A quarter of an hour before kick-off, a bus of the local rival drove past the stadium on Grünwalder Strasse, from the Vienna Woods lion fans shouted: “Shit FC Bayern!” The Reds drove past leisurely, as if they wanted to remind the Blue that what was coming this Saturday afternoon was not a real derby – the opponent also played in red, but his name was Türkgücü Munich. Many lion fans themselves insist that the meeting in the third soccer league with the newly rich upstart is not a derby, and TSV-1860 coach Michael Köllner asked whether it was a derby before the game , replied: “It is one of 38 difficult games.”
You could tell that it was a derby at the latest when Köllner hobbled onto the pitch after the final whistle. He had torn a muscle fiber in the goal celebration jump after the 1-1 to the final score by Sascha Mölders (80th). And before that, too, was the derby: a lot of speed, a lot of mistakes, a lot of cards, a lot of insults from the stands. The approximately 300 Türkgücü fans (“Scheiß Sascha Mölders!”) Among the 4225 spectators in the sold-out stadium were able to make themselves felt because the active fan scene of TSV 1860 Munich does not appear as usual due to the Corona requirements.
“This game is difficult to describe. It felt like ten hits,” said Sercan Sararer
Attacker Sercan Sararer, next to Albion Vrenezi the most conspicuous player at Türkgücü, said after the final whistle: “This game is difficult to describe.” He was undoubtedly right. Because: “It felt like ten crossbar hits.” Not felt, but only counted, it was four times aluminum and a clarification action on the line – always for Türkgücü, plus other unused opportunities.
In the initial phase, coach Petr Ruman’s team took the lions by surprise, first the former sixties Tim Rieder shot at the post from two meters on Sararer’s presentation (4th), then Eric Hottmann hit the post after a Vrenezi free kick (9th). ). In between, 1860 goalkeeper Marco Hiller was very lucky when he wandered around outside the penalty area, put his hand on the ball and the referee benevolently assumed he had no intention of doing anything – only yellow (7th). Right-back Yannick Deichmann also saw yellow after a handball (8th). With luck, the lions survived this insane initial phase without conceding a goal – and even had chances through Marcel Bär (13th) and Mölders (30th), whom Bär did not use precisely enough. But then they got outnumbered: Deichmann, who had been previously charged, had to leave the pitch after a foul (38th).
After the break, the game calmed down a bit, at first Türkgücü had a difficult time with the task of creating a majority of scoring opportunities. When it succeeded, Hottmann lost his balance in a promising position (50th). But then, after an hour: Vrenezi flank, Sarerer goal. Shortly thereafter, Stefan Lex ran for TSV 1860 uncovered on goal, but failed because of Türkgücü keeper Rene Vollath. And then the aluminum slapstick started again: first a post hit by Sarerer, with Andy Irving’s follow-up, Stephan Salger saved on the line (73rd). And in the 78th minute, a shot from Vrenezi shook the crossbar for a change.
“As far as I know, 1-1 is not a defeat.” Petr Ruman, trainer of the highly talented Türkgücu ensemble.
(Photo: Ulrich Gamel / Kolbert / Imago)
The lions could not explain to themselves why they were still in the game – even if afterwards they cited their “mentality” (bear) in the great heat as the reason. Köllner said: “We went to our limits and beyond, the only problem was that we made hair-raising mistakes. That is what distinguishes a team: that it does not break, does not fall apart, that you are indestructible.” There really came the scene in which Köllner understandably tore the hamstring – some Löwen fans will also have moderately injured when Mölders deflected a shot from Dennis Dressel into the goal, which was both completely inadequate and deservedly won.
“Sixty Munich should not and will not lose to Türkgücü” – after all, this will was seen
With all the joy, many fans were amazed at the strong performance of the, well, city rival. “Oh, quality from Türkgücü”, said Bär, visibly and according to his own statements, “we have made it difficult for ourselves.” For Mölders it wasn’t even about leaving a competitor in the table, but about the principle: “Sixty Munich should not and will not lose to Türkgücü.” At least one had seen this will. “The team had to suffer a lot,” said Köllner.
Türkgücü coach Ruman, with his highly talented squad still without a win after three games due to a lack of chances, then said: “As far as I know, a 1: 1 is not a defeat.” You saw again: You don’t just have to tell the truth. It also has to be right.