Munich (dpa / lby) - 1860 Munich coach Michael Köllner has no personal worries before the trend-setting game of the 3rd football league against 1. FC Saarbrücken. Only attacker Milos Cocic, who is in rehabilitation training after breaking his metatarsal, still has to do without the "Lion" coach. Otherwise, according to Köllner, his entire squad will be available on Sunday (3 p.m.).
So he was "spoiled for choice" in his starting line-up against his direct competitor for promotion. The "Lion" coach can also fall back on the recently injured Stefan Lex (knee) and Fabian Greilinger (abdominal muscles).
He has respect for the Saarlanders, who are currently five points behind the Munich team. "Saarbrücken has a great squad and great ambitions," said Köllner at the press conference on Friday. It will therefore take a "brutally strong and robust game" from his team to beat 1. FC.
There will be a reunion with the former Munich player Richard Neudecker, who switched sides in the summer. For Saarbrücken, the central midfielder has contributed to six goals this season (one goal, five assists). "He's a great player, he just delivers. It will be a task for us to stop him," said Köllner about his former protégé. But he knows exactly where Neudecker's strengths and weaknesses lie.
With a win against Saarbrücken, 1860 could consolidate their second place in the table and redeem themselves after Köllner's "simply disappointing" 0-1 defeat a week ago at newly promoted SpVgg Bayreuth.
