Who has the better talents?
This question sparked a local dispute before this third division season.
On Friday in the derby, 1860 not only got the next three against Unterhaching (3: 1), but also presented other home growns ...
Die Löwen second behind Duisburg, but before Unterhaching.
In the prestigious competition for talent, the DFB funding table had triggered an amusing summer theater before the season.
As a reminder: 1860 coach Michael Köllner rubbed the "alleged youth club Unterhaching" the worse table placement under the nose.
SpVgg boss Manni Schwabl grumbled back that Köllner was probably not paying attention to math.
The (provisional) end of the song: Roman Beer, soccer department head at 1860, poured a bit of oil on the fire before the October derby because 105 young lions had already used the white-blue career springboard over the years (Haching: 24).
Schwabl, on the other hand, is happy about a seven-figure sum from the Mantl transfer to Salzburg and is already raving about "enormous top talents" who could secure the future of his club even in the event of relegation.
So much for history.
And it fits into the picture quite well that Köllner was able to offer the local rival the next small talent show on Friday.
Not only because he helped Niklas Lang, 18, make his professional debut when Daniel Wein waved off an adductor story before the game (diagnosis today after the MRI).
No, he also used the favorable course of the game in the end (3: 1 by Stefan Lex / 80th) to present Haching with three more lion jewels in the final phase: First the already profiled winger Fabian Greilinger (86th), before added time then 17-year-old Maxim Gresler (second minute bet) - and Marco Mannhardt, 18, who, like Niklas Lang, was allowed to sniff the third division air for the first time on the pitch.
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And another novice: midfield talent Marco Mannhardt, 18, was substituted on by Köllner for stoppage time.
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In this way, Köllner laid the foundation stone for more money from the DFB youth fund, almost en passant.
As a result of Lang's starting eleven debut and Mannhardt's substitution, the number of home grown-ups who benefit from Köllnerscher start-up assistance this season increased to five.
Before Lang and Mannhardt, three more players had their third division premieres in the first half of the season: Lorenz Knöferl, 18, Gresler - and Johann “Hansi” Djayo (20, seven appearances).
The former DFB trainer Köllner, who was already noticed at 1. FC Nürnberg as a talented nose, had announced in the training camp before the season: “When it comes to performance, the boys stay up there.
You don't go and say you want to play 15 games.
We will do everything we can to ensure that training works well - and that the players develop. "
Promise kept.
Another proof of how well the model works was provided by Niklas Lang, who celebrated a flawless debut in the third division as a wine representative.
“Niki Lang made a really good debut in the back three,” said Köllner, praising the young star from Starnberg: “It was certainly not easy for him, but our older players around Dennis Erdmann, Sascha Mölders and Stefan Lex pulled the cart.
It is important that these older players go ahead and take the young players with them. ”It worked.
Lang can come back - and could stay in the starting line-up if Wein's injury turns out to be more serious today.
