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Stuttgart (AP) - Despite the recent downward trend of VfB Stuttgart, coach Pellegrino Matarazzo does not want to know anything about the special significance of the home game on Friday (8.30 p.m. / DAZN) against 1. FSV Mainz 05.
“It sounds a bit flat, but every game sets the trend.
I don't see that tomorrow's game will decide our rest of the season, ”said the coach on Thursday.
The Swabians have only got five points from the last seven games in the Bundesliga.
Mainz, on the other hand, recently surprised with a 3-2 win over RB Leipzig.
"There will certainly be a certain sense of optimism," said Matarazzo about the table penultimate.
«Mainz has a positive trend at the moment.
They also have the quality to be listed elsewhere in the table. "
VfB are still worried about the use of defense chief Waldemar Anton, who has slight muscular problems.
Borna Sosa and Philipp Förster are back in team training after their muscular problems.
Meanwhile, long-term injuries Hamadi Al Ghaddioui and Maxime Awoudja are making progress.
Striker Al Ghaddioui has started partial training after his pubic bone problems, defender Awoudja is in team training after his Achilles tendon tear.
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Matarazzo did not want to comment on the leadership dispute at VfB Stuttgart on Thursday.
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