One year Michael Köllner: Almost the record of a climber

The Munich Lions are very good in the tableau with second place and are now among the promotion candidates.

Coach Michael Köllner played a major role in this.

• 1860 Münche

  n

  counts after about a quarter of the season for

  the narrower circle of favorites

  for the

  ascent

  .

• Michael Köllner's

  philosophy of play

  has a large part in this.

• Since the takeover, the Lions seem

  more aggressive

  and play

  more successfully.

As a

you should be in a good mood these days.

in the table and the most recent

over

make the blue fan heart beat faster.

After

you find yourself in the middle of a

battle.

For many, the guarantee for the

: Trainer

.

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For the

the team presented the Upper Palatinate with six goals.

Just as positive as the game analysis after the game was Köllner's conclusion of the first 365 days in office: 

, so the résumé.

But what's going on differently than under ex-coach and club legend

?

Or to put it another way: What is the

?

Köllner: Experience in the youth field

A

that is attributed to the 50-year-old again and again is

This is

no coincidence

- if you take a look at his

.

Before

making

his professional debut on the sidelines of

, he coached various

and

from

,

and, last but not least, from

, where he even managed the

.

So it shouldn't come as a surprise that it is precisely this man who

breathed

into

the team after Bierofka's resignation

.

After taking office, the Löwen-Elf remained

 and became a

for

before the air ran out in the final sprint. 

1860 Munich: Still high average age

But

Michael Köllner did not undergo

a 

during the summer break.

While the club was able to

fresh blood

with

and

,

and

do not necessarily belong to the “youngsters” category.

The

the regular eleven did not change noticeably compared to Bierofka's times. 

In the analysis you quickly end up with the classic mantra 

.

So players of advanced age still form the structure of

.

Whether captain

, who had long been said to have passed the zenith,

or

.

You and other veterans are still an indispensable part of the structure.

Dennis Dressel: The new shooting star

But what about

for the young players?

There is certainly something to this, too, if you

don't want to dismiss

the

of one or the other as a coincidence.

Most recently it was

who made it into the headlines after his brilliant four-pack.

The 22-year-old

played a good role before, but only developed into an indispensable

under Köllner's direction

.

They predict a bright future for him. 

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Otherwise, the

that Köllner successfully introduced into the professional team are still relatively poor to date.

Youngsters like

(20),

(19),

(18) or

(20) may be in the starting blocks of their professional

 careers, but it has not yet been enough

to make the

into

the starting eleven

.

The coming months will show here whether Köllner

can live up to

his

praise. 

Even if Michael Köllner's team does not

differ

fundamentally from that of his

terms of

personnel

, one has to acknowledge that, despite everything, they paint a completely

.

Köllner relies more on 

and

.

The aggressive style of play has so far led to 16 wins, ten draws and seven defeats under the 50-year-old - the numbers of a promotion candidate.

At the end of last season, Würzburg and Braunschweig had 64 points - with 58 points after 33 games, not much is missing. 

Dynamo Dresden in front of the door

As a Löwen fan you can certainly dream of

at the moment

.

But the

will soon notice how quickly such a positive snapshot can turn

.

Above all, the consistency is still missing.

In such a

as the 3rd division there is rarely such a thing as

and safely planned points.

But that is

especially

true in the case of

in the next few weeks.

The start of a crisp program is the guest appearance at top favorite Dynamo Dresden.

Afterwards, the world could look completely different again - or even

than before.

(Pascal Edenhart)