Draw in the derby: After 20 minutes, the air was out

The stately backdrop of almost 300 spectators deserved a better game.

But at the beginning of November, both the footballers of TSV Altenstadt and their opponents from TSV Bernbeuren, the reserves were almost exhausted.

Altenstadt - The stately backdrop of almost 300 spectators would have deserved a better game.

But at the beginning of November, both the footballers of TSV Altenstadt and their opponents from TSV Bernbeuren, the reserves were almost exhausted.

“We have already made up our minds to go 'all in' again,” said Christoph Schmitt, asserting that there was no lack of will.

But then the Altenstadt player-coach and his team only had enough strength for one half.

With a 1: 1 (1: 1) draw, the hosts said goodbye to the long-awaited winter break, while Bernbeuren will be detained against FC Aich in the district league 2 next Sunday.

Kadircan Yapici scores 1-0 for Altenstadt

After a quarter of an hour it looked like the derby could be a real wrench. Kadircan Yapici used the first real chance of fifth in the table. He picked up a long ball safely on the left side and maneuvered it from 17 meters to Altenstadt 1-0 into the opposing mesh. The goal got the fans going, who a short time later had to marvel at the next goal. When the Altenstadter did not manage to clear the ball, striker Manuel Jäger did not ask twice and scored the equalizer. "That was unfortunate for us," said Schmitt, who had seen a foul in advance, but the referee did not punish it.

The two goals aroused the desire for more in the audience, but the two teams could no longer meet the general expectations. Altenstadt controlled the action in the first half, but there was no advantage. After changing sides, the game flattened out more and more. Both parties only tried their luck with high and wide balls, to the chagrin of the audience. “It wasn't a good game anymore,” Schmitt admitted. "It was a lot of pounding."

It was a long time before something extraordinary happened. After a high ball, both Altenstadt's keeper Max Gast and Bernbeuren's striker Michael Boos looked into the low sun. Blinded, the goalkeeper flew past the ball and the striker headed over the box from a meter. "That was a hundred percent chance," said Schmitt, taking a deep breath so that his team was spared another impact. So his team got hold of a valuable point, which led them further up in the table, but did not banish the risk of relegation. The distance to a relegation place is six points. "We are completely mediocre," stated the coach. Others are playing for the title this season.

Statistics:

1-0 (15th) Yapici, 1: 1 (20th) Jäger.

Altenstadt 2, Bernbeuren 3.

Leo Bertol.

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