What's going on with the "lions"? For the first time in coach Köllner's three-year tenure, Munich lost three games in a row. The table takes some getting used to.
Munich (dpa / lby) - TSV 1860 Munich is in a serious autumn crisis. After the third defeat in a row, the "Lions" slipped out of the direct promotion ranks in the 3rd soccer league for the first time since the beginning of August. The 0:2 against the second team of SC Freiburg on Wednesday was the third goalless game of the ambitious team from the south of Munich in a row. "If you don't have the killer instinct here, it will be difficult. We were just too harmless today," said coach Michael Köllner.
TSV is reeling in the fight for promotion, there have never been three defeats in a row in the era of Köllner, who experienced a bitter three-year anniversary as "Lion" coach on Wednesday. "In the transition moments we gave away the balls too carelessly," criticized the 52-year-old.
After a furious start to the season with five victories at the start, Munich are only fifth. "We had a very good starting position, we broke it in the last three games," said captain Stefan Lex after the poor performance, "I'm sorry for the fans. They come here and see such a performance."
Shouldn't it be enough for promotion again this year? If the lions were at least an equal opponent against Bayreuth (0:1) and Saarbrücken (0:1), the Giesinger Elf showed a completely desolate performance in Breisgau. Physically and aggressively, the lions were clearly inferior to the dynamic Freiburgers. It lacks the determination, the biliousness in the game of Munich.
The players know the construction sites. "I have to apologize for my performance today, I didn't get into the duels, I always lost the fifty-fifty things," said central defender Jesper Verlaat self-critically.
In the last game before the winter break, Munich want to ensure a conciliatory final of the year against Rot-Weiss Essen on Monday. "We want to win the game with all our tenacity. We need our stadium," demanded Köllner. The support of the fans is even more necessary in the current phase.
