"An amazing record": tactical fox Köllner even surprised goalscorer Verlaat

Created: 08/27/2022, 18:57

After the equalizer by Jesper Verlaat all dams broke at the lions.

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With the decision to order Jesper Verlaat into the storm center, Michael Köllner saves TSV 1860's lead and series in the 3rd division.

Cologne/Munich – The lions missed the only starting record in the 3rd division.

Nevertheless, TSV 1860 remains unbeaten in the sixth game of the 2022/23 season and thus - regardless of the games on Sunday - in first place in the table.

"The team worked tirelessly, it was always up to us.

We have 16 points after six games, that's an amazing record," said coach Michael Köllner in an interview with BR after the game.

Before that, his team struggled against Viktoria Köln.

Ex-Bundesliga professional Marcel Risse put Domstadt in the lead in the middle of the first half.

"The first 15, 20 minutes were really good from us," analyzed Köllner on Magenta TV.

After that, Hiller had to unpack "all his craft, all his skills" when Fabian Greilinger returned, but when Leandro Morgalla caused a clear penalty, Giesinger's backing was powerless.

"The 16 points after six games are a lot of wood that we have brought in."

Michael Köllner after the 1:1 in Cologne.

The 52-year-old tried a lot after the break, made five changes and ordered Jesper Verlaat into the center of the attack in the closing stages.

A trick that saved the lions a point, the series and the lead in the table: "The goal alone shows that the team really wanted to score." In the 53rd minute, the lion tamer would have liked to have received a penalty when Joseph Boyamba fell in the home side's sixteen.

But the referee's whistle remained silent.

In the end, Verlaat was the lucky one “who pushed the ball over the line.

The 16 points after six games are a lot of wood that we've brought in." Rescuer Verlaat said in an interview with Magenta that after five wins in five games, of course, we had big plans.

"It was the first time this season that we were behind.

We showed character there, ”said the lion defense chief.

"We know that we can be dangerous at the back." Verlaat didn't see the fact that he was allowed to take over the role of breaker in the attack in the last fifteen minutes.

"I was relatively surprised that we sent myself forward so early," admitted the Dutchman and gave an insight into his task.

"Then it's just a matter of getting a few free kicks out and fixing the balls.

Or just to equalize the 1-1 final score with a head.

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