🤔 Angry with the coach?! Füllkrug explains outburst after being subbed

🤔 Angry with the coach?! Füllkrug explains outburst after being subbed Niclas Füllkrug enjoyed a pretty successful afternoon yesterday—as he so often has since returning to Bremen. Two goals from the penalty spot took him to the top of the Bundesliga scoring charts, and he got to celebrate his Bremen side’s 3–2 away win in Mainz. One incident, however, left everyone involved confused. The former Germany international was substituted in the 81st minute, with Cedric Itten coming on in his place. On his way to the bench, Füllkrug became visibly upset. He gestured wildly, waved his winter jacket around and shouted a few words over his shoulder towards the coaching staff. Füllkrug explains frustration after substitution Was the striker angry with Daniel Thioune for taking him off? That was pretty clearly the case yesterday with Felix Nmecha, for example, who had to make way for Jobe Bellingham in the 79th minute of the big clash against Eintracht Frankfurt. The Germany star looked seriously annoyed with his coach afterwards. We have seen that explanation for frustration on the touchline plenty of times. But that was not the case with Niclas Füllkrug—quite the opposite. After the final whistle, he told Sky: “No, it was more that I was absolutely exhausted. The more tired you are, the more emotional you get. There’s no malice in it at all, but sometimes that’s just how it is.” 📸 KIRILL KUDRYAVTSEV - AFP or licensors Looking back, he would describe the situation as more “funny” than “fiery”, and immediately explained why: “I was completely spent. I was waiting to be substituted because I realised we needed eleven men on the pitch who could really put in the running. And I wanted to come off because, by that point, the game had really started to drain my energy. Defending that deep was very intense, and Mainz weren’t hesitating to put crosses in either.” Füllkrug himself had thought the substitution was being deliberately delayed. That was the reason for his outburst on the touchline. Only afterwards did he realise that the ball probably just hadn’t gone out of play. War of words between Füllkrug & Amiri Not all the emotions had subsided immediately after the final whistle. Fülle was in the spotlight again when he clashed with Germany star Nadiem Amiri. He told DAZN: “Amiri wasn’t being very respectful towards my teammate. So I told him to tone it down.” Amiri also gave his take on the situation to a Sky reporter: “It’s all good. I know Fülle from the national team. A few things in the game had been pissing me off right from the start. After a foul on Danny da Costa, Füllkrug didn’t want to apologise. I was already a bit angry about that. But that’s football. We get along. A few insults were exchanged. But it’s all good, no hard feelings.” ADVERTISEMENT: Should Füllkrug return to the national team? Frank Buschmann and Florian Schmidt-Sommerfeld share their takes on TIPICO’s “Die Ansage”! Watch the video to hear their arguments: The two appear to have made up afterwards. This article was translated into English by Artificial Intelligence. You can read the original version in 🇩🇪 here.