"Linsi" cult: zero goals, but already a lion's favorite

Created: 01/09/2022Updated: 01/09/2022, 7:28 PM

From: Uli Kellner

On the rise: Storm talent Tim Linsbichler, 21. © Stefan Matzke / Sampics

After a year of epidemics, it is now running for Tim Linsbichler: Although he was only once in the starting line-up, the fans celebrate him.

“I like it,” says the young Viennese.

How can you tell that the lions are well on their way to leaving the era of Sascha Mölders, 36, behind?

They have a new strike duo who have scored five goals in two games.

Stefan Lex met twice as the new captain, Marcel Bär three times, and, realization of the days in Belek: The fans have a new darling who is a little perplexed by the cult around himself.

In the winter training camp, which ended on Saturday, it was the running gag par excellence in the fan stand: Whenever Tim Linsbichler, 21, scored a goal or was otherwise noticed on the lawn, cheers broke out among the accompanying people.

Why do the fans love him so much?

“I ask myself this question too,” said the young Viennese at the end of the Belek Camp: “It started when we were in Windischgarsten in the summer, probably triggered by the Austrian Löwen fans.

I'm surprised that this has been going on for over six months. ”But,“ Linsi ”added with a smile:“ It's good for me.

I think it's funny too.

It's a cool feeling when the fans shout your name after every goal in training. "

It's a really cool feeling when the fans shout your name after every goal in training.

Tim Linsbichler, the new crowd favorite at TSV 1860.

Unsurprisingly, the Linsi cult also causes a lot of abuse in the cabin.

“The other players ask, of course, how I did it, that the fans celebrate me like that.” Due to the injury, the storm talent has so far not been able to provide any sporting arguments.

In the first year after moving from Hoffenheim, an inflammation of the pubic bone put him out of action.

He made his first appearances in the summer in the Toto Cup, later he made joker appearances in the league, culminating in his starting eleven in the pre-Christmas win in Würzburg (3-0).

“I started the year in rehab and ended with a stadium assignment.

That was a great end, ”the ex-problem child looks back.

Linsbichler made up for lack of experience in the unfamiliar Neudecker position as ten in Würzburg with enthusiasm ("Sure, I can't replace Richie one-on-one").

Had spectators been allowed, there would probably have been loud applause when the new fan favorite ran to the rooms and was replaced after 70 minutes, exhausted.

It is also not proven, but it is obvious that the cult around the Viennese is also based on his conspicuous appearance.

Stilts from Vienna instead of "Wampe von Giesing"

On the one hand there is the braid about which the blond boy says: “It was created when the hairdressers were closed during Corona. Many say I have to get rid of it. I say: no way. I'm good at it. ”On the other hand, there is Linsbichler's asparagus-like body. A stature that is seldom seen in the Mucki-Business of professional football: 1.93 m tall with a live weight of 81 kg, carried by skinny legs, which were a trademark even in childhood. "I've always been a tall young man, slimmer than the others," reports the giant and laughs: "But I somehow managed to get it coordinated."

It looks like after Giesing's belly the fans have found great liking for the stilts from Vienna.

Linsbichler, who is still goalless in the league, says about his chances of inheriting Mölders as a central striker and darling on the west curve: “I don't know whether I can follow in Sascha's footsteps.

But I don't think we really have a type of player like me - big and up front - we don't really have that.

Finishes in the penalty area are my strength, otherwise there is room for improvement everywhere - I also have to calm down on the ball. "

The Linsi shoots us up!

Everything driver Roman Wöll.

The personality cult around the tall Viennese, who turns 22 the day before the Wiesbaden home game, is already causing positive unrest.

When asked about the Linsbichler phenomenon, Roman Wöll, 67, said: “Why do we celebrate Linsi like that?

Because he shoots us into the 2nd league! ”The name of the striker who shot the Lions in the current league is, by the way, seldom heard around the Lions.