Still it is true at Greuther Fürth front and back not - KICKE

The cards before the game were clearly distributed. On the one side of the regional design and outsider SV Babelsberg 03, on the other side of the Bundesliga club and Favorit SpVgg Greuther Fürth. "We want to meet this role," Fürth's Stefan Leitl had reaffirmed on the press conference on Thursday. In terms of possession (69 percent), pass quota (84 percent), dual ratio (55 percent), corners (115 percent), corners (eleven) and goals (30) his team had followed the order of their trainer - in the end but the medium francs were posted after 4: 5 In penalties still as the first Bundesliga club in this year's DFB Cup season.

Why? Because it missed the white-greens on the one hand, to beat more capital from their dominance, and on the other hand not decisive in the goals. Both aspects are not new appearances in Fürth, but well-known problems - not only since this preparation, but already from the past season.

Six attempts, never got the zero

Already in the final spurt of the rise season, the shamrock in the last five league games had two concedes in each case - and Kleitl reiterated the future tasks in the Oberhaus to improve the defensive behavior. This is not possible, on the contrary, neither in the five test matches of the preparation nor at the cup-out of the back the zero.

Basically, Fürth makes only a few opportunities, but is often a leg by individual mistakes. So also on Saturday evening in Potsdam, as a new addition Gideon young before the 1: 1 against Babelsberg's Robin Müller did not resolute enough and the remaining defensive network scorer Marcel Rausch completely lost his eyes.

Still, the defense works everything but saddle-resistant - also because it is not recorded due to constant personal problems in the preparation. Against the four-ligists Leitl had not only had to right-back Marco Meyerhöfer (femoral problems), but also Luca Itter (outer band injury), whose counterpart replace on the left. When Meyerhöfer replacement Simon Asta after two beats on the thigh had to be replaced for the break, the four-chain in person of substitute Abdourahman Barry, Jung, Maximilian Bauer and Justin Hoogma consisted of four internal defenders.

The integration of the outback in the offensive game, one of the great strengths in the ascent season, came so much too rarely for the development. That with Barry and Hoogma two emergency solutions had to occupy the outer positions, also shows that the defense is still urgently needed.

The last consequence

However, Leitl had not identified the defensive behavior as a "main manko" for departure, but the opportunity recovery. That too is not an unknown phenomenon at the SPVGG, even though she had set the second best offensive in the lower house in the preseason with 69 hits. "We had enough opportunities to decide the game," Handed Leitl, "You have to use the chances of chances, but we have to miss the last consequence in the end. We must attach to this lever."

There is no right at the front and back in front and back, and until the start of the second Bundesliga season of club history next Saturday at VFB Stuttgart will not stay much time. From a negative mood, Leitl wants to know nothing despite the trophy-out, instead of a detailed analysis of the Babelsberg game instead puts the focus completely on the league prelude: "We wanted to start after a difficult preparation with a success experience in the season. That's us Not successful. Now it is called for us to shake off the whole thing to re-collect and hope that one or the other injured player comes back. "

While ASTA (thigh problems) and midfielder Max Christiansen (training residue) in Stuttgart are not yet options, Leitl hopes in particular to the return of the two outer chest Meyerhöfer and Itter as well as attackers Havard Nielsen, who is still on the consequences of a blow to the clamping three weeks laboratory.

"self-motivation guaranteed"

Despite the trophy, through which the SPVGG go 257,514 euros for the entry into the 2nd round through the rags, and the staff question mark Leitl sees the joy of the league uptake in Stuttgart with him and the team does not cloud: "We want and want and Will not take us the joy of this Bundesliga season, which we have worked hard. In my team, a few players who have already played in the first league. Since their own motivation and pleasure is guaranteed on the start of the season. "

In which the roles between the VfB, which in turn with a 6-0 in the regional leader BFC Dynamo is confronted sovereign in the next cup round, and also clearly distributed to the potted promoter Fürth - but this time with reverse signs of cloverleaf view. "Maybe we are doing well, if we do not go into the game as a favorite," hopes Leitl that the role of the Underdog for his team takes a better end.