Manuel Neuer Praise to Joshua Zirkzee

DBasia.news –  Bayern Munich captain, Manuel Neuer, could not hold back to give praise to the young players of Bayern were scored in his debut match: Joshua Zirkzee.

The match SC Freiburg vs Bayern Munich will likely end in a 1-1 draw. However, the situation changed just a minute after coming on for Joshua Zirkzee Philippe Coutinho. Receiving the ball in the penalty box, he kicks that could not be retained goalkeeper Mark Flekken. Afterward, Serge Gnabry enlarge the victory 3-1.

Interestingly, it was the first touch of the match Joshua Zirkzee debut in the Bundesliga 1. Previously, he was just struggling in Die Roten amateur team which currently competes in Division III.

The sensational performances received high appreciation from Manuel Neuer. “Fantastic! He is a player who has the strength and good posture, and very fast execution. Always difficult for the goalie to anticipate things like that. He was just waiting for the time to act and do good,” the captain said as quoted by Bild.

The goal in his debut match at home to SC Freiburg made Joshua Zirkzee tops the youngest scorer in this season’s Bundesliga 1. At the age of 18 years 6 months 26 days, he’s younger than 3 months and 3 days club teammate, Alphonso Davies.

In addition, Joshua Zirkzee also now become the youngest Dutch player who scored a goal in the Bundesliga 1. Previously, the record is held by Jeffrey Bruma when carrying Hamburg won 2-1 at home to VfB Stuttgart on 23 September 2011. At that time, 19-year-old Bruma 10 months 10 days.