Quecken actually means “weed” in Eltersdorf, but the local footballers have chosen the term as a nickname; And right now it looks like the weeds won’t go away even in the regional league. On Tuesday evening, in a catch-up game, the promoted team won 2-0 (1-0) at TSV Rain, early in the season this duel was relegation battle in its purest form, and the win was well deserved and could have been even higher towards the end. After three three-pointers in a row you can now finally speak of having made it to the fourth division, said coach Bernd Eigner: “We can absolutely keep up, you can see that,” said the 49-year-old ex-professional, who said about his active time, among other things, played for FC St. Pauli in the Bundesliga.
Although they believed that you could keep up in the Erlangen district before the many exhausting English weeks came. The results of the Quecken clearly show where the line between professional and amateur football runs in the league: More than half of the 25 goals conceded, 13 namely, the SC caught in the three games against the title favorites Bayern II, Schweinfurt and Bayreuth a. “Even before the small series in training, we noticed in the coaching team that automatisms are now more effective and that we make fewer mistakes,” says Eigner. And now the offensive has become “callous”, he says.
For the small club from Erlangen, it is the second attempt in the highest possible league for them
For the small club from Erlangen, it is the second attempt in the highest possible league for them. In 2013 he was immediately relegated after a year after an “unfortunate” coaching decision was made in the winter, as manager Joachim Uhsemann puts it today. At that time, Dieter Lieberwirth was brought in as an experienced and very committed coach. But somehow it didn’t fit, Lieberwirth only managed three wins. Thomas Dotter Weich was already there at the time, the 39-year-old now acts as a playing assistant coach. Eigner now has such a good standing in the club as perhaps no coach before him, it is said. Even if he, as of now, has no professional ambitions at all and thinks that the coaching job in the regional league is a hobby on the limit of time.
The development step he requested at the beginning of the season has apparently already been achieved well by some, for example Calvin Sengül. “He was an older youth player for a long time,” is how Eigner describes the 25-year-old. The attacker then worked hard on his physique and thus also on his robustness during the long Corona break, in which there was a lack of match practice. The way he prepared the 1-0 win in Rain with one of his quick runs to the baseline for Julian Konrad, he is extremely valuable for the team. “He owns 50 percent of the goal,” said the coach. Officially, Sengül already has five on the account.
The attack in particular gave those responsible stomach pain at the beginning. After 17 hits, the most dangerous couch grass sought his luck with the clover leaves, Dickson Abiama switched to cooperation partner SpVgg Greuther Fürth, a few kilometers away, during the long Bayern League season 2019/21. But the team retained first place in the remaining games without him and rose after 26 games. More departures followed, manager Uhsemann is looking for reinforcements despite his current performance.
More than relegation battle will not be possible in Eltersdorf in the long run. Uhsemann believes that you don’t have to hide in a playful way, but the organization is almost entirely voluntary and requires a lot of passion. With so much volunteer work, there can be displeasure when authorities set up additional hurdles: The Erlangen building authority is repeatedly delaying the roofing for 100 seats required by the association, according to the SC. Eltersdorf has made a name for itself as a friendly amateur club. For example, it can be heard that seasoned regional league players were quite enthusiastic about the egg liqueur cake specially made for the game. Only points that they want to give away even less in the future than before.
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