Kollner wants to ‘put the self-image back on the pitch’

winning plan? Michael Kollner wants to score against Osnabrück 1860 in Munich.
IMAGO / Ulrich Wagner

After the 2-1 defeat in the derby against FC Ingolstadt, 1860 Munich is in trouble. “We know ourselves that you haven’t done much right if you don’t take any points at the end of the match,” Michael Kollner analyzed the match in the pre-fight press conference against Osnabrück. The coach was particularly unhappy with the “poor initial phase” in which Costley gave the FCI team an early lead. “We couldn’t make up for that until the end of the game,” the 52-year-old said. However, the next match is about putting in a good performance and getting three points.

I don’t think anyone would complain if the season ended today.

However, Kollner is not feeling the burden from the first defeat at home this season, especially in terms of table setting. “I don’t know where the pressure is supposed to come from,” said the coach of the second-placed team. “The truth is that we are pushing ourselves to be at the top at the end of the season.” Which then became clear. “I don’t think anyone would complain if the season ended today, so we can’t make too many mistakes yet.”

With VfL Osnabrück, the sixth best team at home in the third division, the Lions are expecting a “strong team”, which currently falls short of expectations. “Osnabrück started with similar ambitions as we did and we haven’t had a good season yet. We have ten points more than them, so the priority will be to exploit our strength,” Kollner explained.

He identified the opponent’s strengths especially in the Simakala, Niemann and Higl offensive forces, which is why his team had to “make a good defensive job”. “This bad feeling from Saturday is pushing us forward. We know we are a good team and we have to bring that self-image back onto the pitch.”

Mol, Steinhart and Morgala are back – Gerellinger and Wayne are out

While the situation in Munich should remain the same, there could be some personal changes against Osnabrück. While the injured hospital has seen quite a few departures with Moll, Steinhart and Morgalla, the missions of Captain Stefan Lakes and veteran Marcel Barr are coming very soon. Especially with the latter, Kollner wanted to “be careful” after his foot surgery. The appearance of Grellinger (abdominal injury), Wayne (adductor muscle problems) and Kosik (foot injury) is also questionable.