VfB Stuttgart have discovered the weakness of Bayern Munich loanee Alexander Nübel

Bayern Munich have lent Alexander Nübel to VfB Stuttgart for a season so the 26-year-old German can get the minutes he never got at the Rekordmeister. That said, Sport Bild reports that Stuttgart reckon they have discovered a weak spot in Nübel’s game: the so-called push-off.

“The impression isn’t just important for penalties, it’s important in every situation. A very important element in a goalkeeper’s game,” ex-Stuttgart GK coach Dennis Rudel. The former Schalke goalie can improve his game by means of “repetitions and processes that first have to be internalized again”.

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There’s one takeaway from Nübel’s game that can’t be denied, and that’s his ability to intercept crosses (by catching them). Nübel caught 7.9% of crosses while on my loan at AS Monaco. Compare that to Stuttgart #2 Fabian Bredlow 5.6% crosses caught, Florian Muller’s (now at SC Freiburg) 2.9%, and present day Borussia Dortmund keeper Gregor Kobel’s 3%, suffice to say Stuttgart are in safe hands above with Nübel in goal.