The lions jump to third place - dominant game secures the hope of advancement 

The fans of TSV 1860 have been able to dream a little more about promotion to the 2nd division since yesterday.

The lions won their home game against Kaiserslautern well deserved 3-0.

The Lions benefited from the fact that their three competitors only played a draw.

The result of the perfect midweek game day from the 1860's perspective: the jump to third place in the table, which would entitle the player to participate in the relegation games.

Michael Köllner scratched his beard briefly when Phillipp Steinhart made the preliminary decision with his goal to make it 3-0 (69th).

Petra Freitag, the partner of the Löwen trainer, knew at that moment: nothing will be done with the reconversion of her favorite to the pre-Almöhi state, on the contrary: Köllner's Playoffbart is celebrating a small but appropriate anniversary today (60 days).

This is due to the strong appearance of the lions, which Köllner coaches towards a white and blue happy ending according to the state of affairs. 

"It was a game at eye level, we did the job"

With the well-deserved 3-0 win over Kaiserslautern in two draws by the competition, 1860 pushed FC Ingolstadt to fourth place and stalked Dresden and Rostock up to two points. “It wasn't a match at eye level,” Köllner analyzed harshly, but correctly: “We played with good grip, persevered through our game and won 3-0. Job fulfilled. "

Munich on the way back to normal?

It looked like this an hour before kick-off in Giesing.

Löwen fans with the strength of the west curve were out and about on the streets around the Grünwalder Stadium and stood in line with the flags when the bus with the professionals drove up - folk festival atmosphere like in the gray pre-Corona times.

The police were represented by a few hundred groups, but had no serious reason to intervene.

“It's impressive what the fans showed before the game,” enthused Köllner.

Penalty not given, but dominance proved even without standards 

The footballers from number 114 displayed a similar presence in the game as their fans. The actually formally strong Palatinate saw themselves pressed into their own half from the start, but were initially lucky that the hosts, who were running high, did not have exactly that: luck. Erik Tallig hesitated too long at the first chance of the game, at the second after nine minutes Stephan Salger's jersey was plucked, but the 1860 delegation waited in vain for the referee's whistle. “A crystal clear penalty,” complained assistant coach Oliver Beer in MagentaSport's half-time interview.

The fact that Beer presented his complaint without an angry tremolo in his voice was due to a counterattack from the textbook, which the lions brought to the finish line after a little more than half an hour.

That happened: Eckball Lautern, Greilinger, who played for Wein, headed the ball to Biankadi, who sent Richard Neudecker on his journey with a perfectly timed pass.

The right-winger could hardly have found a better addressee.

The Neudecker, who had been outstanding for weeks, marched a few meters, was not irritated by guard Sessa and lifted the ball from 16 meters with a lot of feeling to make it 1-0 into the net.

"That's three boards, but as we are on it at the moment, anything is possible" 

A leadership can hardly be more deserving.

And the best from the fans' point of view: 1860 stayed on the trigger even after the break and made everything clear early on with two Steinhart goals (penalty after foul on Mölders, deflected left-footed shot).

It was the hero of the second half who dared to make a little announcement before the final spurt against Wehen, Bayern II and Ingolstadt: “That's three boards, but as we are at the moment, everything is possible.” Also second division games in the party stronghold Giesing .

(Ulli Kellner)