Player of the day: Adam Szalai (1899 Hoffenheim)

Sinsheim (SID) The happiness hormones made Adam Szalai insensitive to the temperatures just above freezing. The striker of Bundesliga football club 1899 Hoffenheim celebrated his brace against his former club with his shirt off in front of the fan block and sang the Humba. In the warm belly of the arena, coach Julian Nagelsmann had a simple explanation for the Hungarian's peak performance after the 4:2 (1:1) win against FSV Mainz 05 - the departure of Sandro Wagner to Bayern Munich during the winter break made the two Szalai goals (27th/74th) in the double-packer's game possible. "Of course, Sandro was his competitor in that position. And if one competitor is no longer there, it's not so bad for the other," said Nagelsmann: "I'm happy for Adam that he now has more credit with the fans. Despite his good performances, which I have always acknowledged, he was viewed critically for a long time." Szalai himself was modest as he drew his conclusions, dressed and chewing a pretzel. "I work hard and try to use every minute of playing time," said the 30-year-old. "Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't." It also worked well for Andrej Kramaric (67th/88th) and Emil Berggreen (28th/80th). But only Szalai celebrated half-naked...

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Player of the day: Adam Szalai (1899 Hoffenheim)

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