Michael Köllner on Mölders-Aus: "Then the signs are always goodbye"

Created: 03/11/2022 13:06

By: Corbinian Kothny

Michael Köllner celebrated an anniversary last weekend: 100 games as a lion coach.

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TSV 1860 Munich is experiencing a turbulent season.

During the season, the lions parted ways with Sascha Mölders.

Coach Köllner takes a stand.

Munich

– TSV 1860 Munich is back in the promotion race.

After the last three victories, the lions want and have to present themselves to Viktoria Berlin on Friday evening and put the competition under pressure.

"There are still nine games left and we want to keep performing," Michael Köllner explains the route for the rest of the season in an interview with

.

The 52-year-old celebrated his 100th game as 1860 coach last weekend.

In the current season in particular, Grünwalder Strasse has been busy one or the other time.

TSV 1860: Köllner is forgiving towards Mölders

In December last year there was a big bang between TSV 1860 and its captain Sascha Mölders.

The 36-year-old was booted out and the contract dissolved.

Afterwards, there were repeated reports of differences between his ex-coach and Mölders.

Now Michael Köllner expresses himself.

"It was surprising.

He had a phenomenal season last year.

But in this round, the ideas about his role diverged,” the 52-year-old explains the situation.

At the beginning of the season, Mölders was no longer the undisputed regular player and had to sit on the bench several times.

Not an option for the former Bundesliga striker.

"Sascha had his idea of ​​his role in the team, I had my idea of ​​how I see his role.

And if the ideas don't come together, the signs are always pointing to separation," says Köllner.

Despite the ugly end, the man from the Upper Palatinate is "eternally grateful" to his former captain.

"We owe Sascha a lot, he did a lot for the lions in my time.

We managed to get him back to enjoying football.

I'll keep my fingers crossed for him that he'll make the leap to becoming a trainer," says Köllner in a forgiving manner today.

Mölders also recently approached his former club again and did not rule out a return.

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"I wouldn't wish it on anyone that the plug is pulled during the season."

Michael Köllner on the situation of city rival Türkgücü Munich.

The other big topic of the current season is the local rival Türkgücü Munich.

The third division club has filed for bankruptcy and is about to deregister from the game.

"It's very bitter for the players and staff at the club.

I wouldn't wish that on anyone," says Köllner despite the rivalry between the two clubs.

In 1860 Türkgücü would definitely benefit from deregistering.

In this case, all games of the Heraf-Elf would be taken out of the ranking and the lions only got one point from two games - the fewest of all promotion candidates.

Meanwhile, Köllner is not concerned with the issue: “It is an issue that we cannot influence.

That's up to the DFB.

Our focus is on the remaining games.

Because it won't do us any good if Türkgücü says goodbye to the game and we don't win a single game." On a human level, Köllner doesn't want Türkgücü to sign out anyway: "I wouldn't wish for anyone to have the plug pulled during the season." From a sporting point of view, however, things are probably different with the Oberlöwen.

(kk)