Köllner as Nagelsmann: "We don't have any oil wells that bubble up either"
Created: 2022-01-22Updated: 2022-01-22 02:36
By: Uli Kellner
Are there lions cheering again in the deserted Olympic Stadium?
In the last third division duel with Türkgücü in the historic stadium, TSV 1860 had the upper hand 2-0 (April 17, 2021).
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A derby win should alleviate the lions' cup pain.
Not the only wish from coach Köllner, who secretly hopes for a transfer bargain.
Like 56 other DFB Cup starters, the lions find themselves in the role of the uninvolved spectators when ex-ski star Felix Neureuther slips into the role of the quarter-final lottery fairy on January 30th. "The cup is history, unfortunately," Michael Köllner looked back wistfully on Friday: "It was a great trip with three great games. We saw against three second division teams that we can keep up in individual games. A win would have been possible on Tuesday as well. A great confirmation for us – now we want to try to continue on this path in the league.”
Ideally, the league trip should take Köllner's lions back to the second division.
The next milestone is the Olympic Stadium, where Türkgücü is waiting this Saturday – as long as KSC, as the last opponent of the “great cup trip”, did not accidentally leave behind a problem.
Keyword corona alarm.
Since the round of 16 on Tuesday, a whopping 16 positive PCR tests have been recorded at Karlsruher SC.
"Of course that's on your mind," confessed the coach, who is otherwise so calm on this topic: "The topic has given us a bit of a boost." In other words: we are now testing every day, wearing a mask in the meetings, washing our hands even more and keeping our distance than usual. "We hope that the cup will pass us by," said Köllner, "but it's dramatic for KSC."
No Sliskovic, no Telalovic, no Sohm - will Skenderovic replace it?
Measured against this, the corona worries at Türkgücü were manageable. Just three days after the canceled Halle game, the Perlachers were allowed to end their team quarantine. Köllner expects an opponent who is "highly motivated" and after another change of coach even more than usual a grab bag. The 1860 coach has heard of the opponent's liquidity problems, but doesn't believe that the issue will disturb concentration. "These are rumours," he said, and concluded: "The game has zero point zero impact. The aim is for us to win the fourth league win in a row. Thank God we don't have the problems of Türkgücü, but that's why the referee won't whistle four times for us free kicks or a hand penalty that isn't one."
This has zero point zero influence on the game.
The goal is for us to get our fourth win in a row in the league.
Thank God we don't have Türkgücü's problems, but that's why the referee won't give us four free kicks or a hand penalty that isn't one.
Michael Köllner on the derby opponent's liquidity problems.
And what about your own finances? Is a last-minute transfer conceivable despite the missed cup income? "We don't have any oil wells that are bubbling up either," Köllner took up the words of his "coach colleague down the road": "I looked again in the morning. There's nothing there!" Means: No Sliskovic (after labor), no Telalovic (Gladbach), no Sohm (Waldhof) - at best a Meris Skenderovic (13 goals and seven assists for Schweinfurt), but also the name of the 22-year-old ex- The coach did not want to confirm the Hoffenheimers. "We have to deal with the realities," he said in the absence of sports director Günther Gorenzel, "and that means: What is commercially affordable in the end? We are dealing with the topic and still have time until January 31.”
Nine points are up for grabs beforehand (Türkgücü, Lautern, Cologne).
Köllner wants to get them as many as possible – also as a consolation for the cup trip that ended unhappily.