The Löwen fans had written “Road to Gelsenkirchen” on a banner when the bus with the 1860 professionals set off from Giesing in the direction of the Olympic Park.
It was a journey into the past - and towards a return to the second division, which is suddenly no longer an illusion.
The competition contributes with failures (this time: Ingolstadt vs. Meppen 0-0) - but above all the lions contribute: with appearances in the style of a top team.
The 2-0 win against Türkgücü was valuable - also to put the rebellious newcomer in his place.
For the ducks in the Olympic Park, the ghost was over around 4.30 p.m.
They returned to the meadow behind the south curve, where empty beer bottles next to the rubbish bins reminded of a memorable afternoon.
A police car was patrolling - and only a few "TSV" calls could now be heard from the Olympiaberg.
Partly in front of the entrances and partly on the highest vantage point in the park, 1860 fans had gathered and gave their team a pleasant, unaccustomed feeling for 90 + X minutes. Singing, screaming, jumping - the full pre-Corona program. For the first time, cheers broke out in the 59th minute when Richard Neudecker scored the 1-0 against Türkgücü down on the lawn. A second time, in the 83rd minute, ultras gathered around their opened laptop. The addressee was Semi Belkahia, who scored 2-0 (0-0). Only very few of the tolerated onlookers had a direct view of the playing field - the stronger the impression that the appendix left on the protagonists. The coach and team enjoyed the support - and waved and applauded towards the Olympiaberg after the final whistle.“We received a huge farewell from the fans from Giesing - with great pyro,” enthused 1860 coach Michael Köllner: “We heard the fans loudly even during the game. That's why we wanted to say thank you and send greetings up the mountain. "
The Lions won four out of five third division derbies - in one draw
Power from the mountain, incentive from the table, where in 1860 the top trio got to grips with the team - the rest of the motivation was provided by the opponent who also received special greetings via BR. In particular, Sascha Mölders, who set up two goals on Saturday, looked poked - and turned to Max Kothny, the wet research manager of Türkgücü. “It has been bothering me for months,” said the lion captain: “The sports comrade Kothny said that Türkgücü wants to take over from Munich in 1860. I can only say one thing about that: even if 1860 should one day play Kreisliga C - with this force that this club has, this fan base and everything that goes with it, it is impossible that 1860 will be replaced by anyone in Munich. It is inexplicable for me to make such a statement. He (Kothny) would do wellto take care of his own team. "
The people in charge at Türkgücü rated us in such a way that we haven't lost anything up front - and that there are better teams.
We take it that way.
1860 coach Michael Köllner.
Rumms, that sat.
And Köllner also expressed satisfaction when he took a position on current Kothny statements at the press conference, unasked and refreshingly undiplomatic.
“The people in charge at Türkgücü rated us in such a way that we haven't lost anything up front - and that there are better teams.
We take it that way ”, said Köllner and expressed his joy that 1860 is still in the fast lane (fourth victory in a row).
When asked how he assesses the situation in the promotion battle, he said with a grin: “The situation is not hopeless.
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And while Köllner is looking forward to the "hammer-hard" home game against Cologne (tomorrow, 7 p.m.), Kothny was busy classifying his statements - this was preceded by a shitstorm on Instagram, from which he published excerpts, but later deleted the hate mail posted. Regarding the rivalry with 1860, he said that it had been misunderstood that Türkgücü wanted to become “number two in the city in the medium term”: “In terms of sport, it is always our aim to be as good as possible, and I have always emphasized that. “But, he went on to tease our newspaper when asked:“ In terms of infrastructure, we can't stand before sixty because we don't have any cheap leasehold land from the city. We also lack the members - we still have 70 years to catch up. With the prerequisites that sixty has, they shouldn't be in the 3rd grade.League, but rather see their aspirations much higher up. I am pleased that we were able to set sporting stimuli. "
Ingolstadt fails again - 1860 can now manage the ascent on its own
He was able to.
The application for "Giesingen public enemy number one" has arrived.
The ground for the next duel would be prepared.
It is now up to Köllner's series winners to prevent this reunion from taking place in the third division.
Pleasing result look-up on Sunday: With FC Ingolstadt's 0-0 defeat against Meppen, the Lions can now make the climb again on their own.
