Spicy HCD oddity: When the future coach is the opponent

The situation facing Gröbenzell's third division handball players on Sunday is curious and piquant: At the basement derby in Dachau, the coach sitting on the opposing bench will look after them in the new season. Because no matter in which league: According to Tagblatt information, ex-brucker Stefan Weidinger has already signed the contract with the HCD.

Groebenzell - The recently lost game against TSV Haunstetten was classified as a derby by Groebenzell's third division handball players. But there is still an increase. Because more derby than that in Dachau is not possible.

Stefan Weidinger

Especially since there are striking parallels: Similar to the HCD, events overturned there last week. Coach Thomas Lukauer, who worked with Frank Graf at the HCD in the preseason for the U19 Bundesliga juniors, had to take his hat off on Monday. Assistant coach Stefan Weidinger, once a player at the Brucker Panthers, has taken over the team until the end of the season. Therefore only until the end of the season, because he is said to have already signed with the HCD as a trainer for the new season. As in Gröbenzell, the ASV officers are also silent. Weidinger himself says nothing about it, neither wants to confirm nor deny the process. "For me, only the game on Sunday counts at the moment."

The Gröbenzeller managers dealt with the Konstantin Schlosser, who was only committed at the beginning of the season, in a similarly closed manner a week ago. In the meantime, his predecessor trainers Hendrik Pleines and Harald Fischer have taken the job again.

After the clear home defeat against Haunstetten, the HCD Groebenzell, badly battered, will compete on Sunday, 5 p.m. at the district neighbors and last in the table ASV Dachau. Both teams are only four points apart. A victory is therefore almost a must in this four-point encounter. The HCD officers also hope that many supporters will leave for the hall in Dachau, which is only eight kilometers away, to support the team in the fight to stay in the league. The teams know each other inside out and have enjoyed friendly relationships for years. Fischer: "For 60 minutes, both teams will primarily think of themselves."

Although the first leg ended at 19:19, the new edition would be a clear matter, at least in the opinion of Thomas Lukauer - for the HCD. "The Gröbis have the greater experience and the broader squad." Especially since the ASV not only fails playmaker Cornelia Karg after a cruciate ligament tear, but also Verena Kölzer and ex-Gröbenzeller Alina Watzlowik are injured.