The 4-1 defeat of the Erding Gladiators in Königsbrunn in the only game of the weekend was not necessarily unexpected.
Erding - The team of coach Thomas Vogl had to start badly weakened due to the corona, and in the end the strength was simply lacking.
A total of six junior players were in the line-up, who did their job quite well, but sometimes - unsurprisingly - were still overwhelmed.
And so the Königsbrunn team could look forward to their fourth victory in a row and have now drawn level with Erding and Buchloe on points.
"Samma glad that we can play hockey while we are still allowed to play hockey," said Erdings coach at the press conference after the game. Unfortunately, on Friday they didn't even have a chance to play, they couldn't have put together a team capable of playing.
"We were out of the rhythm for two weeks, two or three players were there who have only just got out of quarantine," said Vogl. “The team played super for the first 30 minutes, but from the 30th minute onwards nothing moved forward, and Königsbrunn then played very well.” He paid special praise to his only goalkeeper Thomas Mende: “He really did his job well done. "Christoph Schedlbauer is still ill," one of the junior goalkeepers is not there, the other is not eligible to play, "said the gladiators' trainer. "I take my hat off to my team," emphasized Vogl. "But Königsbrunn was simply the better team, and the victory is okay even in the heights."
Königsbrunn's coach Andreas Becher also saw it that way, who had warned his team about the gladiators.
"Erding has clever players who can make goals with few chances - you saw that at 1-0," he said.
“The 2: 1 was the can opener, and the 4: 1 was ultimately fair.
But still: compliments to Erding. "
On Wednesday, the gladiators will continue again, with the catch-up game against Miesbach on the program at home, "probably with the same troop as in Königsbrunn," said Vogl.
“But that's the way it is.
As I said: Samma glad that we can play at all. ”Wk
