The Sechzger-Wiesn with the team was well received by the 280 guests.
The highlight of the evening: Köllner's appeal for solidarity in difficult sporting times.
Munich
- In the end (almost) everyone was on the benches.
The professional team around coach Michael Köllner had left the Sechzger-Wiesn around 9 p.m. as announced, but the Sonic Superband continued to heat up.
And otherwise the ingredients were reminiscent of an original festival tent: Freshly tapped Oktoberfest beer, snack platters on upturned beer mugs, even a "Hau den Lukas" was set up on the club's premises - and two playmates mingled with the 280 guests (Julia Römmelt, Vanessa Teske) plus Verena Kerth, ex-girlfriend of today's Bayern boss Oliver Kahn.
Every single player has their heart in the right place.
Let us continue on our way with calm, patience and trust!
1860 coach Michael Köllner.
The evening reached its emotional climax, however, when Köllner grabbed the microphone at around 8.45 p.m. - and appealed to the Löwen family to stick together in difficult sporting times. Here is the speech in the original wording: “For the first two seasons since I've been here, you felt satisfied with everything: 0: 1 deficit, then played 1: 1 - great coach, great team, everything was great! Now the experience is a bit like this: 2-0 at halftime, if we (would) lead - that would be okay. In the end it has to be 5-0 - which is a bit difficult for us at the moment. But I believe that one thing is visible, even if it came across differently on Saturday (in the 2-0 home defeat against Zwickau / Red.): The team gives everything in every training session and in every game. And I think that's always the basis for everything
(drowns in applause)
. The most important thing is that we have a team where every single player has his heart in the right place. Just like you, because you support us a lot. I really appreciate the fact that you can work in peace here. The executive committee, the main shareholder Hasan Ismaik, the main sponsor - everyone contributes something to the association. Let us therefore continue on our way with calm, patience and trust! If you continue to support the team, success will come back by itself. Maybe we just have to go through a phase like that. We have had that every now and then, but you can rely on one thing: Regardless of the stadium and whether we are in first or fifth place - we will always do everything we can to ensure that we are successful and that we can still celebrate many parties together in the future.So that in the end we can still achieve something great together. "
At SC Verl on Saturday it will show whether Köllner's rousing speech will be followed by sporting deeds.
