Glorious victory is followed by bitter disappointment

Created: 10/11/2022, 10:00 am

By: Wolfgang Krzizok

Upside down: There were many goalscoring scenes in the match between Erding (green-black) and Buchloe, and the Gladiators won 8:2 in the end.

© Günter Herkner

Beaming faces on Friday, embarrassed faces on Sunday - this is how the emotional world of the Erding Gladiators presented itself at the weekend.

Erding – An 8-2 win against ESV Buchloe was followed by a 4-5 defeat in Schweinfurt after coach Andy Becher's team let the game slip out of their hands after leading 4-3.

After the Buchloe game, Erding's coach also looked back on the 4-2 defeat in Ulm a week earlier.

He complained that his team was "too naive in some situations".

In the Bayernliga, "fast, physically strong ice hockey is played, so small things often decide the game".

Not much went against Buchloe at first.

With a bit of luck, the Gladiators were up 2-1 from a 1-0 deficit.

"In the second third we scored simple, dirty goals." Even after the 4:1 his team wasn't so sure, "but then we made it 5:1".

The sticking point was two great deeds by Christoph Schedlbauer.

The Gladiators keeper defused two breaks when the game was still tight.

In addition, Becher praised the "shooting block mentality" of his troops, which then "worked well to the rear".

The Gladiators trainer was all the more disappointed after the defeat in Schweinfurt.

Erding was quickly 0:2 behind.

"We completely slept through the first six minutes," criticized Becher.

"But then we fought our way back and equalized to make it 2-2." The game went back and forth.

The Gladiators responded to Schweinfurt's 3:2 with 3:3 and 4:3 before the Mighty Dogs scored two more goals to win.

Erding's coach praised the people of Schweinfurt, "who immediately got us moving forward every time we lost a disc and then scored their goals consistently".

What annoys him: "We had enough chances to win." Elias Maier, who had received a game penalty against Buchloe and was suspended in Schweinfurt, was sorely missed.

"We really missed his speed and his physical presence," emphasized Becher.

But he also took positives with him.

For example, "that our majority game is getting better and better, and that we hardly allowed anything when we were outnumbered".

He had special praise ready for two junior staff.

"I'm pleased that young players like Erik Modlmayr and Christoph Furtner have become an integral part of the team." The two 20-year-olds have already put their names on the top scorers list.

Goal danger would radiate his strikers, above all the line Busch-Mihl-Modlmayr.

but in the end the goal rate is too low overall.

"The only criticism I can make of the team is the lack of chance evaluation," said Becher.

It's often the little things that make the difference.