After injury shock - Who can replace Zoma at FCN?

After the serious injury of Mohamed Ali Zoma and the months-long outage, the search for a replacement starts at 1st FC Nuremberg. Who could play in his place and what does this mean for the Nuremberg promotion opportunities? From Victor List Already on Friday evening indicated what finally became certainty on Monday. FC Nuremberg has to do without its top scorer Mohamed Ali Zoma until at least the winter break. The 22-year-old has to be operated on the shoulder. It is a serious blow – also for the ascent ambitions of the francs. For coach Miroslav Klose, the question now arises who will play in the remaining round instead of Zoma. FCN coach Klose: Zoma not "one to one" to replace Zoma "not one to one" was clear to the Nuremberg coach immediately after the final whistle after the 1:1 in Cottbus. After all, the newly baked Italian international is the top star of the Nuremberg and with seven goals in eight games the most accurate professional in the 2nd Bundesliga (together with Fürths Felix Klauß). When Zoma competes, enemy defense lines often only see the rear lights. It has more than doubled its market value from eight to twenty million. Who plays instead of Zoma? But the club will have to do without these arts for months. “We have quality in the squad and good guys who can now show themselves even more,” sports director Joti Chatzialexiou now takes the entire squad to task. On Friday came for Zoma William Böving. The loan of Mainz 05 can be used flexibly in the offensive and should be Klose’s first choice. As a positional replacement, Can Moustfa would be conceivable. The new addition of Energie Cottbus is the only other left winger in the squad. However, he was only used in the cup game this season, in the league he is still without a game minute. On Saturday, he wound up again 90 minutes in the U23 of the Nuremberg. Another option would be Rayan Ghrieb, who has been occupying the right side since the break from Finn Ole Becker and Julian Justvan’s forced transfer to the centre. The new signing from Magdeburg is planned as left foot actually as right wing, but has already contested the final phase on the left in this season at the opening round against Dresden. Experiment with Porstner conceivably Zoma characterizes not only his goal danger. The 22-year-old is the fastest measured player in the league (36.65 km/h). From the Nuremberg squad comes the most likely Eric Porstner. With 35.64 km/h, it is the sixth best league in this category. He is currently planned on the left defensively, but also knows how to convince offensively. Porstner has already prepared three hits. This option is not excluded, but would definitely be an experiment. For him, Andrea could defend Ceresoli on the left. The summer transfer from Bergamo was not flawless against Wolfsburg after his substitution. In any case, the failure of Zoma is a clear weakening for the 1st FC Nuremberg. The coming weeks will show how the club can compensate for this and whether it can maintain its ascent hopes. This is the European perspective at BR24. "Here is Bavaria": The BR24 Newsletter informs Always on Mondays to Fridays for the evening of work about the most important thing of the day at a glance – compact and directly in your private mailbox. Here is the registration! Source: BR24Sport
19.10.2026 - 15:42