A lovely Sunday afternoon, and quite a local derby, with the village of Herkendorf only being 32.4kms from Bückeburg. I drove to this one for a change, and was listening to the Guardian Football Weekly Extraaaaaaaaa (that may mean something to some of you) podcast.
The game between the two sides earlier in the season produced a 1-1 draw, and the way the hosts started, we would be lucky to come out of this one with a draw.
In fact, SSG (as I shall refer to them throughout this blog) should have gone into the break at least two goals up. We created nothing and Fritsche picked up a needless yellow card for whinging. Shortly after, goalkeeper Tim Engler also recieved a yellow and I am going to quote Arsene Wenger on this one: "I didn't see it".
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| The entry ticket |
Before the kick off, a man came up to me and started to chat. He was a Preussen Hameln fan, and since the folding of his club, followed this lot. Remarkable how I get on with the "away" fans better than our own. May have to work on that one in future.
The second half was in total contrast with the first, with Bückeburg taking the game to the hosts. Jonas Abram was a lot tighter to his man, the forward partnership of Bremer and Fritsche started to cut through the SSG defence at will. Dennis Peter was pulling the strings in midfield, and it was only a question of if and not when we would score. The only low point for me was Bastian Könemann, who is a very talented player but has an annoying habit of throwing himself to the ground and squealing when anybody touches him. Please stop it...!
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| The main stand |
In the 62nd minute, Niklas Fritsche did brilliant to hold off three players and square the ball for the unmarked "Bubi" Bremer, who finished with aplomb. 1-0 and thouroughly deserved.
The next 15 minutes was the Niklas Fritsche show, where the young striker had at least 3 one on ones and fluffed them all. This is a real shame, as if he could work on his first touch a bit more, and sharpen up his finishing could easily play in a couple of leagues higher. However, he did get the assist, so not complaining. And he's a nice geezer (even though he is going to be a cozzer)!
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| Niklas Fritsche |
As long as it remained 1-0, it was never safe and sure enough, Tim Engler pulled off a blinding save to keep us ahead. But it wasn't to last. In the 88th minute, a peach of a volley had the home fans in raptures, and we still couldn't beat SSG.
All in all a fair result. The league leaders 1.FC Wunstorf could only a draw, so we still have a game in hand but 4 points behind. It can still be done, next stop TSV Stelingen away on Tuesday night.
RATINGS
Ground: 5
Weather: 10
Toilets: 7
Bratwurst: Not tested
Home fans: 4
PLAYER RATINGS
1. Tim Engler 7
2. Pascal Könemann 6
3. Jonas Abram 7
4. Dennis Peter 8
7. Jean-Paul Thom 6
9. Alexander Bremer 7
10. Niklas Fritsche 7
13. Bastian Schmalkoch 6
14. Nils Rinne 6
18. Jan Steiniger 5
20. Bastian Könemann 7
SUBS
19. Jan-Eike Raschke 7
11. Nico Gutzeit 6
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