After the eleven-point "slap in the face": will the lights go out in March?

Created: 2022-02-20Updated: 2022-02-20 18:21

By: Uli Kellner

"Slap in the face" Türkgücü coach Heraf on the DFB penalty.

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You were on the bus to Duisburg when the shock news came from the DFB: Türkgücü will be deducted eleven points.

Was the 0:2 at MSV one of the farewell games?

Ex-Lion Moritz Stoppelkamp, ​​35, avenged TSV 1860 after the beating in the city duel and shot MSV Duisburg to a 2-0 home win against Türkgücü.

He made it 1-0 with a penalty (Chato fouled Yeboah) and then 2-0 after a pass from Bouhaddouz.

Türkgücü coach Andreas Heraf pleads for mitigating circumstances for his team.

The news of the eleven-point deduction by the DFB reached the team on Friday on the bus ride west.

"That was a slap in the face," said the Viennese, reflecting the mood in the team: "We expected a maximum of nine points and due to the Corona situation we hoped for six points." The fact that eleven points were equal, "is a slap in the face ", says Heraf: "The boys were pretty empty in their heads." The time of the announcement - 20 hours before the kick-off of the away game - players and those responsible would have found borderline.

Türkgücü is considering an objection

Bad luck for Perlach: The corona-related reduction to zero (2019/20 season) or three points (2020/21) no longer applies this season.

The DFB penalty provides for a deduction of nine points for insolvency during ongoing game operations - there were two additional points because the financial gap could not even be closed by half.

Türkgücü is apparently considering an objection, but insolvency administrator Max Liebig has the last word.

Ever since Black Friday, the question has arisen more than ever: can Hasan Kivran's club, which is no longer a financier, finish the season?

Internally, it is assumed that at least February is secured, i.e. the home game against Saarbrücken (Monday, February 28th).

Normally, the March salaries should also be secured by the employment agency, but can Türkgücü even afford two trips away (Dortmund, Wiesbaden)?

Plus the home game against Magdeburg, where another 25,000 euros in rent for the Olympic Stadium would be due?

The lights on Heinrich-Wieland-Strasse could soon go out.

Then all Türkgücü results would be canceled and the club would finally be relegated.

Which in turn should make the lions happy.