Sports director Otmar Schork has supported coach Petrik Sander despite the negative run. But now the next difficult task awaits 1. FC Magdeburg at SV Elversberg. In addition, two regulars are missing due to yellow suspension.
After three defeats in a row, 1. FC Magdeburg faces the next difficult task. Coach Petrik Sander’s team will be playing on Friday evening (6:30 p.m. in the audio live stream and SpiO ticker) at SV Elversberg. While the Saarlanders are fighting for promotion to the Bundesliga, the air for Magdeburg in the basement of the table is getting thinner. After the 1:3 defeat against Karlsruher SC the FCM slipped to 17th place.
Schork supports Sander and Ibold
Petrik Sander and his tension man Pascal Ibold will once again sit on the FCM bench. Sports director Otmar Schork supported the coaching team this week. There is no coaching discussion, the 68-year-old emphasized in a club statement. Now Sander was also asked about this at the press conference before the game. He said there was no need to worry about himself. He wants to get the best out of the team and has a trusting relationship with Schork.
Magdeburg goes into the game as outsiders this time too. It will probably be difficult to take anything away from the Saarlanders. Sander also knows that: Elversberg is a team that “hardly makes any mistakes,” but also wants to resolve situations through football and exploit opportunities effectively. You have to force them to make mistakes – either by winning the ball high or in deep blocks.
FCM construction sites: assignment, standards, individual errors
For the Magdeburgers, however, some construction sites have emerged in the last few weeks. Sander spoke of “assignment problems, standard problems and individual errors”. There is a “big mix” of reasons for the current sporting decline. Now it’s important to avoid these mistakes, but also to deal with them better.
However, the Magdeburgers have to complain about two further absences on this mission: Tobias Müller and Falko Michel are missing due to suspension. The next construction sites for Petrik Sander – because both players are regulars.
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