By Peter Weis@PeterVicey

Adeyemi on hopes of returning to German national team: "Inshallah."

Resurgent German attacker Karim Adeyemi couldn't shake his radiant glow when speaking to German broadcaster DAZN after another sparkling performance last night. 

When it came to his prospects of returning to the German national team, the Munich-native couldn't resist resorting to the language associated with his heritage. 

 

The "Karim Adeyemi" show was back in full force last night in Borussia Dortmund's win over first-place Bundesliga side 1. FC Heidenheim. After lighting it up for the Germany U21s over the recent international break, the 22-year-old from Munich very nearly came close to scoring a hat trick in two consecutive matches on-the-trot. Adeyemi remains on fire, having scored seven goals in his last three competitive fixtures. 

Adeyemi netted two BVB goals in the first half of last night's victory. The four-times-capped German international had a wonderful opportunity to score a third in the 59th-minute, but instead opted to generously try and set up lead striker Serhou Guirassy in his Dortmund debut. The 22-year-old did briefly reference the scene in his post-match interview with German broadcaster DAZN before crediting his recent U21 call up for his success.

"I was hoping to score a third," Adeyemi said, "There's no need for me to deny it. I gained a lot of confidence from the U21s. For me it's all about confidence. I took confidence from the U21s. Today, the coach invested trust in me and I paid it back." 

Adeyemi also repeatedly spoke on the issue of confidence when his brace against the Israeli U21s suggested that he might be in for a significant form surge. Could he hope for a return to the senior German national team? In an effort to perhaps mix things up a bit after fielding the same question over and over again, the son of a Nigerian father and Romanian mother went for the Arabic expression that conveys hope for the future. 

"We say 'Inshallah' in our language," Adeyemi noted, "That means hopefully, hopefully."
 

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