TSV 1860 Munich extends the Giannikis series against FC Ingolstadt – Sport

For Michael Köllner it is almost a matter of defending a series. The coach always has the best attacker in the league, under him Sascha Mölders and Marcel Bär were top scorers at 1860 Munich, and as the new head coach of FC Ingolstadt he pulled Jannik Mause out of the hat, who came from the Regionalliga West but has already done so 15 times scored in the third division. Late on Sunday afternoon, Köllner was back on the sidelines at the Grünwalder Stadium for the first time since his leave of absence a good year ago.

FC Ingolstadt went into the game favored based on the standings in the table, and Mause also scored another goal. But what was crucial in this Upper Bavarian duel was the Lions’ attacker, who had often only played second fiddle, but who thrived under Argirios Giannikis: Five days after the important opening goal against Rot-Weiss Essen, Fynn Lakenmacher scored the 1-0 against Ingolstadt ( 15.), a goal that can only be scored in this form with fully developed self-confidence, a perfect running route, a perfect chip into the far corner. “When he has the self-confidence, you can see what a bull he is,” enthused captain Jesper Verlaat afterwards.

In the end, the Lions won 3-1 (1-0) and managed to extend their own series, the Giannikis series of unbeaten games, to six – and at the same time for the first time under the new coach they were clearly clear of the relegation zone. In the press conference that followed, Köllner was taciturn, congratulated the Sixties on three points and certified that his team had deserved a defeat: “We made too many mistakes and then we didn’t have the fortune.”

“We had to change at short notice,” Giannikis initially explained the fact that Michael Glück was playing as a right-back – Kilian Ludewig had become ill. How does he manage to ensure that the back four still always appear stable? “Because of the quality of the players and the routines they get in training,” said Giannikis. But even though Glück rarely trains at the back right, the game looked goal-oriented, especially on the right side. But high efficiency was also crucial, because Lakenmacher’s 1-0 was the first shot on goal. The Lions moved forward primarily on the right side, even more so when Abdenego Nankishi, who played on the left, had to leave the field injured (19th). The fact that substitute Albion Vrenezi is not yet ready to build up self-confidence became clear immediately before the half-time whistle when he ran towards the goal alone at an acute angle and missed the goal. Lakenmacher had previously shown that exploiting opportunities is not a sure-fire success: In the 27th minute, he placed a pass from Morris Schröter from three meters over the goal.

And shortly after the break – that was the difference from the game against Essen – Julian Guttau didn’t hit the ball into the goal, but onto the crossbar, and it remained exciting. But then it was all about the internal dispute again. Already in the first half, numerous supporters in the west corner had made their presence felt with annoying whistles. In the 47th minute of the game it started again, then a large banner read: “Hasan, the whole stadium is whistling at you.” Which wasn’t entirely true, as some fans in the main stand were blowing their whistles at the fans.

Ismaik “told us his joy about the latest results,” reports Giannikis

The investor traveled to Munich at the end of last week. “He told us how happy he was about the latest results and expressed his hope that things would continue like this,” coach Giannikis later reported on his training visit; the flying visit was a surprise for the employees at Grünwalder Straße. However, Ismaik had not been idle immediately after his arrival on Thursday and met the two new managing directors, Christian Werner and Oliver Mueller, in a Munich hotel for an introductory meeting. Nobody seriously expected that Ismaik would attend the game; the protests would probably have been even louder than they already were.

A little later, however, arguments and missed scoring opportunities were forgotten: apart from short phases before and after the break, the Lions continued to play courageously and had the game under control for long stretches. Once again they forced the opposing defense to make mistakes, this time a particularly fatal one: Ingolstadt goalkeeper Marius Funk wanted to pass on a back pass from David Kopacz, but lost his balance and shot the ball into his own goal (58th). Attributing this goal to Fynn Lakenmacher, as the stadium announcer did, was too well-intentioned despite the attacker’s appealing performance. Giannikis then spoke of a “gift”. Nevertheless, he said his team went through a “phase where we had less access,” and then things got hectic again.

The expression on Michael Köllner’s face after the 2-0 win suggested as much, but Ingolstadt didn’t give up. First, substitute Maximilian Dittgen put a shot at the outside post (68th), three minutes later Kopacz won a penalty against the unfortunate Vrenezi. Sixty keeper Marco Hiller touched the ball, but Mause made it 2-1 (71st).

As exciting as the game was, shortly after 6 p.m., hundreds of supporters didn’t forget where they would otherwise have liked to go, and so they turned on their cell phone lights in solidarity with the sea of ​​lights at the protest against right-wing extremism on Theresienwiese – an event that 1860 Munich had supported. In stoppage time, the smartphones were back in their pockets when Mansour Ouro-Tagba once again duped Funk with a remarkable solo and made the much-celebrated decision.