The negative streak was long: FC Penzberg had recently suffered six defeats in a row in the district league.
Against the SC Unterpfaffenhofen a breakout has now been achieved.
Penzberg - In the North American basketball league NBA they like to say at championships: What you feel after great victories, this crazy feeling of happiness inside, is in reality the relief of having made it. Martin Wagner, soccer coach in Penzberg, can confirm it. “You noticed that some rocks had tumbled over there.” Difficult to say which part got rid of the biggest chunks, the coaching team, the spectators or the players? In any case, in the dressing room, the coach heard a “completely different mood than usual” after the 2: 1 (1: 1) win over SC Unterpfaffenhofen. They were solved, the Penzbergers, after six defeats in a row.
There was little about this success that was nice. The second half in particular was not for the audience, said Wagner. Habacher called it “no picnic”. But it didn't matter to anyone when Fazlican Verep headed a Josef Siegert junior corner kick into the goal in the 74th minute. "It almost had to be a standard goal," joked the coach, nothing else would have fitted into the picture that two teams drew in the fight against relegation.
In terms of football, nothing went together in this phase. Martin Wagner said “piecemeal”. However, he gave credit to his team that they “kept going”. Defeat, especially in such abundance, feels like a lead vest, with each additional weight being put on it. Just to make it understandable how such a negative run can suck the lightness of your team.
In the beginning, FC Penzberg knew how to use the advantages of the artificial turf pitch. Denny Krämer crowned a decent initial phase with a goal (13th), which really had nothing in common with relegation battle and was much more reminiscent of the beautiful football that Penzberg would like to show. The ball moved from back to front, then from left to right and back until it reached Kramer in front of the goal. But Martin Wagner had prepared his men for what followed. "We said that there would be setbacks." First Tim Schneckenburger headed a free cross in the penalty area next to the goal (18th), then nobody attacked him on the way to goal. ).
In both scenes, the 19-year-old Schneckenburger, obviously the most dangerous as well as the most talented with the opponent, was uncovered. It was explained by the back four that Wagner had to rebuild once again. After Marco Wirtl was sent off in Aubing, Josef Siegert moved to the center of defense next to Maximilian Gerg. Several times the vote did not fit or the defensive association was too far away from their own goal. Mistakes that such an association makes. Before the season started, nobody could have suspected or planned that a creative like Josef Siegert would one day prevent goals.
This further blow in the neck paralyzed Penzberg. The coach did not see the 1-1 as the sticking point in half one. Rather, “that we don't add the second goal”. A few moments before the equalizer, Patriot Lajqi had shot the ball past the goal from about ten meters, just like a few minutes earlier. “More has to come out of it, at least it has to hit the box,” said Wagner. "Then it's easier in the current situation." So it was a fight until the final whistle, in which Efe Kurtar stood out. After a long time, the 18-year-old started again from the start, in addition to that in the responsible role in the central midfield. His coach praised: "Really well done."
Statistics: Goals:
1: 0 (13th) Krämer, 1: 1 (34th) Schneckenberger, 2: 1 (74th) Verep.
Yellow cards:
Penzberg 1, Unterpfaffenhofen 2.
Referee:
Daniel Gutmann.
Spectators: 100.