“World class” is how Matthäus described Bülter’s astonishing decisive functionality against Borussia Dortmund on matchday 3, the casual edition of “You” in German while praising the Union winner in a post-match TV interview.
Since the captain of the 1990 FIFA World Cup-winning Nationalmannschaft played alongside Jürgen Klinsmann, Jean-Pierre Papin, Giovane Elber and Rüdi Völler, Matthäus recognises a striker when he sees him.
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It seems that this is not the case for everyone, and indeed not for those for whom Bülter was not smart enough for the most sensitive level. – Now 26 – he must have imagined that his time would never come.
Just 15 months before beating Marco Reus and Jadon Sancho, and overtaking Paco Alcacer, Bülter had built the protection for an engineering degree he earned in early 2019.
“I knew you could get a smart task out of this,” he said of the university course he did while playing for SV Rödinghausen in the fourth tier of German football.
But his five-year stint at the North Rhine-Westphalia club also served as an apprenticeship that gave him a very different day in office. He finished the 2017/18 season with 20 goals in 30 games, a figure large enough to convince the newcomers. promoted Bundesliga 2 team FC Magdeburg that Bülter can simply them.
After making his professional debut at age 25, he helped with four goals and as many assists in 33 second-tier games last season. It wasn’t enough to save their club from relegation, but it had enough effect to herald them at the highest level in German football.
“It’s my most productive performance. My first goals in the Bundesliga. Against Borussia Dortmund. A Saturday night. That I scored twice with my first two shots on purpose is also a bit of luck,” said Bülter, as astonished as anyone. for its impressive access to the elite.
“It’s still hard to take in. I came here to Union to play, and I would have believed in myself even if I hadn’t. But that it happened so temporarily surprised me. “
Bülter was not the only one surprised when potential contenders for Lucien Favre’s name were defeated in the capital, a day the Union will remember forever. permanent, an option they were given in the deal to take him to Berlin.
Through it all, Bülter fulfilled his formative years dream of fitting in a Bundesliga player and is unwilling to bask in glory. In fact, having recently entered the professional game, he is fully aware that he cannot do it, even in training. .
“It’s a very different quality to what I’ve experienced. As a new player, you have to give 110% and you can’t rest,” said the guy who now clashes with two-time Bundesliga champions Neven. Subotic trains each and every day.
“I don’t need to replace everything now, and I will only check to forget the fact that my call is discussed in public. “
It may be more complicated if he still manages to keep the Stadion An der Alten Försterei going on this season.
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