Date: 31-8-2007 Wrote by: EP's webmaster Yasser Zohny
Peruvian striker Paolo Guerrero
netted twice in HSV's easy home win over Honved in the
UEFA cup. The player will likely take Zizou's place
in the starting elven in the coming games if the Egyptian
didn't impress in training.
Egyptian striker Mohamed Zidan could lose
his position in the starting eleven of HSV because of
the competition from other forwards Paolo Guerrero and
Choupo-Moting.
Zizou couldn't score in four games for
HSV. He did hit the bar twice versus Leverkusen and
also had some decent touches but that wasn't enough
to convince his coach Hub Stevens who decided to give
the Peruvian striker Paolo Guerrero the chance to start
instead of the unlucky Zizou in the home clash with
Honved.
Unfortunately for Zidan, Guerrero didn't
let Stevens down and scored twice to put the Egyptian
under immense pressure.
Welt.de reported that Zidan was upset
after sitting on bench the whole game and didn't like
to sign fan autographs or to talk to reporters.
The Egyptian didn't even come on in the
2nd half and instead, the 18 year old Choupo-Moting
did and didn't disappoint either as he scored the 4th
goal.
Dutch coach Hub Stevens explained the
situation after the match. He said that Zidan didn't
feel very well in the last match of HSV where they lost
by two goals to one to Bochum. So, he decided to start
with Guerrero in the UEFA Cup match as the latter showed
better form in training.
It should be noted that HSV will face the leaders Bayern Munich
in a tough encounter this weekend and it is not known yet
if Zidan will start the game or Guerrero will take the Egyptian's
position in the starting line-up.
It should be noted that HSV play with a single
striker at front with Van der Vaart plays the role of a support
man behind the lone forward. In this tactic, Guerrero could
be more efficient than Zidan because the Peruvian is much
better in the air and can benefit from crosses while Zizou
might fit better in Van der Vaart's place.
The problem could be solved if HSV could sacrifice
a midfielder at the expense of a second striker as this will
enable Zidan to start alongside the target man (Guerrero)
while Vaart will remain as a support man.
