Silkeborg defender Simon Jakobsen is delighted to be back in the squad against Esbjerg.
Klubmanden Simon Jakobsen was back in Silkeborg starting lineup in the premier League for the first time since the 11. august, en Silkeborg on Sunday afternoon lost to Esbjerg 1-2.
– It was really nice to be back. I have missed playing football, so it was really nice to get a whole match on the highest level. It was great, ” says Simon Jacobsen.
One might be tempted to believe that Simon Jakobsen could feel that it was a long time ago, that he has played a whole match. But if you ask the protagonist himself, so he felt surprisingly little to it.
– I could feel it surprisingly little. I might feel that I was a little tired eventually, but I can also be in the other matches, for it is different, how the Ultrabet matches are progressing.
– In relation to the intervention, duelspil and turn with the ball, which I think, actually, that I fell quickly and was good particularly in the first half. So I was actually a little bit surprised that it worked so well, he says.
The attendees Silkeborg-fans seemed to be happy that Simon Jakobsen was back on the field, and it laid the blonde defender brand.
– That I thought was really nice. As I walked around here after the fight, there were people happy to see me again, and I was also happy to see them again. It’s nice to know that fans appreciate, that I play, he says.
Silkeborg head coach, Kent Nielsen, was after the fight overall satisfied with Simon Jakobsens performance.
all in All, had Simon Jakobsen some good situations. However, he was a little challenged in the second half, where we had to defend as much as we should, says Kent Nielsen.
Simon Jakobsen has the ability to be in the starting eleven again, when Silkeborg meetings FC Midtjylland at stamford bridge in the next round of the game.
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