In normal times, supporters of SpVgg Unterhaching would have to make a tough decision today: in wet and cold weather in the sports park or would you prefer the Bayern semi-final against Frankfurt as a sports program on the comfortable couch at home?
Unterhaching - Because Corona is now back in business but no spectators are in the stadium, the decision is easy. You can confidently devote yourself to Bavaria and also follow the Hachinger on your smartphone, for example in the live ticker at fussball-vorort.de. The home game against Eintracht Braunschweig on matchday 30 of the third division is a highly interesting duel.
The third division teams still have eight game days to go until the end of the season, so applicants for the two and a half promotion places are still a long way off. But there are also trend-setting games. One of those is the Hachinger home game tonight (kick-off 8.30 p.m.). The two table neighbors are fighting to stay in a very good starting position. Braunschweig advanced to fourth place on the weekend and tied with the small Bavarians on the relegation square. Because the people of Munich have no right of promotion, Eintracht has already arrived there as an interim balance. The SpVgg slipped to fifth place with the second loss in a row, but is only one point behind. It shouldn't be much more, so losing is forbidden today.
Even if Haching is under pressure after the two bankruptcies, a preliminary decision for head coach Claus Schromm is far from being made: “It has been decided zero, there are still a lot of teams playing in the front. That can still be the case even on the 37th matchday. ”For the SpVgg, he divided the rest of the season into a tournament mode:“ We are currently in the group phase. ”The quarter-finals of the Hachinger are said to be the derby at 1860 Munich in two and a half Weeks, the last two matchdays following, so to speak, semi-finals and the final for promotion.
The crux of group stages, however, is that losing too often means that hopes of the final title fight are prematurely replaced by participation in the consolation round. In this respect, the remaining ghost game season is no longer a casual fun, the pressure increases. "We already scored in the group phase, but we also left something behind," says Schromm and makes it clear: "If we want to stay on top, we have to score."
Opponents Braunschweig is getting better and faster and is currently one of the most uncomfortable opponents. "That Eintracht will play a role in the ascent was already on my account," said Haching's coach, "and even if they had problems after the winter break, they are now at the forefront. That was to be reckoned with. ”Today SpVgg has to reckon with an experienced, determined opponent, who is still unbeaten after the Corona break and who with a lot of struggle and luck got a point at the weekend against second-round Bayern Munich II. "The Braunschweig squad is looking for its peers across the board," says Schromm respectfully, "especially when it comes to the offensive. There is a lot of third division experience on the pitch, the team knows exactly when to strike. ”
The duel promises high tension in any case - maybe even more than the cup semi-final of Bayern.
SpVgg: Mantl - Schwabl, Greger, Winkler, Dombrowka - steel, Hufnagel - Marseiler, Bigalke (Heinrich) - Schröter, Stroh-Engel.