The difficult away task Fortuna Düsseldorf awaits second division Holstein Kiel on Monday evening (8.30 p.m.). It will be a game with background noise – that much is already certain.
Because the Rhinelander put the ghost game in the sign of the carnival. As the Bundesliga relegated announced, flags of the Düsseldorf carnival clubs will be spread out on the back straight of the multi-purpose arena. Stadium announcer André Scheidt will also moderate from a carnival float. With the campaigns, Fortuna wants to “express our solidarity with those who manage to put a smile on our faces every year at Carnival,” said Marketing Director Christian Koke.
Because the “fifth season” is more or less canceled this year due to Corona – carnival parades and exuberant celebrations are not allowed – there is now a kind of “carnival light” for the 95 fans as a supporting program for a game that they do not can follow live on site. Sounds a little crazy, but without a doubt it is meant to be very, very kind.
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Werner: “Things don’t just fall to us”
It is not to be expected, however, that Kiel will be hard to impress by a little bit of carnival “Klimbim”. Whoever throws the industry giant Bayern Munich out of the DFB Cup, in the next round too Keeping your nerve against Darmstadt 98 in the penalty lottery and “incidentally” fighting for promotion to the Bundesliga, you have to have a lot of self-confidence. At the waterfront they swim on a wave of success. And they have invested a lot for that, as coach Ole Werner emphasized again before the trip to the Rhine: “There is no substitute for a sense of achievement. They help you if you deal with them correctly. Say, if you also know that you Things don’t just happen, you have to do something for them. “
Days off are good for people in Kiel
Hard maloche paired with fine football fillet pieces – that is the secret of Kiel’s success, which is not that secret. After all, it’s pretty obvious that the KSV mix is right between soccer workers and soccer artists. Team spirit is another factor in Holstein’s soaring. “A sense of achievement creates a good atmosphere. And that’s what I do with us,” explained Werner. Even small disruptions such as attacker Janni Serra’s thoughts of emigration a few weeks ago – he wanted to move to Arminia Bielefeld – did not cause any atmospheric disturbances.
So is everything okay with the “storks”? Nearly. Because due to the tight schedule, there were probably the first signs of a small camp crash recently. But after two days of free practice these were gone again. “They were chosen correctly and are good for everyone. Before that, we were together for 14 days straight,” said Werner.
Last trio hit again ready for action
The people of Kiel travel to the carnival stronghold almost with a full band. The last ailing defenders Aleksandar Ignjovski and Stefan Thesker and winger Joshua Mees are ready for action again, so that only the defenders Marco Komenda and Johannes van den Bergh and attacker Noah Awuku are out against Fortuna. Good omens for the Schleswig-Holsteiners, who are still unbeaten away this season, to take something countable in Düsseldorf.
