Most of the damage they caused themselves, the players of SpVgg Greuther Fürth got the ridicule free of charge.
“Half a chance to score as a second division team,” said Kevin Dicklhuber, “that’s really weak.” In fact, the Bundesliga relegated already had a few more opportunities at the Stuttgarter Kickers than their captain wanted to concede – the cloverleaf was eliminated anyway.
After the embarrassing 0: 2 (0: 1) at the fifth division in the first round of the DFB Cup, coach Marc Schneider was expected to be quite served. “We don’t have the guys on the pitch to react, to bring the mood in and win the duels,” said the Swiss, formulating a kind of perseverance slogan after the third competitive game without a win: “We have to stick together as a club now.”
Kickers “don’t want to go to the DFB Cup final”
Denis Zagaria (8th) headed the ball and David Braig (88th), who came on as a substitute three minutes earlier, caused the mood to grow in the Fürthers, who had started the second division season with a draw and a derby defeat at 1. FC Nürnberg .). In between, Ragnar Ache (13th) and Tobias Raschl (33rd) in particular had the best opportunities to score for the guests.
“Our power, our momentum were the key to success. But our daily bread is the Oberliga. We don’t want to go into the DFB Cup final, we want to get promoted,” said Kickers coach Mustafa Ünal.
Nevertheless, President Rainer Lorz is looking forward to the second round: In addition to “renown” (Lorz), this also brings the club almost 420,000 euros. “But,” said the club boss, “we won’t do anything nonsense with the money.”