Cool, cooler, Köllner.
15th place, pressure from the sports director - but the lion coach remains calm and wants to show himself at the meeting on Sunday.
At the end of the press conference, Michael Köllner pulls out a green and gold plastic card which, on closer inspection, turns out to be a membership card (No. 100138503). The 1860 coach, who was in office for two years at the beginning of November, not only feels connected to his professional footballers, but also to the club as a whole - and of course, he emphasizes, he will exercise his rights on Sunday and be present at the general meeting of TSV 1860 eV ( from 10 a.m., Zenith Hall). “Independent of results”, Köllner clarifies when asked and laughingly points to his membership card. “It doesn't say: Won in Saarbrücken - may come. Unfortunately only played 1: 1 in Saarbrücken - can't come. "
The game on Saturday at 1. FC Saarbrücken (2 p.m.) - despite his demonstratively good mood, Köllner knows that he shouldn't lose it if he wants to give himself and the club a reasonably relaxed gathering. His lions have been without a win for six league games. Köllner would have liked to have taken the momentum out of the Totopokal (3: 2 in Buchbach) to end the losing streak against SV Waldhof, but how it is when it doesn't go: First the game of the Mannheim Corona wave fell Victims, then more backbenchers passed the table, which is why the lions travel to Saarland from position 15. “It was a shame for us that we weren't allowed to play,” said Köllner: “We would have liked to have won against Mannheim. Then many questions would have pulverized. "
It doesn't affect me in any way.
I don't feel restricted in my work.
We have important games to play.
Sometimes such a topic is made bigger than it is in the media.
Köllner on the topic of job guarantee, which was last refused by Gorenzel.
For example, the question of how he received what his superior had said a week earlier in the Bavarian state parliament. As a reminder: at a question time, organized by the white and blue politicians 'regulars' table, sports director Günther Gorenzel left open how much credit the Köllner, who has long been celebrated as a successful coach, still enjoys. Keyword job guarantee. Köllner had a week to plan a reaction. Yesterday he said calmly, while Gorenzel didn’t change his face next to him: “It doesn’t affect me at all. I don't feel restricted in my work. We have important games to play. Sometimes such a topic is made bigger than it is in the media. "
So no increased pressure?
"The pressure in 1860 is always high," said Köllner.
He preferred to talk about "what we can influence" - the upcoming appearance in Saarbrücken.
In Corona-positive Richard Neudecker, one player will definitely be out, Tim Linsbichler and Stefan Lex had to step back during the week because the flu wave "unfortunately does not stop at our cabin door".
Regardless of who comes up at the end, Köllner announces "active, aggressive football" - without wanting to "nail down" a basic tactical order.
Köllner asked as a psychologist - because of the little devils on his shoulders
He sees it as the most important task to give his team a certain lightness again.
“Your head always plays tricks on you,” argued the coach.
The famous “little devil on my shoulder” ensures that this is the case.
His advice: "You have to make sure that you prohibit the male from speaking on the shoulder." He knows that it works best with victories.
So that the devils are also silent at the general meeting.
