Derby time on Monday evening - but only for FC Ingolstadt?
Stefan Lex from TSV 1860 talks about the third division duel with the northern rival - and whether he is part of the game.
One month after his injury, Stefan Lex returns
to team training
at
TSV 1860
.
Lex has respect for his ex-club, which has only lost Maximilian Thalhammer of the regular players.
The striker wants revenge for the defeat in the season finale 2019/20.
Munich / Ingolstadt - Derby or no Derby?
For
Stefan Lex
, 31, the former Ingolstadt native, the question does not arise - the answer from the recovered TSV-1860 striker is clear.
“From our point of view, Ingolstadt is not a real derby.
We already have three games in Munich if you include Haching (see Bayern II, Türkgücü).
These three games have more of a derby character
for us. "However, things will be seen differently with the opponents next Monday, reports Lex from personal experience:" From that direction I would say that it is a derby.
In the third division we are definitely more attractive for Ingolstadt than other clubs.
I also know from earlier that there was a
certain rivalry
. "
TSV 1860: What obviously worried FC Ingolstadt during Bundesliga times ...
It is fed less from memorable duels in joint second division years, but from the fact that you have a different view of your own club in Audi City than in the state capital 80 kilometers south.
Lex, the
promotion hero of the FCI
, remembers: “Ingolstadt played some of the Bundesliga
, so it didn't go down well when the newspaper reports from 1860 were bigger from the second division
- or even from the regional division.
That was a thorn in the side of many people. "Looking at the duel on Monday, Lex, who lives halfway in Eitting *, suspects:" That's why they definitely want to look good against us. "
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Promotion hero: Stefan Lex shot FC Ingolstadt into the Bundesliga.
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1860 then again with Lex?
"Basically, I'm doing pretty well," said the striker, who played his
last game on December 15th
.
At the 3-0 in Kaiserslautern he had to go out for the break and has
since been out of action with an annoying thigh injury
.
But now things are looking up.
“I started team training again on Wednesday, but only did part of it,” says Lex. “It was important that I didn't start too early with my muscular history.
Now I hope that it will continue step by step and that I will be eligible for Monday. ”Whether from the beginning or as a joker, we'll see.
1860 Munich in Ingolstadt: duel between two “losers” in the hot 2020 battle for promotion
Regardless of the promising Biankadi debut, the lions would like to fall back on the
dynamics of their second best scorer
.
Especially since not only the
lions are on the rise
(last ten of twelve possible points), but also Ingolstadt, which is one place better and
can
already
boast
two wins
in the new year
(2: 1 against Duisburg, 2: 0 in Zwickau ).
“It's going to be an interesting game,” says Lex: “We still have something to make up for from last summer.
When
we lost
on the last day of the match
, we clearly had to admit defeat (0-2).
Now we want to show that we are one step further. "
That Ingolstadt put up with the
last minute knockout in the 2020 promotion campaign
- at least for Lex, it's no surprise: “In the end it's the same team.
They only had one finish that hurts them a bit, the Thali (Maximilian Thalhammer / Ed.).
Overall, it's a dangerous team
where a lot of people can score.
Therefore: difficult task for us, but we will throw everything into the balance - and preferably keep the three points in Munich. "
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