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A club goes bankrupt, all players, including head coaches, and an open player couting under the direction of a well -known influencer is scheduled to ensure operation by the end of the season. This did not happen in the depths of amateur football, but in the Regionalliga West. The sporting struggle for survival of the 1st FC Düren has also been in focus since last week – however, the competition with the competition does not meet with the competition. And the ex-players also express hair-raising criticism. A look behind the scenes.
On Tuesday afternoon, 30 footballers speculate on their chance to prove themselves at a high level at short notice. Rarely was the possibility of a squad place in Germany’s fourth highest division, only tangible, only prerequisite for the extraordinary processes in the middle of the season: The actors must not have been used for six months beforehand, but in principle, transfers up to and including April are possible in the division.
The 1. FC Düren spoke of a “unique scouting training” and a “special event” on Monday. In an official announcement by the association it said: “The well -known YouTuber and influencer Bilal Kamarieh called, talented, clubless players for the scouting training of 1. FC Düren. Over 500 applications have been received by Bilal, and after careful selection, he has invited together with the coaching team 30. The 10 best players will get the chance to strengthen our team for the rest of the regional league season at 1. FC Düren.
Look back: Since the beginning of the week, the table of the Regionalliga West, which is threatened by bankruptcy, and the crash threatens, without the first team. After the application for the opening of an insolvency proceedings, Düren’s sports director and captain Adam Matuszczyk had announced that all 26 players of the regional league team and their head coach had terminated at the end of the year in order to limit the financial damage and to apply for retrospectively. The fourth division club still wanted to deregister from the game.
Last Saturday, Düren, consisting of U23 kickers of the 2nd team, sent their coach Luca Lausberg to the away game at Wuppertaler SV-and the Landesliga kickers beat the table 13. remarkable, “only” 1: 4. “At the end of the day we can live very well with the result in a game between the regional league and the national league,” said Lausberg afterwards. Since the U23 in its league also fights for relegation and has to prevent relegation to the district league in the season’s spurt, parallel operations and such a double burden are inconceivable in view. From this emergency situation, the FC was the extraordinary idea of a player casting.
The football influencer Kamarieh started the starting signal last week with a call on social media. “The association has applied for bankruptcy, but would like to finish the season. Means: You can show yourself! Kamarieh used to be active in the regional league for Hertha BSC II and in the 3rd division for Mainz 05 II. He will lead the trial training on Tuesday and select players for the last games in the league.
The selection process for scouting training was completed on Sunday. “Anyone who has now received a message can play on Tuesday. I am sorry for the others. Nobody should feel bad. I had to be honest with me and to you,” he also let you know as a manager in the icon League active influencer and continued transparently: “Many players who are only 15, 16 or 17 years old have also been applied. It is difficult to argue for me to invite you.
Player casting at FC Düren creates criticism in the Regionalliga West
The Kamarieh, which was still active for Delay Sports in the district league, also commented on the critical voices that came up over the past week. “One or the other will say that it doesn’t work anyway, because an eleven that can play the regional league. But the club and I try to do the best. We want to end the season seriously. We want to recruit the best players to bring a good team onto the pitch.”
At the upcoming opponent MSV Duisburg, a clear leader in the league, the Düens campaign met with little love. Coach Dietmar Hirsch made clear his view of the events in a press conference: “This will probably appear at some point in every comedy show. I have absolutely no understanding. The league is in no good light due to the financial problems of three clubs. The casting days before the end, such a casting takes place is silly and has nothing to do with professional and performance-oriented football. Düren.
In fact, Düren is not the only club with turbulence in the Regionalliga West. A promoted Türkspor Dortmund had announced in mid -March not to end the season and immediately withdraw from the game. Insolvency proceedings were recently opened against the KFC Uerdingen. As the current table of the table announced, the continuation of the game operation should be guaranteed after assurance of an open payment for the time being.
How things will go on in Düren and which team the FC will send to the MSV Duisburg next weekend can be expected with excitement. Either way, both clubs are likely to look forward to a publicly effective game. With a view to the troop compiled by Kamarieh, the club, which has been undermined financially on his website, announced for security: “It is also important to emphasize that the players will not receive any money.”
Ex-player from Düren complains: “Brutal and disrespectful towards us”
And what about the “old” Düren squad, who is now also looking for a job? All players had to find themselves at the office last week to dissolve their contracts by one. There was a long line in front of the office. “That was insane. I still experienced something like that. The papers were presented to us and everyone quickly signed their resolution. Fortunately, chapter 1. FC Düren was over for us,” said center forward Ephraim Kalonji to “Reviersport” and added: “The last three months were very hard. We have not received any salaries since January. Spelthahn (Note d. Red.: President of the 1st FC Düren) keep holding up. We should be patient until Tuesday, then again until Friday and again until Tuesday and that was the case for weeks. At some point you really had your nose full. “
The lack of salary payments would have provided many of the actors with existential problems, for example when paying their rents. Some should have borrowed money, the attacker said. The team, which had been on the road in the middle of the league, had a strike day on Thursdays on Thursdays. “On Saturday we went full throttle again and scored points. Everyone wanted to show their best side, also to be interesting for other clubs in the future. We really succeeded under these adverse conditions,” said Kalonji.
The club’s player casting was anything but well received within the old team. “We discussed the video of the influencer in our WhatsApp group. We find it all very wild, crazy and a bit underhand. There is a lot of ego. I don’t understand why you don’t just pull yourself back, but try to bend and break through the season. But that is no longer my problem.” For himself, the attacker is confident about the future. He would be happy to find a new commitment in the regional league, “maybe also in the 3rd league. I would be happy to be ready for a trial training session. In the regional league you should know me and my strengths. I’m in good spirits.”