Things are going well at Fenerbahçe's opponent Stuttgart: For the first time...
Stuttgart, Fenerbahçe's rival in the Europa League, had a troubled start to the season. Stuttgart suffered 2 defeats in the first 3 weeks in the league. They lost the German Super Cup to Bayern Munich. In the German Cup, they drew 4-4 with 2nd division team Braunschweig. The Red-Whites, who have improved their form recently, reached a remarkable form graph by making 4 out of 4 in the league and the new system was tried for the first time.
Stuttgart, who will host Fenerbahce in the Europa League on Thursday, have turned things around ahead of this tough match. The German team did not start the season as they wanted. The Red-Whites lost the German Super Cup to Bayern Munich and started the league campaign with a defeat to Uniun Berlin. Hoeness and his players then drew 4-4 with 2nd division side Braunschweig in the German Cup.
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They sold Woltemade
As if the poor results weren't enough, the team's star Nick Woltemade was sold to Newcastle in the last days of the transfer window. Stuttgart beat Mönchengladbach in the league and got their first win of the season, then lost to Freiburg. However, Sebastian Hoeness, whose name was also mentioned with Fenerbahçe after Mourinho, managed to turn things around.
Stuttgart went 4 for 4 in the league with consecutive wins over St. Pauli, Cologne, Heidenheim and Wolfsburg and moved up to 3rd place. Moreover, Demirovic, the only striker left after Woltemade, also suffered an injury. In the Europa League, the Red-Whites beat Celta Vigo and lost away to Basel.
First time he played with 3
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Stuttgart's injured players have also started to recover. Deniz Undav returned to the pitch after playing in the last match against Wolfsburg. Nikolas Nartey started the game in the starting 11 for the first time in 2.5 years. However, Nartey will not be able to play against Fenerbahçe as he is not included in the list submitted to UEFA.
On the other hand, Hoeness preferred a 3-3 defense for the first time against Wolfsburg, playing 3 mobile players; Tomas, El Khannous and Nartey instead of a striker. It will be interesting to see whether the German team will continue with the same system against the Yellow-Lacivertis and whether captain Atakan Karazor, who was substituted against Wolfsburg, will return to the starting 11.
