The derby against Offenbach is a risky match for KSV Hessen Kassel, also from a sporting point of view. Both of Hesse’s rivals are in crisis
Will this be the turning point? Or the next low point? Before the derby against the Kickers Offenbach, the situation in the regional football team KSV Hessen Kassel (14:00, Auestadion) is more tense than it has been for a long time. No wonder after this start. Eight matches. Now in. Sorry colon. 18th place. It couldn’t be worse for coach Tobias Damm and his team. The duel of Hesse is both a danger and a great opportunity. What could lift the mood better than a win against Offenbach?
This also applies to Charly Wimmer, who would have preferred conditions to be different for today. Because for the 77-year-old KSV veteran, the derby is a farewell day. His voice will be heard for the last time at the Auestadion. Wimmer, who had recently retired, will read the lists again. During the break there will be a farewell and the symbolic delivery of the microphone to Klaus Bachmann.
Incomprehensible theft
“Of course I imagined it differently. Last season was really fun. I don’t really understand the theft now. The advantage of being in tune with it doesn’t work at all, “says Wimmer. Obviously he hopes to win the derby. For his farewell. But even more so for the table. But Wimmer also says:” I’m always a little nervous before the match against Offenbach “., which has always depressed me.” This is also why it is her second wish: “she should remain serene”.
The game was obviously classified as a risk game. The KSV were therefore unable to assert their willingness for the derby to take place in the spotlight on Friday. Today there is a strict separation of the fan fields in the stadium. As always in high-risk matches, the passage between the Auestadion and the ice rink is closed. Access for guest fans is only possible in the south grandstand.
OFC already eleven points behind
And how is the mood in Offenbach after the change of coach this week? Kickers’ situation is quite comparable to that of KSV: they are far behind their own demands. These demands are obviously much higher. It should be the climb. nothing else. But the gap from the leader Ulm is already eleven points.
After coach Alexander Schmidt’s dismissal on Wednesday, Alfred Kaminski is expected to announce the breakthrough in Kassel as an interim solution. “As footballers, we love games like this,” he says before the derby. But in view of the rivalry between the fans, he adds: “If everything stays within the limits”.
The mood on the Bieberer Berg ranges from depression to uncertainty. “It wasn’t a decision to shake off.” So is CEO Matthias Georg quoted in Kicker ahead of Schmidt’s dismissal after only 85 days in office. And of course the 53-year-old says: “We have to stand shoulder to shoulder with the coaching team, the fans, the team and the club.”
However, this also applies to hosts. At KSV the atmosphere has also changed after the last good years. When they greet Charly Wimmer, the lions also say: stand united for the victory in the derby.
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