TSV 1860 is looking for its balance - Gorenzel directs clear words to the lion leaders

Location determination for the TSV 1860 in the English week.

After the bankruptcy at FCK, the lions are still looking for the right balance before the game against Cologne.

Munich - “We have to face the rules of professional football, and those are results.

We can't build a feel-good oasis here, our own lion world that has nothing to do with reality. ”That was how 1860 coach Michael Köllner put it before the start of the season.

One month later, the wind whistles the lions properly after four days of play.

The shaky opening win against Würzburg was followed by Duselpunkte in Wehen and against Türkgücü - and on Saturday the 0: 3 against the previously goalless Lauterer.

He was “excessively annoyed” about the bankruptcy on the Betzenberg, said Köllner at the press conference before the game against Viktoria Köln.

And did what his team is strictly forbidden from now on: He looked back.

TSV 1860: Coach Michael Köllner and sports director Günther Gorenzel make the players responsible

"If you compare the statistics, we now have half the points we had last year after four match days," said Köllner.

However, Meppen, Magdeburg, Zwickau and Lübeck were a "different format of opponents".

Fast corner: “We have to get into the new season with our heads.

We can't buy anything from the last lap. "

A sentence entirely to Günther Gorenzel's taste.

The sports director had previously added up the first and second division appearances of the squad players in order to appeal to personal responsibility with the power of the number.

“673 games” are enough experience to “question where everyone has had their focus in the last few weeks”.

In order to find the “balance”, this focus must be directed exclusively “on the here and now”.

Who was Gorenzel referring specifically to?

TSV 1860: No knee injury - the all-clear for central defender Niki Lang

When asked about Sascha Mölders (U23 coach of SV Mering) and Richy Neudecker (co-boss of a football school), the sports director did not want to go into detail. His conviction: “Saturday was a shot across the bow at the right time.” Today's game against Cologne without a win will show it. Positive: The lions were able to give the all-clear for Niki Lang. The central defender was only afflicted by a calf cramp on the Betze, the suspicion of a knee injury was not confirmed, said Köllner. Gorenzel's objection to transfer fans: "We would do well not to call for new signings every time there is a dent." The personnel budget is precisely tailored to the existing squad. And otherwise? Humor, of course.

Köllner's final sentences testified to a deep inner balance: “We mustn't make the mistake of glossing over the situation, but we don't have to push Grünwalder Strasse with the bulldozer after four match days.” Addition: “There won't be a drinking break on Tuesday, there I'm pretty sure. ”Looking back again. (LUDWIG KRAMMER)