According to today, Kauã Santos definitely belongs to the future at Eintracht Frankfurt. The goalkeeper talent from Brazil is 21 years old and his contract on the Main is still running for a while: until July 1, 2030, and only in October 2024 Kauã Santos had extended his working paper prematurely for better financial conditions. Rosy prospects for the 1.98 meter tall giant. But what it looks like now could have come much earlier, because the young family man, who has earned his money in Germany since 2023, is currently in demand. In the duels with Bochum (3: 1) and in the second leg in the Europa League with Ajax Amsterdam (4: 1), Kauã Santos successfully guarded the Frankfurt goal. He had “made a really good game in Bochum,” said his coach Dino Toppmöller on Friday. Kauã santos also showed with regard to how he deals with pressure, success and bad games, “that he has taken enormous steps in the past two years”. This Saturday (6.30 p.m. in the FAZ live ticker to the Bundesliga and at DAZN) in the Waldstadion against VfB Stuttgart, the professional will be number one between the post with the jersey number 40; The long-term goalkeeper Kevin Trapp, who was only able to train individually with goalkeeper coach Jan Zimmermann this week, is not yet restored according to the team that it would make sense to send him eight game days before rounding in the fight for a Champions League place. Increase the program and get back into training with the team. The trainer said that nothing changed in the basic order of the goalkeepers. “We have to stay in the here and now,” emphasized Toppmöller. “It makes little sense to speak in hypotheses, speculations or scenarios.” What the coach said is that Trapp deals well with his situation. The challenger with the big perspectives, chewing, is now the opportunity to position themselves at the forefront and to display his remarkable skills. The Brazilian, who stood twice in the goal of the U20 national team in his homeland and has recently been supposed to be in the field of vision of the A national team, has so far been taking his chance. He exerts pressure on the establishment in the person of Kevin Trapp – with performance. His appearance in Bochum was noteworthy with parades and reflex -like movements. An important part of the team: Kauã Santosafpnicht The old driving man Trapp, as so often, made the difference on the square, but the young pound Kaufer in the style of an high -flyer who confidently cuts off the balls in the air. The Brazilian has a great jumping power and good technique on the ball. And he convinces with his charisma: Kauã Santos looks present and energetic; His game often lies something spectacular. All of this and Trapps currently declining performance at the highest level are signs that a turning point in the Eintracht goal is, the only question is when the moment has come, at which the trapp has lured its high priority and chewy in the hierarchy makes the decisive status jump forward. By July 1, 2026 with an option for another year, his usual sovereignty has lost a bit. Absolute top performance in the past gets him more often. Errors made mistakes, it was again shown that his penalty area control did not meet the demands of an outstanding goalkeeper. In the rejected balls, Trapps quota is 72 percent, which is a decent, but not an above -average value; He does not rank in the first places in the circle of first division keepers. The national goalkeeper of once no longer fends off the so -called “unsustainable” balls in its usual form. Internally, Trapp should no longer be undisputed. Only copying him now would be premature after the experiences made – and probably a mistake, because it was always when Trapp returned to the goal after an unwanted break. He never left a completely unreliable impression in the goal anyway. Trapp was almost “eaten up by ambition”, Dino Toppmöller recently judged his leader. “As long as I’m fit, I want to be on the pitch,” emphasizes Trapp. A announcement that needs to be taken seriously. His slapstick owner in the home game against Mainz (1: 3) is remembered. As not unusual for a young man, he fluctuates in his performance – from outstanding to clumsy and back. The Brazilian Dino Toppmöller cannot yet offer the certainty that Kauã santos has grown in the long run of the number one status. The trainer should therefore be careful not to do the wax detachment in the Eintracht goal in the struggle of the generations. To the end of the Frankfurt identification figure Trapp-with whose 378 games for Eintracht, only the former goalkeeper Oka Nikolov would be on more missions-and his reputation would then be damaged after around ten years of service. Trapp’s degradation into the second link would have far -reaching consequences for all work areas at Eintracht. It would be conceivable that the season preparation for the new season – from July 22nd to August 3, a training camp in the United States in Louisville and Philadelphia will receive an open duel between the Trapp and Kauã santos in the goal. After now, with an uncertain outcome. It couldn’t be a sure -fire success for Trapp as a top dog as in previous years.
