Defender Gideon Jung said his goodbyes to Greuther Furth in the summer of last year. His start there, on the other hand, could not have been more unlucky.
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The defensive player has been out with a cruciate ligament rupture since his Bundesliga debut for the Franconians, a 5-1 defeat at Stuttgart in December last year.
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On Saturday, however, there was positive news: Jung was permitted to play in a competitive game for the first time since August 14, and he sat on the bench for 90 minutes in the 2-1 win against Mainz 05.
Gideon Jung joined Bundesliga club Greuther Furth from Hamburger SV during the 2021 summer transfer window for a reported fee of €150,000.