Only six hours in a traffic jam - and then the way to the gate of the district league club Birkenfeld was not clear for a long time.
Djayo and Cocic redeem Köllner's Bubi-Löwen late.
It is an easy 343 kilometers from Grünwalder Straße 114 in Munich-Giesing to the Lower Franconian 2000-soul village of Birkenfeld. Even with traffic that is halfway flowing, you need just under four hours on the congested A 9 - at least for Michael Köllner, the always positive-thinking trainer of TSV 1860, not wasted time, but gained time. “I like to drive our bus,” he said before yesterday's 3-0 (0: 0) win the Totopokal opening game at SV Birkenfeld, slyly greeting the vehicle sponsor: “Thanks to our partner MAN we have a very pleasant bus. I take something with me to read, sleep or use my place as an office. ”After all, there is always something to do, for example preparing for the derby against Türkgücü on Saturday (2pm, Grünwalder Stadium).
Instead of the estimated four, Köllner surprisingly even had six hours for his coaching bureaucracy. The modern 1860 bus fared no differently than the normal passenger cars with license plates from half of Europe. It's vacation time - apparently half-heartedly considered by the team organizer of the third division. The kick-off in Birkenfeld was planned for 6 p.m., at a regional league club that had not had seven days to get it organized perfectly since the draw. The heavily delayed Löwen bus drove up to the sports grounds at 6:08 p.m., and the kick-off was postponed to 6:45 p.m. After all: The Köllner squad, who only came with 14 players, only needed seven minutes to jog onto the pitch in their dark blue away gear to warm up. On-the-fly moving - in keeping with the pleasant provincial ambience.
Initially, there was no sign of thick 1860 legs in the game.
After a quarter of an hour, the locals on the natural grandstand behind the row of larch trees agreed: Only SVB keeper Julian Konrad, an avowed Bayern fan, could be the man of the game.
Every minute, the 27-year-old electronics technician parried half a dozen headers and shots from Tim Linsbichler, Lorenz Knöferl, Kevin Goden and Co .. It was an entertaining start - and the evening sun bathed the idyllic village square in an almost kitschy late summer light.
Birkenfeld celebrates keeper Julian Konrad, an avowed Bayern fan
However: the more Konrad was celebrated, the more dissatisfied Köllner became in front of the beer benches of the middle tier. The limited after-work footballers of SV Birkenfeld actually managed to keep their goal clean until half-time whistle. The hosts were accompanied to their sports center with thunderous applause, but in 1860 one saw perplexed faces - and a limping Linsbichler. The striker, whom Köllner wanted to "integrate" after a one-year injury break, had to leave early. After half an hour he was lying on the lawn, rubbing his thigh. But: only a bruise, not so bad. In addition to the bandage, the Austrian also carried the container with the drinking bottles to the cabin during the break.
Most noticeable player in Köllner's U 22 selection: Leandro Morgalla, the 16-year-old talented central defender.
The redeeming double was then shot by another: "Hansi" Djayo, dusting once while falling (53rd), once with his head (60th) against tired village footballers.
The substitute for Linsbichler Cocic put the lid on in the twilight (86th) - a 3-0 win, but anything but a brilliant performance by Köllner's Bubi-Löwen.
The hosts were rightly celebrated - with a lap of honor and bottled beer to disco music.
Köllner's conclusion: “We had imagined it to be a little different today.
Unfortunately, I met the Birkenfeld goalkeeper in the toilet before the game and gave him a little too much courage.