“A nice poop goal!” – Markus Kolke could almost laugh again when he was asked about the slapstick goal that conceded FC Hansa Rostock’s 0:4 (0:3) defeat in the 2nd Bundesliga at Darmstadt 98.
This time the experienced goalkeeper, who has saved a number of points for Hansa in just over two years and worked his way up to captain in the team, was clearly the culprit. And is now ready for every sports annual review.
But what actually happened? After an intercepted cross, the FCH keeper calmly put the ball in front of him and looked for a suitable pass. Darmstadt striker Philipp Tietz sprinted up and slotted in the free ball in the third minute to give Hessen a 1-0 lead early on.
“I look, I think, a big tick too long to the left. Tietz then uses that. It’s clearly my fault,” admitted the 31-year-old Kolke afterwards.
His Darmstadt keeper colleague Marcel Schuhen sympathized. “For a goalkeeper, a mistake like that always looks stupid.” But Kolke, who has been hardened in more than 300 second and third division games, does not want to deal with the faux pas for too long. “You shouldn’t run into the dressing room crying. Anger about it for another two hours or two days and then the matter is over,” explained Kolke, who definitely doesn’t want to repeat the buck under any circumstances. “I know it won’t happen a second time.”