Tom Rothe wasted no thought in playing in the top game at Bayern Munich. After his remarkable debut including a goal premiere, the only 17-year-old enjoyed the moments in front of the celebrating Yellow Wall. “If you play here yourself, it’s awesome – goosebumps, indescribable,” said Rothe with a broad grin and added with a view to the Bayern game: “We’ll see what comes in the near future.”
“It took a second or two before I realized he was in,” said the left-back, who made the starting XI after a few failures and was the youngest player in Bundesliga history to score in his first game.
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Coach Marco Rose let Rothe in on his plans after the final training session on Good Friday. After that he “didn’t sleep so well,” he revealed. But “a lot was spoken to me”: “I wasn’t thrown in at the deep end.”
High praise from Rose
Rose was happy about his successful move after the encounter. “The boy did an excellent job. We’ve had Tom on our list for a long time,” said the BVB coach, emphasizing: “It’s very mellow for his age.” It is very important for the club and the people here to “always include players from their own youth who they can be proud of”. Lion Semic (18) and Jamie Bynoe-Gittens (17) also made their Bundesliga debuts in the closing stages.
At this point, the game had long since been decided after further goals by Axel Witsel (26th), Manuel Akanji (28th), Emre Can (34th) and Erling Haaland (38th/54th) – and not only Rothe felt happy .
“It was really fun. We played very dominantly, were grippy, enthusiastic and we scored nice goals,” said Rose, adding: “Overall, we gave the fans a nice Holy Saturday.”
Haaland also feeling happy
This is how it should continue in the end of the season. BVB is still one point away from entering the Champions League for the seventh time in a row. “It should become a kind of drug to always have this atmosphere. We want to make the stadium a fortress with the fans,” said Rose, also with a view to the new season.
But now the German record champions are waiting. BVB suffered seven defeats in a row against Bayern. In order to end this black series, it is good that, in addition to Rothe, Haaland was able to celebrate again after 422 minutes without a goal and followed up in the second half.
“He gave us a lot of depth in the game, even as a wall player. He was very present,” Rose praised the elemental force from Norway. And the game in Munich should play a role in Haaland’s head.
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