Lammers’ last-minute transfer seems to be a big misunderstanding for all parties, despite high expectations on both sides. The 1.91 meter long Schlaks from the Netherlands has only scored two goals in his 14 competitive games (nine in the Bundesliga, five in the Europa League).
His last goal so far came on September 19 in the 1-1 draw against Wolfsburg. Since then, 18 competitive games have gone by without a goal scorer being offside. From the eleventh matchday at the beginning of November, Lammers commuted mainly between the bench and the stands until the end of the first half of the season. In the most successful phase of Eintracht with six wins from seven games, he was only on the pitch once – for three minutes in a 5-2 win over Leverkusen.
Timid and listless
In the new year, the offensive player who had fallen short of the requirements wanted to start a new attack. His coach Oliver Glasner gave him hope and said Lammers would definitely score more important goals. But at the start of the second half of the season in the home game against Dortmund (2:3), the 250 spectators got to see the old, unstable Lammers. Substituted after 66 minutes with the score 2-0, the game largely passed him by. Lammers only had seven or eight ball contacts before the final whistle.
The striker appeared timid and even apathetic at times. Before the 2:2 he lost a header duel and to top it all off he didn’t follow up with enough determination. With no connection to the game, Lammers moved like a foreign body on the pitch. He hardly claimed or processed balls.
When the native of Tilburg didn’t counter a pass from Filip Kostic and the ball was lost, Kostic was visibly annoyed at his teammate’s lack of action. Lammers does not seem to fit in with the Frankfurt appearance, which is geared towards pressing and quick combinations. He lacks the necessary physical prerequisites and the necessary positional play for this game, which is why he is often overwhelmed and insecure.
25 games, 7 goals, 5 assists: Rafael Borré
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“Straight and provocatively asked: Did Sam Lammers cost the win?” – with these words a reporter turned to Glasner after the defeat against Dortmund. The trainer answered him just as directly: “Quite provocatively: no.” Of course, Glasner was right. It would be absurd to attribute the defeat mainly to Lammers. Rather, there were other reasons why Eintracht gave up their supposedly comfortable lead: for example, their passivity that they suddenly showed. Instead of playing further forward, the team preferred to reverse gear on the pitch.
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