Hurzeler: Solly’s goal will give him massive confidence

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Charlie Hanson

2025-01-14T11:30+00:00

Solly March's goal was his first of the season. 📷 by James Boardman.

Fabian Hurzeler believes Solly March's goal against Norwich City will give him a massive confidence boost.

The winger missed 14 months of action due to a serious knee injury, but gave everyone a reminder as to what he’s capable of with a brilliant curling strike in the 4-0 win over the Canaries in the FA Cup on Saturday.

Hurzeler said, “I was very happy with him because I get to know him now better and how he suffered during his time in rehab, how hard he worked to come back and obviously these moments where a player scores for the club he loves you can feel it in every moment. And the club loves him too!

“I see the support he gets from everyone, how happy they were for Solly - not only the staff but also the players and the fans. It was an incredible feeling.

“Every goal will give him confidence and that's why it's important for him to have this positive feeling after a very hard period. Now it's about understanding that we can't try to force anything and he shouldn't try to force anything, it's about reintegrating him step by step.

“It's easy to come into a game where we are leading 3-0, it's a different situation when you have a Premier League game. That's why it's very important that he understands that we're really supportive of him, that we're trying to do everything so that he's back on the pitch.

“In the end it's also our wish and our priority that he's on the pitch as a starter, but you can't force things in life. You have to take care of your body and then it's about doing the right things with rational arguments and that we don't take any risk because he's still young, he can play a long time for Brighton and that's what we want to see.”