After the 4-0 win in the first leg, SV Wehen Wiesbaden is going to Bielefeld as the big favorite. The Hessians still don’t feel safe, the Arminians are fighting for their dignity.
A convincing first leg and an opponent who is mainly concerned with himself: The omens for SV Wehen Wiesbaden are excellent before the relegation second leg for the last remaining place in the second division on Tuesday evening (8.45 p.m.).
Opponent Arminia Bielefeld experienced a debacle on and off the field in Wiesbaden last Friday and almost ticked off relegation. “The starting position is almost hopeless,” coach Uwe Koschinat added the 0:4 said. Captain Fabian Klos, who with tears in his eyes tried to calm the angry fans, put it even more drastically: “The thing is done.”
SVWW remains cautious
So the task for the SVWW is clear: don’t be dazzled by the mood of the opponent and bring the four-goal lead safely across the finish line. “It will be a new game, we’ll start from the beginning and prepare ourselves to be able to perform in the best possible way again,” said coach Markus Kauczinski in the club’s own interview.
This cautious assessment, which does not yet sound like a sure rise, has a history: the SVWW wants to do it Drama from the last day of the third division season don’t cheer too soon. There have also been several games this year in which Wiesbaden initially led comfortably, but then got into trouble again in the end: Kauczinski was in the 3-2 in Halle and the 3-2 in Bayreuth, each after a 3-0 lead correspondingly angry with his team. “We will prepare for everything to be able to survive a storm on the Alm,” Kauczinski prepares his team for possible resistance.
Bielefeld wants to “take back decency”
The stadium could also become a powder keg for Arminia. The fans are angry with their team, which is about to fall from the first straight to the third division. It cannot be ruled out that disappointment will mix with anger again and that the scenes in Wiesbaden, when firecrackers were thrown onto the field and the game even had to be interrupted, will be repeated. “I have absolutely no expectation that the fans will support us wholeheartedly, not after this season,” said Koschinat.
His goal: “For all Arminen to be able to show respect to the team after the game – even if it wasn’t enough – isolates them for these 90 minutes. That we can regain our dignity and decency a little.” That should be fine with the SVWW if they can really celebrate promotion to the second division after the last 90 minutes of the season.
