Soccer-Talking Points from the Bundesliga weekend

What makes this record even more impressive is that the 18-year-old Germany international is a midfielder who has already scored four times this season and has set up another four goals. "He will be making history every week," Leverkusen goalkeeper Lukas Hradecky said of his teammate.


Reuters | Berlin | Updated: 27-09-2021 12:21 IST | Created: 27-09-2021 12:21 IST
Soccer-Talking Points from the Bundesliga weekend
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WIRTZ POWER

Teenager Florian Wirtz has become the youngest player in the Bundesliga to score 10 goals in total after he netted the winner in Bayer Leverkusen's win over Mainz 05. What makes this record even more impressive is that the 18-year-old Germany international is a midfielder who has already scored four times this season and has set up another four goals.

"He will be making history every week," Leverkusen goalkeeper Lukas Hradecky said of his teammate. COLOGNE STRENGTH

Cologne have gone from near relegation last season to a team that has lost just once - against Bayern Munich - in the current campaign under new coach Steffen Baumgart. His team, with new-found confidence, earned a deserved 1-1 draw against Eintracht Frankfurt after having also drawn against Champions League club RB Leipzig last week, to stay in seventh place.

"It is a solid start," said Cologne captain Jonas Hector. "Now we must beat Greuther Fuerth on Friday at home because it will come down to those home games and keeping the points here." HERTHA PRESSURE

Hertha Berlin have had a disappointing season start with four defeats in six games but new general manager Fredi Bobic has asked fans for some time to turn things around. "My job is to change things but that needs time," Bobic said. "We are currently starting a new development and that does not happen by snapping your fingers. That needs time."

Cash injections from major investor Lars Windhorst have totalled more than 350 million euros in the past three years but his plans to turn Hertha in a major force in German football have so far failed.

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