The uncertainty is great. Next week it should be clear whether competitive football games can take place in Bavaria again. That's what the A-Classists say.
BY MAX EDINGER
District - In the coming week, the state government should decide whether competitive football games in the amateur area will soon be allowed again. Some A-classists in the region are full of anticipation for the restart, while others are very skeptical.
TSV Altenstadt II
Altenstadt's coach Tobias Kalbitzer is currently expressing many concerns about the resumption of play. “The situation is so unclear,” he says, “that will probably not go well for long”. Maybe two to three game days, then after Kalbitzer the next “lockdown” could bring the local football scene to a standstill. This uncertainty as to when the next interruption will come is already bothering the players.
SC Böbing
"Rather restrained", is how the coach of SC Böbing, Pascal Jaensch, describes the anticipation of his team for the upcoming competitive game phase. Nobody can predict whether and for how long game operations can be resumed. “The motivation of the players suffers as a result.” Annoying from the coach's point of view, because the Böbinger team was “motivated” and “hot for the second half” when they returned from the winter training camp.
TSV Bernbeuren II
The motivation at Auerberg is “on top”. At least that's how Olgun Yagmur, coach of the second team at TSV Bernbeuren, describes it. “My boys can hardly wait,” says the coach, pointing out that Bernbeuren played a kind of pioneering role in terms of “training during the Corona period”: “Nobody in the district returned to the training ground as early as we did. “He has no concerns about another Corona-related end of the season. "We take it as it comes."
TSV Burggen
“The boys are hot and want to play again,” says Max Höfler. Failure to resume gaming would be a worst-case scenario for the department head. "It's just getting more and more difficult to motivate people."
TSV Hohenpeissenb. II
People in Hohenpeißenberg are sad because of the break in the season. "We had such a great winter preparation," sighs coach Hans Vogel, "something would certainly have been possible". The consequences of the break were especially noticeable when walking on the scales. "There's one or the other gram too many," says Vogel with a smile. Small pads of fat that are forgivable in view of a "rather difficult time", according to the coach. "It won't be easier for many clubs." You have to make the best of the situation, says Vogel.
TSV Ingenried
"Hopefully everything will work out with the restart", Mirko Pries wishes. A lot of effort was put into the preparation phase. It would be "very annoying" if the game had to continue to pause. “But you never know.” If the worst comes to the worst, the coach can see something positive from the break: “We once had time to try something new from a tactical point of view.”
SV Prem
Matthias Moser, soccer department head at SV Prem, is calm. In his opinion, the second half of the season does not have to be continued anyway. "The main thing is that we can all get back to training on the pitch," says the premier. And that “you get out a little bit” - whether with or without point play.
SV Reichling
Football without fans - that works, as the top leagues have proven. Florian Graf from SV Reichling did not miss the fact that there was somehow “lack of flair”. “Everything only works to a very limited extent,” says the department head, “that is noticeable in the morale of the players”. So be it, the feet, they "still itchy again" with the SVR kickers.
TSV Rott
"I will only believe it when it really starts again." Thomas Straub, head of the Rotter football team, is particularly concerned about the current development around the number of corona cases. "You never know what will happen in two weeks." For him, however, the most important thing is that "football gambling" has returned to the district with the first test matches. If “everyone stays healthy” now, Straub looks forward to the coming weeks more positively. However, should there be another corona lockdown, the Rotter would very much welcome "a little more creativity in terms of training design". "Some teams were a bit ahead of us."
TSV Schongau
What Bernbeuren can do, Schongau has been able to do for a long time. At least in terms of “early training start”, the Lechstädter are on par with the kickers from Auerberg. Because, according to coach Peter Mahl, they started training again in Schongau in June, "as one of the first". “That's why it's time to get started soon,” says Mahl. Then this onerous uncertainty, "Game operation possible: yes or no", would finally be off the table. "That bothers you."
TSV Steingaden
“Participation in training is surprisingly high,” says Stefan Schuster, “everyone is happy that they can play again”. Training was really important to the fitness of some players. “They were sometimes slower than me in the first training session,” he jokes. The trainer had issued a warning during the corona lockdown: "Anyone who is overtaken by me has to pay." A case of beer to the teammates. “Something has already come together,” reports the transition coach. In the meantime, however, all athletic deficits have been eliminated, the Schuster boys are fully in the juice again.
Wildsteig / Rottenbuch
With all the anticipation for a possible A-class return, according to Robert Kanzler, one thing should not be ignored: fans will probably still not be allowed to the games. That damages the empty club coffers and is "just very difficult to imagine". “In the end, however, you have to take it as it comes,” says the new trainer for the front-runner in Class 8.
FC Wildsteig / Rottenb. II
The “step back to normal” is not always easy in times of Corona. But it's still important and football could play a central role in that. At least that's how Markus Herbst, coach of the second Wildsteig / Rottenbuch Guard, sees it. "Sport can move so much," says the trainer, "it's good for all of us when there is regular kicking again." He and his team have had an intensive preparation phase, "the boys have really worked a lot". Returning to competitive mode would be the wages you deserve, otherwise “you will be out of business at some point”.