SV Elversberg: "Proudly what team has pushed pure" - KICKE

The FSV Mainz 05 had to tremble on Sunday: in the first round of the DFB Cup 2021/22, he in the Arena at the Kaiserlinde in Elversberg. Unlike, however, it was not a sovereign victory of the first division. Even after 120 minutes, no winner was still on the court.

Ingoing one was offensive to see little of the regional designist, clearly dominated the Mainz. With a little luck for Elversberg that Mainz left some opportunities, it was 0: 0 after 45 minutes. SVE coach Steffen reflected the first half in the press conference after final whistle as follows: "There were a few moments in which I thought when we drive a good counterattack now, we could do a goal. That did not work at the beginning , I told the boys after the first half that we need a situation we come to an end. "

Steffens has a half-period language

That's exactly what happened in the 73rd minute: Luca Fastbacher brought the Underdog in the lead. Shortly before the expiration of the regular season, attacker Burkardt rescued the FSV in front of the cup-off and like. Thus, the match extended twice for 15 minutes. There it was again the fourth division, who first submitted, Burkardt gave the quick answer and met for the second time. As a result, the decision after extension still did not fallen and it went into the penalty shootout.

Here, the players of both teams proved strength: 15 times none of the shooters. Only the shot of the SVE defensive man of Piechowski clapped to the latte and promoted the eleven of Svensson into the second round of the DFB Cup. Bitter for Steffen. "Twice we lead and then we lose the game. On the other hand, I'm proud of what the team has pushed pure, as we defended it. It was a strong performance. So we have done it to penalty shootout and that's just a lucky thing "The coach expressed himself.

He was glad to free the first matchday of the Regionalliga Southwest, which starts on Friday. After all, the cup game for body and psyche of the team had been extremely exhausting. It now applies to recover and focus on the league. The first game for the SV Elversberg takes place on the 21st of August (2 pm) at home against the Cups Offenbach.