Adeyemi’s response was fierce when asked about his performance against Celtic

“My wife cooked broccoli yesterday,” he answered. Karim Adeyemi when asked about his performance against Celtic, including a hat trick, on the second day of the Champions League. Nutritionists say that this vegetable is richer in vitamin C than oranges, it is a good source of calcium, provides assimilable iron to the body and contains a good dose of potassium. Watch the end performance of Borussia Dortmund yesterday Tuesday at Signal Iduna Park few can doubt the qualities of this vegetable.

In a match where Nuri Sahin’s men were a steamroller from the start, the only moment of doubt, after Celtic’s equaliser, was dispelled the moment Adeyemi got the ball. First with a definition from the best specialists, then a good combination between Guirassy and Brandt, to break the tie. Then, with a cannonball from the top of the area that stunned goalkeeper Kasper Schmeichel and his own teammates. Then, to suffer an innocent penalty converted by the Guinean striker from eleven meters. And, finally, to get another whip from the front that fits the right pole.

A hole with unknown consequences

Four actions, like the four nutrients in broccoli, led to a rivalry in which Sahin’s men were cruel to their harmless rivals, especially Adeyemi. The only sad note for the winger was his injury after he punctured his right thigh at the start of the second half, preventing the dizzy forward from putting on a historic performance.

Until Tuesday, only 44 players had scored a hat trick in the first half in the nearly 70-year history of the Champions League. Since that night, there have been 45. An untimely injury to his thigh has slowed him down from his best moments, especially in view of an international break in which he sought to return to Germany, after more than two years who is not wearing the jersey of the ‘Mannschaft’.

His last appearance for the team then coached by Hansi Flick was on 11 June 2022, when he was used in the last five minutes of a Nations League clash against Hungary. He would eventually be recruited for the World Cup in Qatar, but he never took the field during a major international tournament.

In November 2023, he had a disagreement with the Federation that has marked his relationship with the national team ever since. At a time when he was going through a low moment of form, he was not called up for the international matches of that break against Turkey and Austria, but was instead called up for the under-21 team.

Adeyemi considered that call an affront and did not come out with the team, which led to him being publicly rejected by DFB president Bernd Neuendorf: “I think a man should be proud to wear the eagle on his chest,” he said at the time. . “I hope I can come back soon,” wished the electric forward after his impressive performance in the great European club competition. Maybe by continuing to eat more servings of broccoli I’ll get around to it.