The Joker Straw Angel stabs again

Weak Hachinger miss a great chance with the 1-1 against Viktoria Köln

Unterhaching - As a week ago, Joker Dominik Stroh-Engel saved a point from SpVgg Unterhaching. The newly substituted attacker converted a penalty kick to a 1-1 equalizer in the home game against Viktoria Köln on Saturday, with this result the game finally ended. The Hachingers were very lucky, after one of the weakest seasonal performances it was a flattering point.

"It was really a bad game of ours," admitted captain Marc Endres after the final whistle, "we also didn't have a lot of chances and in the end we were lucky that we didn't catch a counterattack. We have to live with this point this time and can live with it well. ”Goal scorer Stroh-Engel also found clear words:“ We did very badly in the first half, that was far too little against a team with the worst defense in the league . "

In the table, the SpVgg could have been the big winner of the weekend in view of the remaining results and was still one of the winners with the draw: Because Ingolstadt lost, the Hachinger caught up on points to finish second and defended their lead over the fourth Waldhof Mannheim , A weak consolation for straw angels: “Draws may be enough to stay on top, but no more. We gave a lot of victories at home, it could look very different in the table. ”

Coach Claus Schromm was also surprised at the situation after matchday 24: “We now have more draws than victories and are still tied with the second. You can see how crazy this league is. Maybe today's point is worth something again. "

Pavel Dotchev, coach of the relegation-threatened guests, summed up the events on Saturday aptly: "It would not have been undeserved if we had taken three points today." The Cologne team had a dream start to the game, after just 94 seconds goal scorer Albert Bunjaku completely scored free standing the 0: 1. "A brutal false start," said Schromm, "and our reaction to the Cologne tour came much too late, or not at all." Before the break, the Hachinger team showed a shockingly bloodless performance. A single shot by Moritz Heinrich (17th) was recorded on the offensive side. It was thanks to goalkeeper Nico Mantl that the guests were not already 2-0 up there. He parried a volley shot from Bunjaku with a foot defense (14th).

It only got a little better in the second round. The home side had a short, strong phase, but it only lasted about ten minutes. Felix Schröter first hit the outside network (58.), then Endres failed with a header to guest keeper Weis (59.). The best move by then could have been completed by Stephan Hain, but referee Exner pointed to the penalty spot because he had been fouled during his attempt to shoot. Straw angel confidently converted with the first touch of the ball to 1: 1 (62nd). Three minutes later Sascha Bigalke appeared alone in front of Weis, but shot the Cologne goalkeeper.

That's it with Haching's glory, in the end it was even with luck that it was 1-1. Exner whistled back a Cologne header because of an offside, a wrong decision. At the last minute, Jim-Patrick Müller saved with a monster tackle when Koronkiewicz shot.

After a disappointing performance by his eleven, Claus Schromm only had to take a deep breath: “A Cologne victory would not have been undeserved, they could have scored the winning goal. The offside goal was also regular, this time we were lucky with the referee's decision. It is clear that we are not satisfied with this game and this reaction to the 0-1. ”