TSV 1860 Munich got the upper hand in a spectacular game against MSV Duisburg.
It was a very special Saturday for the fans.
Munich - Farewell nostalgia lay over the Grünwalder Stadium when this wild traditional duel between biting lions and never giving up zebras from Duisburg was over.
The good old 60s march rattled out of the boxes - and no one was in a hurry to go home.
Neither the fans in the stands nor the 1860 professionals on the pitch, who enjoyed their hard-fought 3-2 victory with relish.
Everyone knew: In view of the Corona situation, it could take longer to get together again so carefree.
TSV 1860: Fans experienced a roller coaster ride against Duisburg
All the more emotional the 90-minute spectacle with which the lions spoiled their friends again. Those who were there, including ex-trainer Daniel Bierofka for the first time among the officially 15,000, experienced a rollercoaster ride that will be fondly remembered in the dark pandemic winter. Early deficit after a co-production of two MSV oldies (Flanke Stoppelkamp, headball Bouhaddouz / 10th), swift equalization by a foul penalty converted by Phillipp Steinhart (16th), 2-1 lead after a stroke of genius by Sascha Mölders, who had two opponents danced out in the narrowest of spaces and shot in precisely with the left (54th). After that, however: horror in the stands. Steinhart leaves the 3: 1, which would have been a copy of the 1: 1: foul by Gembalies on Stefan Lex, Steinhart starts again and targets the right corner again,what MSV keeper Leo Weinkauf suspected (65th). The penalty followed immediately - with a direct decrease from Orhan Ademi (68th).
The next draw?
Not this time.
Marcel Bär was there in the 73rd minute after the outstanding Lex had served him exemplary - with his third assist that afternoon.
"Lexi blindly plays the ball in the middle, I'm spot on and just have to push it in," Bär described the course of this 3-2 - and in the Magenta interview the immediate effects: "You just have to look me in the face: I am overjoyed!"
Köllner: "It's the best thing that we're making people happy in this difficult pandemic time"
He was not alone with this feeling after a game that made the black Saturday forgotten two weeks earlier. "After the defeat in Osnabrück, the international break was miserably long for us," reported coach Michael Köllner, who was visibly relieved that the team reported back with such an impressive reaction. “That was the best advertisement for football,” he said: “Hats off to the boys. The audience will continue to talk about this game tomorrow and the day after tomorrow. It's the best thing that we're making people happy in this difficult pandemic time. "As far as his own emotional state is concerned, he referred to the nerves that were already strained as a coach:" I made a conscious decision for this job - knowing,that such games are likely to affect life expectancy just as much as alcohol or drug addiction. "
5 goals, 4 aluminum hits, 1 missed 11: huge spectacle in the 3-2 victory of the Lions vs. @MSVDuisburg.
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Five goals, four hits on the post - it's just a shame that many season ticket holders have also missed it. An estimated one in four had let their purchased ticket expire, ultras and unvaccinated fans because of the changed pandemic regulations (2G, mask requirement), others because of concerns about a corona infection. In the catch-up game against Mannheim in eight days, only a quarter of the maximum capacity is allowed. Before that, however, the away game in Hanover against bottom light Havelse is on (Saturday, 2 p.m.).
The chance to take off is there - probably also sees sports director Günther Gorenzel that way, who took out his smartphone after the final whistle and probably studied the table.
The three points against Duisburg - only at first glance they were three points against relegation.
Köllner said: "I trust the team to remain undefeated for five, ten or 15 games at any time."
