The six-day trip to Belek has served its purpose: The Lions defeat second division Rostock and seem to be well equipped for the restart of the league.
Not surprisingly, a delegation from the “Trendy Lara” hotel mingled with the 150 fans in the Gloria Sports Arena in Belek. Andreas Heraf, the new coach of Türkgücü, did not miss the chance to observe the second league opponent of his team on neutral training camp ground; Max Kohtny and Roman Plesche from the command bridge of the city rival accompanied the Austrian. A thoroughly worthwhile excursion. The scouts from Türkgücü not only saw a deserved 3-1 (0-0) victory for the Lions against Hansa Rostock, they also got an idea that it could be difficult to keep the upper hand in the derby on January 22nd.
Conclusion of the 90-minute test: Work was successful in the six-day Belek Camp of Lions (Türkgücü only flies back on Tuesday).
A lot of things that coach Michael Köllner values are working quite well.
Apart from a misunderstanding between goalkeeper Marco Hiller and Semi Belkahia before the 0-1 (Verhoek / 50th), Köllner's double bulwark in the new 3-4-1-2 system was safe.
Getting chances up front despite the safety first motto was a lesson that Köllner wanted to convey to his family in the days of Belek.
That also worked out well, as shown by all three goals against a second division team who were not in the best line-up.
Lex, Greilinger and Bär turn the game
Keanu Staude initiated the quick equalization of Stefan Lex with a sugar pass. Fabian Greilinger made the 2: 1 after an energetic advance over the left side: He completed a 60-meter sprint by simply aiming from the edge of the penalty area flat down into the Hansa goal. The 3: 1 finally fell according to the meanwhile proven knitting pattern. Flank over right - and in the middle Marcel Bär ran over and continued his goal run.
Köllner was correspondingly satisfied in his first comment on the game. “I'm happy that we won the game,” he said: “The training camp only makes sense if you play successfully in the end.” The “alpha and omega” of the Belek camp was to apply the new game system Refine and develop offensive levers against teams that do not usually want the ball like Dortmund II and Würzburg. That and also the training diligence of his own drew respect from the trainer. "The first few days were not without success for the team," he said: "It is all the more impressive that the players marched again after falling behind and got everything out of themselves." The substitutions of Keanu Staude, Tim Linsbichler and Co. would have paid off: "Some showed methat they would like to be part of our trip in 2022. "
After a team evening outside the hotel, the first plane will take us back home on Saturday.
Köllner grants his well-worn Belek drivers two days off - relaxation is a must.
"We'll attack again on Tuesday," he said.
Full speed ahead towards the English Week (Wehen, Karlsruhe in the DFB-Pokal, Türkgücü): "So that we have a good start into the new season."
