On Saturday there will be a reunion with a good friend for SE Freising.
The coach of the opponent FC Schwaig is Ben Held, formerly the goalscorer of the Lerchenfelder.
Freising
- The last meeting with Ben Held is a little bit back for SE Freising.
In May 2019 it was, the end of a long season was approaching, and the SEF and VfB Hallbergmoos, where the attacker had moved, were at the top of the table.
The guests from Freising soon led through a Tiric gate, but then the turnaround was initiated with a hand penalty:
Ben hero.
On Saturday (2 p.m.) there will be another encounter with the ex-striker, the now 36-year-old has been playing for the yellow-blacks for a total of four years, was also quite successful in the youth of Eintracht and kicked up to the second highest at the time Bayern League.
Since that match in Hallbergmoos, Held has had a steep (coach) career.
In 2019, the Allershausen-based player moved to FC Schwaig, took over the newly promoted district league and promptly led the small club from the Erding district into the state league.
And there?
The Schwaiger are preparing to get back up there right away.
As fourth with 33 points, relegation has long since ceased to be an issue; rather, the village club is involved in the concert of the well-known national league teams.
You don't have to be a football prophet to know that the guest appearance might be the most delicate one for coach Alex Plabst's team. But that shows up quite unaffected by the weekend task. “We're playing against a team from the top group of the table,” Plabst points out, “it doesn't matter whether a team is promoted.” Rather, the Lerchenfelder are optimistic about the game. Because: Almost all games against the top five of the league have been positive so far, both against Unterföhring, Grünwald and Karlsfeld (despite a narrow defeat) the yellow-blacks played really well, only against Erlbach the SEF was sparkling clean. "Let's see", oracles Plabst, "how it goes this time."
Of course, Plabst had the upcoming opponent scouted, anything else would contradict his temperament.
The opponent builds on almost the same team after promotion.
"They were almost always able to play with a similar team and are thus well-rehearsed." In addition, the FCS act with a compact defensive, knows the 51-year-old.
"And offensively, it almost doesn't matter who comes up."
Plabst satisfied with the preliminary round
The Eintracht coach uses the time before the last preliminary round game to take stock - and the numbers aren't that bad. 26 points and sixth place are on the books, “Plabst would have signed that before the season. What he would not have signed are the fluctuating performances, the game last week against Traunstein was the best proof of that with two completely different halves. "In total there are unfortunately still a lot of games with struggle and tension," said Plabst. "We still have plenty of room for improvement."
The lark fields have to change personnel again, this time the position in the gate is hit.
Regular keeper Patrick Negele suffers from an eye infection and has to take antibiotics.
That's why newcomer Maximilian Oswald will come to his starting XI premiere - hopefully without conceding a hero goal.
Lineup
Oswald - Tatzer, Mayr, Schmid, Zanker - Bittner, Fischer, Tiric, Geuenich - Hohlenburger, Brudtloff
