Landsberg is no match for state league club Durach
Created: 2/1/2022, 12:08 p.m
By: Thomas Ernstberger
Prepared intensively early on for higher-class assignments: Stephanos Georgiou, Landsberg's new signing from the land of the "Kiwis".
Our archive picture shows him as a 14-year-old.
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Landsberg – That was not yet the case for Bayern Bundesliga club TSV Landsberg.
"The result is not.
We conceded three easy goals after careless turnovers, although we had planned to keep a clean sheet.
That annoys the coach.
Otherwise, the game was decent for the first appearance after the winter break.” That is the conclusion of player-coach Muriz Salemovic after the 3-1 friendly defeat of the district townspeople against VfB Durach, who came in ninth in the state league.
Branko Nikolic scored the goal for TSV Landsberg to equalize 1:1 in the 73rd minute, the two goals to make it 1:2 and 1:3 only came in the 81st and 86th minutes.
Before this game, Salemovic had to struggle with the same problem as his district league colleague Markus Ansorge from Denklingen: Due to Corona and holidays, he was missing a number of regular players, so he had to bring in some players from the second row – and only two players on the second row sat on the bench.
This is how 18-year-old Alexander Lott made his first appearance in the Bayernliga team from the second team.
Niklas Jörg (19) and Marco Braovac (31) also usually play in the A-class reserve.
In addition, newcomer Veron Dobruna (came from SV Schalding-Heining) celebrated his debut
“The personnel situation will probably not change fundamentally anytime soon. The framework conditions are simply difficult in these Corona times. In principle, regular training was not possible until now because there were only eleven or twelve people there,” the coach complained. Salemovic and Mike Hutterer are currently practicing on the new artificial turf, where the first test match took place. The trainer gives the grade 1 for the running: "The place is really very good." For the performance of his boys, at best a 3: "Except for the result, it was okay."
A small ray of hope for Salemovic: Vacationers, vaccinated people and newcomers are gradually joining the team.
Like striker Steffen Krautschneider, who ended his honeymoon, and Kevin Gutia after recovering from a ligament injury.
In addition to Dobruna, two other newcomers have been training since Tuesday: Alexander Figler, the 18-year-old striker from FC Memmingen's U19s, and the New Zealand junior international Stephanos Georgiou (last Freiburger FC, previously SC Freiburg).
"Now I have four more alternatives," said Salemovic.
Half Kiwi, half Greek
Newcomer Stephanos Georgiou, a 19-year-old offensive man (mother Greek, father New Zealander) from the land of the "Kiwis" (meaning the small ratites and not the fruits), left home at the age of 14 - to pursue his big dream of Meet soccer pro.
“I feel half Kiwi and half Greek.
But I want to go to the country where the best football is played - and that's Germany," he said as he said goodbye.
Now he can show at TSV Landsberg, far away from his homeland in New Zealand, that he has what it takes to become a professional.