City duel with increased explosiveness: Türkgücü needs the points in order not to be relegated - the lions to connect to the promotion places.
And now: catch-up game second city rivals.
A derby that has additional explosiveness, after both opponents need points, which they left behind when they drew in Meppen (1860) or at home against Mannheim (Türkgücü).
Löwen coach Michael Köllner's derby outlook: "It's more important for some, less important for others.
The important thing is that there are three points – that's what counts for me.”
While the lions in Meppen lost two valuable points for the promotion battle, Türkgücü is also on the spot with the new coach Andreas Heraf.
After all: The defense got the Viennese halfway tight.
And Heraf knew who to thank after the zero against Mannheim.
"That was a really great performance by the boy," he praised his keeper Franco Flückinger, who had defused a number of top-class players from Waldhöfer.
It's just great with the boys.
Türkgücü goalkeeper Franco Flückinger.
The 30-year-old from Stendal (Saxony-Anhalt), who came from Burghausen in 2019, has replaced regular keeper Rene Vollath.
With Flückiger between the posts, the Munich team has also stabilized in terms of results: 1-1 in Osnabrück with Flückiger as "man of the match", 0-1 in Halle due to an unlucky penalty, now the 0-0 against Waldhof, with Flückiger ahead Martinovic (34') and Sohm (37') thwarted great chances during the break.
"It's just great with the boys," said the 1.95 meter giant after the final whistle at MagentaSport.
On Wednesday there will be a witcher duel with Marco Hiller, who has already saved quite a few points this year in 1860.
Heraf is looking forward to an "awesome" derby.
"We're trying to do the icing on the cake." In other words: the first victory under his direction.
