They had been very excited about him in Braunschweig. The 21-year-old Greek Isidoros Koutsidis arrived late in the summer transfer window. With his anticipatory style of play, the youngster is expected to help stabilize Braunschweig’s defense in the long term.

Today, he made his starting debut in Eintracht’s away match at Kaiserslautern.

But of all matches, against the Red Devils, it turned into something of a nightmare. It was over after just nine minutes.

Koutsidis sat down on the pitch and needed treatment. Apparently without any contact from an opponent, he had earlier injured the back of his left thigh.

He was then substituted with the score at 0-0. Andi Hoti came on for him — the very player Koutsidis had actually displaced from the starting lineup for the first time today.

A pretty bitter blow for the Lower Saxony side and, of course, for the young player himself.

Greek new signings and injury misfortune at the start of the season — somehow that currently seems to be the order of the day in German football...

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