SpVgg Unterhaching before important away game at Hallescher FC.
BY CHRISTIAN AMBERG
Unterhaching - It is a dilemma in football if you fulfill your role well and do the assigned tasks - if you do it as a substitute. Dominik Stroh-Engel is in this situation right now. Substituted twice, hit twice, twice saved the SpVgg Unterhaching one point. The attacker screwed his goal account to six goals, which required 18 games. In the meantime he has the best quota of all Hachingers. But only one mission lasted 90 minutes, eight times from the bank.
He can be satisfied with his yield, and also with the praise that he was the savior twice, should make him happy. It does, but the 34-year-old gnaws a certain amount of dissatisfaction because he rarely plays from the start. "Right," he says himself. Just a word, but a clear statement. When he left Karlsruher SC as a long-term reserve without deployments in the summer, he said in an interview: "I want to show that I am not willing to end my career on the substitute bench, but to make it clear: Hey, I'm still there."
He has made this very clear in the meantime, but because he just stands out as a joker, this role is likely to remain for the time being. "That is not set in stone," says coach Claus Schromm, but also makes it clear: "He knows exactly what situation he is in with us and how important he is. The decisive factor is how he deals with this situation and what it is like when he comes in. "Schromm cannot blame his veteran, he also highlights the 34-year-old's commitment:" He does his job very, very well in training , At some point, you can't get past him as a coach. If you act like this, take on your role like this and score points when you come in, it's only a matter of time. ”
On Sunday in the away game in Halle, straw angels will probably still have to take the joker role again. Although changes in the starting eleven are promised by Schromm, after the terrifyingly weak appearance against Viktoria Köln in the first half, other set screws seem to protrude further from the Hachinger team construct, which are primarily to be lashed down.
For example, to remain without conceding again so as not to have to lag behind again. The defensive is in demand, it already had a collective lapsus against Cologne after 94 seconds, which led to the 0: 1. Halle is almost standing with his back to the wall, the team is playing for the last chance to keep their coach Torsten Ziegner on and against the final crash into the relegation region. The HFC were in first place for three games in the preliminary round, and won the first leg impressively 3-0 in Unterhaching. At that time, Halle was a top team and also "a number for the very front" for Haching's head coach. Most recently, the club received a 1: 6 at Bayern Munich II and thus the most painful neck blow in a negative series of seven games with six defeats and a draw. The aspirant for promotion is currently only twelfth and still has a six point lead over the first relegation zone.
"The opponent will be sharp," Schromm knows, "that will not be easy. Halle is in a very special situation right now. “It is therefore a difficult preparation for him, especially since he makes it clear that he and his team of coaches“ cannot identify at all with the recent appearance of the SpVgg ”.
SpVgg: Mantl - Schwabl, Endres, Greger, Bandowski - Stahl, Stierlin - J. Müller, Bigalke - Hain, Schröter.