HTC SW Neuss cannot withstand the pressure against BW Cologne
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HTC can’t stand the pressure
Neuss In the “final” about remaining in the class in the indoor hockey Bundesliga, Schwarz-Weiß Neuss conceded an extremely painful 5-7 defeat in the basement duel with BW Cologne. So a little (sports) miracle is needed in the new year.
BW Köln had already landed the first hit in the showdown to remain in the class in the indoor hockey Bundesliga on Saturday. HTC SW Neuss was defeated by a clear defeat early on in the league leader RW Köln, while Blau-Weiß worked on a big surprise in the play-off candidate Crefelder HTC. The hosts fell behind with 0: 3 up to the eighth minute, but then reduced them to 2: 3 with penalty corners converted by Jan-Marco Montag and Lars Schulte and then equalized with Jonas Kreutzberg’s goal (3: 3/23. ) even before switching sides. Only in the second half did Max Sweering, Timo Kossol and Jonathan Ehling (2), who was four times successful in this game, make things clear with their goals to make it 7: 3.
For the Neuss-based (player) trainer Matthias Gräber it was clear from the start: “It’s up to the head.” Poison for his young team – apart from him, Ivo Otto, Jan Mausberg and Carsten Merge – was of course that Daniel Montag At the end of the previously uneventful first quarter, Cologne shot from extreme angles in the front (13th). A very bitter hit – especially for keeper Konstantin Heyner – with a devastating long-term effect. Finn Langheinrich managed to equalize after a fine solo (18th), but then the fate broke with all might over the hosts: Lars Schulte (19th), Sebastian Behr (20th, again Schulte (24th) shot within eight minutes. and Behr per seven meters (25th) as well as Juri Hägele (26th) the much more experienced Domstädter around Olympic champion Jan-Marco-Montag (gold 2008 in Beijing) and Linus Butt (Olympic bronze 2016 in Rio) lead 6: 1 In the third quarter, Krystian Sudol (37th) and Finn Langheinrich (41st / corner) shortened to 3: 6.
The template for a historic final chord, after all, the Neussers still had 15 minutes for the turning point. And they stepped on the gas, swallowing 3: 7 (52nd / seven meters) through Daniel Montag, but made it exciting again. They sacrificed their keeper reference to another field player, actually closed again to 5: 7 with goals from Jan Mausberg (54th) and Ivo Otto (55th), but the mortgage of the second section, which was lost at 1: 5, was too heavy . Team manager Stephan Busse quarreled: “We started really well, let them run nicely, they started pumping – and then there was an eight-minute collective failure.”
The day before, the hockey boys from Neuss only had admiration for the performance of the German champions Rot-Weiss Köln. After the 1:14 defeat (half time 0: 6) dear coach Matthias Gräber stated: “Even when we have a great moment, they tear us apart. They just understood hockey. ”In addition, the home side also used all of their referee bonuses. Gräber: “It’s like FC Bayern, all 50:50 decisions are in your favor.” took over. Moritz Trompertz and Johannes Große met twice each, Maximilian Siegburg, Florian Pelzner and Mats Grambusch did the rest. The Neuss consolation goal at the interim 1: 6 (33rd minute) was achieved by Krystian Sudol by penalty corner.
The last two game days are on the program in the new year. Saturday, January 8th: BW Cologne – Düsseldorfer HC (4 p.m.); RW Köln – Uhlenhorst Mülheim (4 p.m.); HTC SW Neuss – Crefelder HTC (6 p.m.). Sunday, January 9th: Uhlenhorst Mülheim – BW Cologne (2 p.m.); RW Cologne – Crefelder HTC (2 p.m.); Düsseldorfer HC – HTC SW Neuss (2 p.m.).