Michael Köllner didn't dwell long with the 3-2 victory at TSV Havelse.
The 1860 coach knows: his team must improve against Mannheim and Magdeburg.
Michael Köllner sounded like a cook who had prepared a simple soup, but knows for sure that the main course and dessert are still missing before the success of his winter menu is judged.
“It was important that we get three points today,” said the 1860 coach in the eerily empty HDI arena: “Tomorrow, no cock will crow to see how it ends here: 3: 2, 3: 1, 4: 0 . “Or 2: 3 - from the point of view of TSV Havelse, which is defensive to the end.
When he spoke into the Magenta microphone after the final whistle, Köllner knew: This 3-2 win at the newly promoted team was just the starter, a (against) goal-rich appetizer.
The two decisive courses are only now coming: Mannheim on Tuesday (7 p.m.) and Magdeburg on Saturday (2 p.m.) - two home games that will show what the entrée, the shaky mandatory win at the bottom of the table, is worth.
Translated into football language: The first away three-point in seven months is good for morale, but now has to be gold-plated against two top teams in the 3rd division.
Tomorrow no rooster will crow to see how this ends: 3: 2, 3: 1 or 4: 0.
1860 coach Michael Köllner.
The Lions are well aware: With a performance like on Saturday in Hanover, little should be inherited against the formally strong teams from Mannheim (jump to fourth place) and Magdeburg (five wins from the last six games).
There were two very different halves that need to be dealt with in the analysis announced by the coach.
Before the break, the Lions played as Köllner imagined: dynamically and with a deliberate wing game that forced an opponent's own goal (Fölster / 8th), before Marcel Bär headed a cross from Stefan Lex (32nd).
After the break: hair-raising mistakes on the defensive, two goals conceded by Jaeschke according to standards (51st, 85th);
In between, however, there was also a thoughtful shot from Merv Biankadi (preparatory work by Mölders), which meant the winning goal.
Home game double against two top teams
For Bär, who always gets better and faster as a hanging tip, it was a victory of passion in the end.
“It was a real fighting game,” said the man from Lower Saxony, making the bumpy lawn jointly responsible for some mishaps: “The course was a disaster.
You couldn't really play football here. "But, so Bär:" We accepted and are very happy to have scored three points away from home again. "
The away curse would be defeated - after an eternity of 217 days.
Against Mannheim and Magdeburg it is now a matter of expanding the home record - knowing full well that it will not be easy with a slimmed-down backdrop (3200 spectators) and two promotion rivals in front of the chest to be captured.
Ideally, 1860 would be fifth - that would make Köllner's preferred nine-point Christmas menu perfect.