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Wout Weghorst experienced a successful 2020 in terms of sports. The VfL Wolfsburg striker was on Wednesday in the cup match against SV Sandhausen (4-0) good for a double stroke and closed the calendar year with 22 goals: 9 in the second half of the 2019/20 season and 13 in the first half of the 2020/21 season. . In conversation with TC Tubantia Weghorst says he is proud of the statistics he can submit.
In the five biggest leagues in Europe, only Cristiano Ronaldo, Robert Lewandowski, Ciro Immobile, Erling Haaland, Mohammed Salah, Romelu Lukaku, Zlatan Ibrahimovic, Kylian Mbappé, Francesco Caputo and Lionel Messi scored more often. “There are ten strikers in Europe who have scored more than I this year,” Weghorst concludes. “That’s beautiful right? I’m in the shape of my life and I can say it’s because of the girls. My daughter Lucie was born this year, she is eight months old, it’s going fast. My two daughters make me very happy. , they are a huge addition to my life. “
Weghorst also benefits a lot from the guidance of a personal trainer. “I feel good about myself, perhaps better than ever. I have expanded my team with a mental coach. It has made me more self-aware and more self-confident,” said the Dutchman, who is currently in third place in the top scorers list. 2020/21 in the Bundesliga. “I kept bumping into one last piece, I couldn’t turn a button”, he says. “For years I have been doing everything by willpower and that was tough. This mental coach goes further than alone oldschool talking, he goes to my subconscious. “
“That is very interesting, without going into the details,” continues the 28-year-old Dutchman. “I gave 100 percent every day. Always: in practice, during a competition, everywhere. More, more. I have an enormous urge to assert. I still have that, but I learned to enjoy it.” Despite his good statistics, Weghorst is not a fixed value at the Dutch. “They make choices and the choice does not often fall on me, which is always a disappointment”, the four-time international agrees. “My reaction is always: I’m going to make more flames and more goals. I want to show it. If you look at my performance in the last three seasons in the Bundesliga, there is no Dutch striker in European top leagues with better statistics. “