Marco "Killer-Hiller" had to judge it again in the Toto Cup.
TSV 1860 is looking forward to the "final" against Türkgücü Munich after the penalty thriller.
Munich - In the end, it was like almost always when the Lions compete in their parade discipline: One shooter after the other turned safely from the point - Marco Hiller did the rest in a tried and tested manner.
“You can always rely on Marco in the penalty shoot-out,” coach Michael Köllner praised his goalkeeper: “He's not nicknamed 'Killer Hiller' for nothing.
That already has its place. "
TSV 1860 in the Bavarian Toto Cup: Again and again "Killer Hiller"
He did, whereby the lions solved the final of the DFB-Pokal against Türkgücü on Tuesday without the big drama (8.30 p.m., Sport1).
At 7: 6 against Ingolstadt - 2: 2 after the 90 minutes - the number one in the 1860 goal had comparatively little to do.
Hiller parried FCI's second penalty, gently pushed by Marcel Gaus;
there have also been other thrillers at the point.
As a reminder: The Lions are defending champions in the Totopokal after they prevailed from the second round last season using the knitting pattern that was also tried and tested on Saturday.
The results of the incredible series: 5: 2 against Würzburg (final 2019/2020, Hiller twice), 4: 3 against Haching (quarter-finals, three Hiller parades), 6: 5 at TSV 1865 Dachau (Hiller rescue act in the co- Round);
Hiller and Co. had won the semifinals without a fight, Memmingen had withdrawn due to corona.
TSV 1860: Belkahia substitute Niklas Lang also convinces in the Toto Cup against FC Ingolstadt
So it was no longer significant on Saturday that the Lions A-Elf had a lot of trouble with the B-Elf of FC Ingolstadt, who already have 99 percent secure their ticket for the DFB Cup (twelve points ahead of Fifth place in the 3rd division can hardly be gambled away).
Tomas Oral had swapped his team in all nine positions, Köllner surprisingly only in one: Niklas Lang, 18, played in central defense for the ailing Semi Belkahia, Dennis Erdmann waved off after warming up and sat in the stands.
According to Köllner, Lang "who had a child like a virgin" played his part in the victory because he was as stable at the back as on his league debut against Haching.
But Lang's commitment also paid off at the front: his corner kick, which was extended to Salger, took the lead for the first time in 1860 (68th) after ex-lion Beister jumped higher than Steinhart (44th) before the break - and Mölders with a converted hand penalty the Equalization scored (58th).
“Bomb-proof transformed,” enthused Köllner, referring to the shooters who had to work at the end of the 90 minutes: Dressel, Steinhart, Willsch, Mölders (spooned this time) and Tallig.
TSV 1860: Köllner expects an emotional final against Türkgücü Munich
The fact that Köllner had something to grumble was because the lions made it exciting again against the Ingolstadt-based C-Elf (Oral changed four times): Gaus accepted an invitation to equalize 2: 2, Hiller had to be in stoppage time use all his skills against Antonitsch.
In the end it doesn't matter.
90 minutes separate the lions from the DFB-Pokal.
Köllner is preparing for an emotional "final" against Türkgücü Munich, nobody is expecting a continuation of the Totopokal.
The 1860 coach is aware that the week will be a show of strength, Uerdingen on Saturday also has a final character if 1860 wants to preserve its chance of promotion.
But, says Köllner: "We can then relax over Easter."
(Uli Kellner)