Boniface is under pressure: Werder is waiting that long for their goal!

Boniface is under pressure: Werder is waiting that long for their goal!

There is one topic that concerns football fans in Bremen: Victor Boniface. The Nigerian striker is still waiting for his first goal at SV Werder Bremen. In the last game against RB Leipzig, which ended 0-2, he fired a shot in stoppage time, but it missed the target. Despite the many appearances, it remains a challenge for the 24-year-old to gain a foothold in the Bundesliga, as he has not scored a goal and only recorded one assist in nine games. Head coach Horst Steffen is aware of the recent problems and emphasizes that the responsibility does not just rest on the center forward's shoulders. Other players also have to use their chances to score goals, reports the Deichstube.

Boniface, who joined Werder on loan from Bayer Leverkusen in the summer, has been with the team for almost three months, but he doesn't seem to have really settled in yet. Keke Topp, who was in the starting eleven for the last two games, put in a decent performance, even if he faced resistance in the first half. During his short stints, Boniface has not been able to make any significant impact, which has not gone without criticism. Everything indicates that the pressure on the player is great.

Support from former stars

The words of former Werder strikers Martin Harnik and Claudio Pizarro are all the more valuable. Both have clearly supported Boniface. Harnik, who compares the 24-year-old to Max Kruse, is convinced that Boniface needs more creative freedom to realize his full potential. “Every striker needs his space to be creative,” says Harnik. Pizarro believes that if given the necessary support, Boniface can overcome the challenge. He calls the young star's first nine appearances at Bremen significant, but also compares them to his own experience in which he had already scored five goals, reports New Telegraph.

Boniface has been working hard on his fitness in recent days, but the lack of goals adds extra pressure. Pizarro and Harnik hope that he will soon have a breakthrough and score goals for Werder Bremen. It would be of immense importance not only for Boniface, but also for the club.

Looking at the Bundesliga

But there was also exciting happening elsewhere in the league. The game between 1. FSV Mainz 05 and 1899 Hoffenheim ended 1-1. Danny da Costa equalized Mainz's early deficit in the final minute, after a red card for his teammate Dominik Kohr, who also didn't exactly contribute to the club's best performances. A game of patience for both teams in which the last bit of luck was missing to secure victory, as analyzed on Sports Yahoo.

The Bundesliga remains exciting and we can look forward to seeing how the stories surrounding Victor Boniface as well as the entire league perspective will develop.