Phantoms vs. Golden Eagles: an eternally young derby full of emotions. What has often happened in the youth and flag areas in recent years took place in the active area for the first time in a long time last Sunday in the regional league season – and will now be repeated directly on Saturday, September 2nd, with the second leg. Kick-off of the Wiesbaden Phantoms vs. Mainz Golden Eagles game at “Camp Lindsey” is at 4 p.m.
The Phantoms narrowly won the first leg in Group A of the Regionalliga 14:9, trailing 0:3 and leading 14:3 before the Golden Eagles scored again with a touchdown and an (unsuccessful) onside kick within the last two minutes Excited in a rainy comparison. With 8:10 points, the Mainz team ranks second in Group A, tied on points with the Kaiserslautern Pikes, who they defeated in a direct comparison. In the overall table of all eight teams, they are currently fourth behind Montabaur, Wiesbaden and Kassel, but could still slip to sixth place. The “Adler” shouldn’t be underestimated, after all it’s a prestige duel against the Phantoms. Mainz started the season confidently with a 55:13 against the Darmstadt Diamonds, but then narrowly lost to Kaiserslautern 12:14 and a little higher 13:34 to Kassel
Titans. The 43:0 win over Darmstadt in the second leg equalized the balance and the impressive 40:21 win over the Pikes not only brought the Golden Eagles their second win in a row, but also the direct comparison they had won. With the Rüsselsheim Crusaders, however, it started at 9:24 at the beginning of July. The subsequent 60:0 against the Frankfurt Pirates turned into a 20:0 victory after their withdrawal from the league, before Mainz drew attention to the Montabaur Fighting Farmers despite a 14:28 defeat. The Eagles won the third quarter 6-0 and the last quarter 8-7. Most recently, it was the narrow defeat against Wiesbaden. For the Phantoms, it is meanwhile about achieving the adjusted season goal of “9:1 balance”, which head coach David Gordon had issued immediately after the defeat in Montabaur, when it was foreseeable that the play-offs for promotion to the GFL2 could not be reached. Nine victories and winning the Hessen Cup at the end of the current season, after his team, which had just been relegated from the 2nd Bundesliga, had been rebuilt and equipped with many very young footballers, would set an impressive example in the football region, Gordon said told his coaches and players back in the huddle.
The Phantoms then proved on numerous occasions that they have enormous potential and have fought an 8:1 record so far. On Saturday, September 2nd, they can now take the next step towards GFL2. “Only” a step that leads to a 9:1 balance, but a step that could be groundbreaking in view of the ever-increasing attractiveness of the Wiesbaden football program.
2023-08-30 07:34:10
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