At the end of September, on the eve of Yom Kippur, Moanes Dabour was on the roof of the world. The Israeli striker beat Manuel Neuer and scored his first goal in the Bundesliga this season, on the way to a huge victory – 1: 4 over the great Bayern Munich, which interrupted the European champions’ endless winning streak. But since then, there has been a setback in his Hoffenheim striker ability.
In early November, Dabour scored his last league goal (for now) in a 3-1 loss to Union Berlin. In total he scored 2 league goals in 11 games. In the Europa League his situation is better with three goals in five games in the home stage, all scored in October-November.
The interesting thing is that since returning from a team retard and contracting the corona virus (from which as mentioned they have recovered), Dabour has not fully recovered. He was absent from the game against Stuttgart (3: 3) and then started in just one of the last seven games. Three more games came in as substitutes and three others not a partner, including not in the last humiliating defeat – 4-0 to Schalke.
Dabour, who was marked at the start of the season as a banker in the squad of Sebastian Huns, alongside goal scorer Andrei Krameric has gradually started to lose his place, when he recently sees Isak Belfodil and Elhas Babo get the credit before him in the opening squad of “Hope”.
“Dabour lost some of his fitness after the Corona period. It also happened to other players on the team, like Krameric, Belfodil and Baron Larsen, who also fell ill,” he told the sports channel. Michael Piper, Wrote the kicker. “Apparently these players need a few more weeks to get back to their previous level, especially Dabour who has lost some of his confidence and sharpness.”
In addition, the team’s recent results are very bad as Hoffenheim have won just once in their last five games and are ranked 14th, just 4 points more than the place that goes to the tests at the end of the season. The team has already conceded 30 league goals and only the last two, Mainz and Schalke, have conceded more than them in the Bundesliga.
Piper added: “Hoffenheim has suffered a lot of injuries this season and Corona – no less than 10 players have been infected in recent months and that’s a lot for one team. The coach has to make changes to the squad all the time and it hurts the results a lot.”
At the moment, there is no danger to the status of Sebastian Hans, who arrived as a great hope after doing a great job in the Bayern Munich reserve team and is considered one of the future coaches of the league. But it is clear to commentators that if the team continues to deteriorate, owner Dietmar Hope will not hesitate to make a shock to the team.
And what about Dabour’s status? For now, no need to worry too much. Hoffenheim does not intend to bring a striker in the transfer window. It is to be hoped that the Israeli striker will overcome the crisis in which he found himself, after returning from the rift in the last seven games in all competitions, while still looking for his first goal in 2021.
