The hope for advancement at TSV 1860 has a name: Sascha Mölders.
The 36-year-old captain is well on his way to breaking his own goal record.
Munich - “I'll be 36 in March, and of course I want to move up again at the age of sixty in Munich, because I was very lucky to have played in the second division with the club.
And that's where I would like to lead sixty back there. "
Sascha Mölders put it so unequivocally a good three months ago in “Magenta-sport”.
Back then, after a 3-0 win at 1. FC Kaiserslautern, the Löwen were in third place in the table - and Mölders after his brace on the Betzenberg with eleven goals this season.
TSV 1860 Munich: Captain Sascha Mölders receives praise from all sides - also from the opponent
Seven more hits have been added since then.
After two games without a Mölders goal (0-0 against Lübeck, 1-0 against Dresden - Schütze Steinhart) the bomber from the area at KFC Uerdingen snapped twice again, chasing his header hit a chic sideways puller, also KFC coach Stefan Krämer will not be forgotten so quickly.
"I hope Sascha Mölders stays fit for a long time and plays until 45," said Krefeld's coach with an appreciative smile.
So the time would have come in 2030 - but then more likely as an AH legend of SV Mering, where he trains the A juniors with his wife Ivonne.
The insatiable Mölders will stay with the lions for at least one more season.
Will suck in long balls and put them down, point them with the left (if necessary also with the right) and break up the opposing defensive chains like a Bräuross at the Oktoberfest entrance.
“Sascha gives full throttle in every training session.
He knows exactly what is necessary for his body during the week so that he can give everything in the game, "says Ingo Seibert, his former fitness trainer at 1860." On the pitch, he really turns inside out.
The fans see that in every game. "
TSV 1860 Munich: Sascha Mölders chases his goal record from the 2017/18 promotion season
It is quite possible that Mölders will soon also surpass his Löwen record from the regional league.
In 2017/18 he scored 19 goals in 33 appearances and added three more in the two relegation games against 1. FC Saarbrücken.
Nevertheless, many critics predicted a difficult position against the significantly stronger defenders of the third division after the rise.
Mölders refuted them with satisfaction, scored eight times (four assists) in 2018/19 and 15 times the following year (15).
With SC Verl, there will now be an opponent on Saturday (2 p.m.) who has not yet had to accept a Mölders goal in its third division history.
Which of course could also be due to the fact that there has only been a comparison so far: the 1-1 in the first half of the season, in which Mölders for once let Stefan Lex go first.
You also have to be able to indulge.
Info for all fans: This evening (7 p.m.) Mölders is a guest in Insta-Live at br24sport.
(LUDWIG KRAMMER)