With a 1-0 away win in the Oberbayern derby at FC Ingolstadt, SpVgg Unterhaching pushed the Schanzer out of first place in the third division.
Unterhaching - In the end, when the Schanzer threw all their staff forward for a good quarter of an hour and the SpVgg constricted in front of their goal like in handball, it was a tremendous game.
One that the Hachingers survived unscathed with a good dose of luck;
and after four minutes of stoppage time in front of 3,000 football fans in the Audi Sport Park were allowed to raise their arms to the final cheers.
“After a somewhat hectic initial phase for both teams, we controlled the game playfully up to the 75th minute,” said SpVgg coach Arie van Lent.
“At this point in time,” he added in his analysis, Niclas Stierlin's (67th) decisive goal was “deserved”.
About the attack by the FCI in the last quarter of an hour, Arie van Lent said: “We passionately defended our lead.” His conclusion: “We have shown different faces in all three games of the season so far.
Today was a very decent performance, we are on the right track. "
Tomas Oral, coach counterpart on the part of FC Ingolstadt, grimaced a little at the press conference after the Upper Bavaria derby.
"I don't see it exactly the same way as Arie, and I certainly haven't seen a well-deserved Hachingen win," said the Schanzer's head coach, explaining his point of view.
He pointed out that Ingolstadt had "two really good actions" immediately after the half-time break, even without his captain Stefan Kutschke, who was absent at short notice (muscular problems), thanks to Maximilian Beister (47th) and a double chance for Fatih Kaya and Robin Krauße (49th) .
"If we take the lead," speculated Thomas Oral, "we'll make this thing safe."
But the victory was secured by someone else, namely Niclas Stierlin.
The 67th minute of the game: Luca Marseiler hits a corner kick right into the center of the box.
There Stierlin hits the header, the ball gets stuck in a tangle of legs in the six-yard area, and Stierlin switches the fastest in the tangle - he maneuvers the ball into the goal with the hoe.
"It was a bit like billiards," commented Tomas Oral later on the scene.
Stierlin's billiard goal, however, was not the only upset, because in the 87th minute the question arose: foul penalty for Ingolstadt or not?
Hachings Robert Müller attacked Justin Butler a little rudely, who went down.
"A clear body contact, the referee has to whistle," the Schanzer coach exclaimed.
Claus Schromm, Sports Director of SpVgg, saw it similarly: "If there are penalties here, we mustn't complain."
In this respect, the Hachingen victory came off a bit happily in the end.
Now it is important to “take the next step” in the development, said Arie van Lent, on Sunday (1pm) in the home game against SV Meppen.
First of all, however, the focus is on Monday, October 5, when the transfer period ends later than usual due to the corona break.
It seems unlikely that Haching will get another player;
More interesting is the question of whether the SpVgg can still find buyers for the retired but paid professionals Sascha Bigalke and Jim-Patrick Müller.
"Let's let the day go by," said Claus Schromm with an open mind.
Ingolstadt
: Buntic - Heinloth, Schröck, Paulsen, Büch - Gaus, Krauße (77th Stendera) - Niskanen, Beister (77th Hawkins), Kaya (68th Butler) - Elva.
Unterhaching
: Mantl - Schwabl, Müller, Greger, Dombrowka - Fuchs, Stierlin - Heinrich (85th Grauschopf), Hufnagel, Marseiler (72nd Bandowski) - Hasenhüttl (57th Stroh-Engel).
Referee
: Wolfgang Haslberger (St. Wolfgang)
Goal
: 0: 1 Stierlin (67th)
Spectators
: 3000
Yellow cards
: Beister (29th), Schröck (70th) - Hufnagel (39th), Bandowski (88th)