Brucks water polo players have easily entered the semi-finals as Bayern Cup defenders. The game in Passau had some pitfalls.
Fürstenfeldbruck - The saying about the early bird that catches the worm has its own phrase in the water polo scene: "Tired rats play better." At least, this motto applied to Bruck's water rat club, whose main actor in the first Bayern Cup round far away Home in Passau had to go to the indoor pool at 8 a.m. But it was rather wet for the hosts playing a class lower in point game operations. The Danube town lost clearly with 2:23 (1: 0, 0.4, 1: 4, 0: 7). Which means that the top division of the Amper are on track to successfully defend the cup.
The favorites came with only nine players. And that included coach Viktor Sandor. However, there was hope that seven passengers were among the regulars and top performers. The travelers around Captain Andreas Peters had already arrived the evening before due to the unusually early start of the game. "To be able to sleep longer" was the original reason. Yes, according to Peters: "It didn't work." Because the majority of the team subjected Passau's nightlife to a spontaneous test.
Accordingly, Sandor stood at the pool edge in the morning. But his team left no reason for criticism. The water rats acted very concentrated from kick-off and gave the opponent no chance. “We put Passau very aggressively and under pressure early on. This led to mistakes in the game, which we then converted directly into counter goals, "said the coach, whose captain had an explanation for the opposing downfall:" The Passau people only have one hour of training twice a week. And also on Saturday and Sunday morning. Accordingly, their options are limited, ”said Peters. Home advantage and familiar time therefore didn't matter. The difference was rather in and under water, where the bruckers were superior in all areas: playful, tactical and swimming.
As a result of the win, the Bruckers were the first Bavarian team to move into the cup semi-finals. "We want to defend the pot," said Sandor of the goal. In the next game, maybe with a little more sleep the night before.
