Bavarian championship

The best team in the 3rd division must not be promoted - 1860, Haching, FCI and Würzburg still hope

Munich - It was a game without seven regulars, but with even more teenagers in the team - and yet the small Bavarians on Sunday were too big for the aspirant Waldhof Mannheim (final result 2: 3). The underpinning of the record champions is in a class of its own in the 3rd league, the numbers speak a clear language: four wins and a draw after the Corona break, most wins in the second half (10), the greatest offensive power (63 goals this season) and not only felt the highest pace on the court. After red dominance in the upper house now also red dominance in the 3rd league? Double scorer Malik Tillman, 18, who contributed to this, said humbly: "I am happy to have helped the team."

Your own with three points, other clubs with a perspective. While the underpinning of the record champion may not rise according to the statutes, the four Bavarian competitors benefit from the shooting aid of the "Bayern Amateurs", because the relegation place (currently rank 4) remains within reach for Würzburg due to the Mannheim result (tied with Rostock), Ingolstadt (one back), 1860 (2) and Unterhaching (three). An overview of the Bavarian championship for the fifty / fifty promotion opportunity.

Würzburg (place 5/51 points)

The Kickers from Würzburg also came out of the corona break brilliantly, fetched ten out of 15 possible points and are determined to finish their race, as Frank Kranewitter from Mainpost reports. What speaks for the Main Franconia: a homogeneous team from which winger Fabio Kaufmann, 27, stands out, the double scorer at 2-1 against 1860. The rest of the Kickers program also sounds feasible - with Rostock there is only one team from the top 10 in the league in the way of the Würzburg ambitions.

Only the latent smoldering trainer debate could torpedo the project. Michael Schiele does an excellent job in his third season, but a certain Felix Magath, officially only a consultant, could have other personalities in mind. Is it just a coincidence that Magath-Intimus Bernd Hollerbach left his Belgian club Royal Mouscron six days ago? Kickers expert Kranewitter once again: "He will be unable to defend himself against the Hollerbach rumor." Unless he extends with Schiele, which was planned before Magath's entry.

Ingolstadt (place 6/50 points)

As soon as he was back, the corona virus forced the league to a standstill - a situation that a hustle and bustle like Tomas Oral, 47, must find particularly agonizing. His first match then went wrong (1: 2 against Bayern II), but since then it has been reasonably passable for the relegated relegated team: There were eight points from the last four games, mostly not earned, but fought like an FCI expert Gottfried Sterner reports. "Not meat, not fish," says the man from the Danube courier about the results and appearances of the Ingolstadt team, who still have three real chunks left: today it's against Braunschweig, eight days later against Mannheim, before the league finals on July 4th TSV 1860 rises. Sterner's prognosis: "I'm afraid that only one of the two teams will be able to deal with something." Oral motivation tricks can also be expected under certain circumstances: "Wristbands, car wash or whatever. So far he's been reluctant to do that. ”

TSV 1860 (8th place, 49 points)

Nobody at the TSV 1860 would deny that the team has got a little out of step since the corona break. Michael Köllner's point average, still a proud 1.85 at the beginning of 2020, is now that of an earthly coach (seven out of five games), but there are another six games ahead - in which it can be exciting again thanks to the support from Bayern II. Today in Cologne and on Sunday against Halle, victories are mandatory to keep the chance for the relegation place alive. One thing is already clear: Sascha Mölders will return to the starting line-up for which Dennis Dressel is not available. "He is tired and stays in Munich," said Köllner, who does not want to know anything about an early final, on the contrary: "We can be proud and happy that the team has worked out such a situation at all."

SpVgg Unterhaching (9th place, 48 points)

ICE speed towards the 2nd division had been requested by President Manni Schwabl to get the Bavarian Oberlandbahn, but what was this 3: 3 in Zwickau? First a rapid train, then an overhead line fault (three goals conceded within 33 minutes), at least in the end the red-blue found their way back onto the track. Claus Schromm's team was spared further personal injury, which is why the coach will do what he always demands before the groundbreaking home game against competitor Mannheim (Wednesday, 7 p.m.): go full throttle, play passionate football - and then the situation in the table reevaluate.