VfB Hallbergmoos: Youngster Monthe seriously injured in defeat against FC Memmingen

Brandon Happi Monthe was unfortunate to get stuck in the grass and will be absent for months. © Nb

VfB Hallbergmoos defended passionately for a long time against promotion aspirants Memmingen. Youngster Brandon Happi Monthe got stuck in the grass and suffered a serious injury.

Hallbergmoos – Not much has changed: In the duel for the last relegation relegation place in the Bayernliga Süd, VfB Hallbergmoos has once again made the better impression, but TSV 1860 Rosenheim still has a two-point lead. VfB now have two games left to convert their progress into points and move into the relegation zone at the last minute.

VfB Hallbergmoos: Youngster Monthe breaks his ankle

In the away game at FC Memmingen, the Hallbergmooser got a kind of accolade shortly before half-time: The anticipation of the approximately 700 spectators for goals, points and the possible direct promotion to the regional league turned into a grumble that everything could turn out differently. "That was a confirmation that we defended at a very high level," said coach Florian Brachtel.

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The bottom of the league also had to cope with a stroke of fate that has already broken other teams. After a good ten minutes, Brandon Happi Monthe got stuck in the turf. It quickly became clear that the diagnosis would be devastating. While still in hospital in Memmingen, it was confirmed that the central defender has a broken ankle. This means that not only has the rest of this season been over for the 20-year-old, but also a large part of the coming season.

VfB Hallbergmoos: Coach Brachtel praises Fabian Czech

The winning goal a quarter of an hour before the end was scored by a pithy shot by the Allgäu team, in which several kickers can decide matches with such individual performances. "Defending cost us a lot of money," said Brachtel. They also had some failures and a lot of ailing players. For the last home game of the season on Friday against FC Gundelfingen, the coach expects the squad to be better positioned again. From Memmingen, he took with him that he could also rely on the second row.

Emblematic of this was goalkeeper Fabian Müske, who played his first Bayernliga game. And Fabian Czech almost scored the equaliser just before the final whistle. However, after turning around the opposing keeper, he failed to put the ball in the box. "The angle was very acute," Brachtel said of the situation. The little midfielder also received extra praise from the coach "because he made enormous moves to the back to support David Lucksch there". It was one of the approaches from which a victory must now quickly grow. BY NICO BAUER

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