Preliminary round analysis of TSV 1860: That's what makes the lions so strong

The dream of returning to the 2nd Bundesliga lives on at TSV 1860. An analysis of the strong third division preliminary round of the Lions in the 2020/21 season. 

• After the completion of the preliminary round,

  TSV 1860 is

  in the table of the

  3rd division

  on the

  relegation

  promotion

  place

  to the 2nd Bundesliga. 

• Since coach

  Michael Köllner

  took office, the curve of the lions has been pointing continuously upwards. 

• The big

  analysis of

  the first half of the Blue's

  season in the 2020/21 season

  .

Munich - The

floodlights

in the

Grünwalder Stadium

had already gone out, when

Michael Köllner's

eyes were still

shining

.

"

After a game like this, I'm more of a fan than a critic,

" said the

1860 coach

about the hard-fought

1-0 win

against

promotion rivals

from

Ingolstadt

, with which the

sixties put

the desired cherry on their

33-point

first round cake .

Köllner's humorous conclusion to the blue mountain festival: "

If I had said at the beginning of August that we were two points behind the league leaders after the first half of the season, I would have said he couldn't cope with the summer break well and threw in a few pills that were too hot

. ”What makes the Lions so strong this season?

Our newspaper opens the Giesinger pill box.

No ballast for coach Michael Köllner

While

Köllner had

to

carry along

the mortgage of the weak start under

Daniel Bierofka in the

preseason (

17 points after 14 games

) and had to make a

style correction

during ongoing operations, this year the team has been on the road to self-confidence increasing success.

In comparison, there are

not only

seven more points

to book

after

19 match days

, but also a

goal difference that

is

20 hits better

.

And all without a spectator.

Stability and balance of the team 

The

Lions have learned the right lessons

from their

mini-crisis

in

late autumn

with

three draws

and

two defeats

against

Dynamo Dresden

and

Viktoria Köln

.

After tours, people no longer switch back and beg for goals, but continue to concentrate and work courageously.

The reward:

sovereign victories

against weak opponents like

Mannheim (5: 0)

and

Kaiserslautern (3: 0)

, deserved, albeit somewhat

lucky, victories

against strong opponents like

Bayern II

and

Ingolstadt

.

In between a victory of morale in

2: 2

after 0: 2 against

labor

.

Köllner

: "

Four times to zero in five games, that's a house number

."

Players like

Weber

,

Paul

,

Karger

and

Gebhart

have been sorted out, broken supports like

Rieder

and

Bekiroglu

have so far been well compensated.

Stephan Salger

quickly established himself as head of the

defense

,

Richard Neudecker

has become an

indispensable

source of ideas

.

The

entry / exit balance

in

1860 has

not

looked

so

positive

for a long time

.

And winter newcomer

Merveille Biankadi also gets going

quickly.

Against

Bayern II

, he made

the decision

with his

2-0 goal

, on

Monday he

sent

Sascha Mölders

on the journey to score the

winning

goal.

“

Which newcomer will help you to six points in the first two games?

“, Praised

Köllner

.

“But Merv also knows that he still has to work.

If you see in every training that there is still air, then you are automatically grounded. "

The Sascha Mölders phenomenon

Köllner

made the

Meringer mentality monster

the

captain

, the almost

36-year-old Mölders

pays back with

performance

.

13 goals

speak for themselves.

That Mölders' motivation is also fed by the aversion to allegedly clever media?

Yes my

“

You saw us all as relegation

candidates

,

” he grumbled

into the microphone of

the Magenta reporter on

Monday

.

“That's why we're happy that we're third.” You're welcome. 

(LUDWIG KRAMMER)