Köllner's psycho trick pays off - 1860 coach appeals to fans for a perfect week

Created: 03/03/2022 15:47

Unlimited celebrations: 1860 coach Michael Köllner is delighted with the 2-1 home win against 1. FC Kaiserslautern.

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With a strong performance, TSV 1860 earned the win in the catch-up game against 1. FC Kaiserslautern.

Thanks to the Big Point, the lions can dream again.

Munich - "Under normal conditions we don't have a chance against Kaiserslautern on Tuesday," said Löwen coach Michael Köllner on Saturday after the win at FSV Zwickau about the catch-up game against the Palatinate.

And at that point it was not even clear that playmaker Richard Neudecker and central defender Niklas Lang, two important regulars, would not be able or allowed to play against the runners-up in the 3rd division.

"It was important that we show what we're capable of in the game."

Michael Koellner after beating Kaiserslautern.

Köllner's reach into the psychological box of tricks worked.

His team seemed liberated, brave and carefree despite the setback.

And turned the game against the Red Devils with a strong performance.

"We let 1860 Munich buy us our cutting edge with a very, very aggressive style of play," said visiting coach Marco Antwerpen after the 2-1 defeat at the Grünwalder Stadion.

“We didn't move forward enough ourselves to be considered for a win.

We leave the pitch as deserved losers.”

The hosts, on the other hand, fought and celebrated a deserved victory over the entire 90 minutes.

"It was important that we show what we're capable of in the game," said Köllner at the press conference, describing the second sense of achievement in four days.

Then immediately warn of the coming enemy.

Verl is on the first relegation zone, but the game is not a sure-fire success: "The hardest game is on Friday.

It will be a rock-hard task.”

"We need a strong Löwen team and, above all, huge support from the stands again."

Michael Köllner on the next game against SC Verl.

So that he and his team can celebrate the third win within seven days and thus the perfect week, the sixty coach dreams of the next top performance and the unique atmosphere in the Grünwalder Stadium: "We need a strong Löwen team and, above all, again a huge support from the stands,” demands the 52-year-old.

That's why he also hopes that die-hard fans in particular will find their way to Giesing on Friday evening.

"I hope that only those of our fans will come to the stadium who want to be part of a game like this and don't want to celebrate in the first second, but when the whistle is over.

Those are always the nicest victories.”

He will not be able to pass the role of favorites to the guests from North Rhine-Westphalia as they did at FCK this time.

The record so far speaks for the home team.

In the three third division games since SCV promotion in 2020, the lions have won one and drawn two.

The first leg in September ended in a 1-1 draw.

If the next threesome succeeds, the lions can also carefully look up towards the 2nd Bundesliga * - especially if the insolvent local rival Türkgücü Munich * has to sign off his team from the game during the current season.

(Jörg Bullinger) *tz.de is an offer from IPPEN.MEDIA.