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Köllner: "At times the best we have played this season"

2021-04-21T15:57:09.957Z


Michael Köllner remains optimistic after TSV 1860's draw against Viktoria Köln. He praises his team and is already looking ahead to the coming weekend.


Michael Köllner remains optimistic after TSV 1860's draw against Viktoria Köln.

He praises his team and is already looking ahead to the coming weekend.

Munich - The sun had just set over Giesing, so the lions would have liked to whistle off the season. The old clock in the Grünwalder Stadium read 7.40 p.m. - and in the virtual third division table the champions from 1966 had just made another step in the direction of nirvana: second place - one point behind Rostock (today contested against contractions) and one more than the last stumbling block Duo Dresden / Ingolstadt. It was 1-0 in the duel of the series winners. Pass Richard Neudecker, finish with Sascha Mölders. The team, which up to this point had contributed more to the success of the mild April evening, led in an intense game.

That changed after the break.

The lions came out of the cabin passively, Cologne took over the command - and was rewarded with a tight finish from Timmy Thiele (64th).

It was also 1: 1 at the end - both series held, but the lions catching up was slowed down.

What the point is worth will be shown in the last five match days, when not only Mölders & Co. have other Herculean tasks in front of their chests (including Wehen, Bayern, Ingolstadt on the last three match days).

Michael Köllner: "I can live with the point very well"

“We had set ourselves three points, and it became one,” said young defender Semi Belkahia at MagentaSport: “We played a very good half. The second was then no longer so handy. We didn't plan to do that, but there are always phases in the game where you can't get there. "Coach Michael Köllner said:" I can live with the point very well. It was a top game. Both teams cut everything and tried to get the game under control in terms of football. At times it was the best we played this season. You always have to see who the opponent was: We didn't play against the last one, but against a team that won six of the last seven games. "

Objectively speaking, in the end the Cologne-based company had even more reason to be dissatisfied.

Belkahia was lucky that after a bump against Thiele there was no penalty whistle (24th).

Marco Hiller was also able to defuse a free kick from Mölders-Spezl Mike Wunderlich with difficulty (58th).

The last chance out of the game, however, had the Lions: Erik Tallig pulled away, but the ball hissed a few centimeters past the post (84th).

TSV 1860: All four promotion candidates play at the same time on Saturday

The frustration was written on Mölders' face when Patrick Kessel blew his pipe too punctually.

The reaction: gesture-rich debate with the referee.

Fabian Greilinger also left the place shaking his head.

Köllner, on the other hand, was happily looking ahead again, officially only pursuing fourth place, which entitles him to participate in the DFB Cup (“Important for us”).

His closing words: “It is crucial that the team calls up everything.

If I felt like we were missing something, I would be disappointed.

It will continue on Saturday. ”And with a novelty: For the first time, all four candidates for promotion to the 2nd Bundesliga will play at the same time.

(ULI WAITER)

Source: merkur

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