Erding Gladiators: Finally a home game for the "construction site hackers"

Finally the Erdings Gladiators have a home game again.

The Kempten Sharks will come on Friday (8 p.m.).

Erding - The Erding Gladiators are finally allowed to play a point game in their own stadium.

Even if only 200 spectators are allowed due to Corona and the hall is still a large construction site, the anticipation is great.

Today's game against ESC Kempten Sharks will kick off at 8 p.m.

On Sunday, the difficult away task at the Schweinfurt Mighty Dogs is on (6 p.m.).

The gladiators trainer is particularly pleased.

"Right on time for the first home game we are almost complete, so we are going to play with a full band", says Thomas Vogl.

“Only Andi Schmelcher is still missing, but he's already started training again.” Erdings gang boss has great respect for Kempten: “For me, the strongest climber ever, I know the coach, I know some players, I know what they are have it."

The trainer is Carsten Gosdeck, the real star at the Sharks.

The 41-year-old has played several hundred games in league one (Oberhausen, Krefeld) and two (including Bad Nauheim, Riessersee, Dresden, Essen, Landsberg, Heilbronn) and switched from the ice directly behind the bane.

With Kempten he immediately made his way up, and it is far from over.

This shows the fact that Kempten has signed twelve new players, including top people like Anton Zimmer and Daniel Rau (both Königsbrunn), Adam Suchomer (Höchstadt), Max Schmidle (Kaufbeuren) and Lars Grözinger (Herne).

How strong the Sharks are is shown by the yield from the first three games: They have scored five points and are still unbeaten after 60 minutes.

"It will be an interesting game," predicts Vogl.

“They want to play ice hockey, not just run, check and destroy.

I think we'll see great ice hockey. ”He rearranged his ranks a little“ to set new accents.

I am hoping for the necessary input because some of our top players have not yet scored that high.

I hope it bears fruit. "

As for Sunday's opponent Schweinfurt, he expects the gladiators trainer to be “a very tough game - as always”.

Vogl regards the fact that only a few or possibly no spectators are allowed to be an advantage for his team, "because there is usually always a cauldron there".

However: “It's never easy to win in Schweinfurt.

We have to be prepared for everything. "In any case, the gladiators coach is confident about the weekend and announces:" We are preparing intensively and want to score six points at the weekend. "

Please note:

Only 200 spectators are allowed this evening.

This means that only season ticket holders have access and there are no single tickets at the box office.

The season tickets that have been ordered can be picked up from 6.30 p.m. at the so-called “Entrance D”, on the southeast corner of the hall, opposite the football changing rooms.

The cards are transferable, but separate registration is required.

Wolfgang Krzizok