At the indoor city championship in Viersen on Sunday there is actually no way around the two state league teams 1. FC Viersen and ASV Süchteln. The host in the Löh sports hall is B-League club SC Viersen-Rahser. It starts at 2 p.m.
After a two-year break due to Corona, there will be another one on Sunday from 2 p.m indoor city championship in Viersen instead of. The Löh sports hall on the Konrad-Adenauer-Ring should be full as usual. The organizer of the tournament is B-League SC Viersen-Rahserwho are in Group A not only because of the latest signings of Niklas Reimelt and Björn Fruhen should have on the list. Both players changed from the district league SSV Grefrath to the “tuspi”.
But the favorite role should be the 1 FC Viersen to have. The state league won five of the last eight city championships. Anything other than reaching the semifinals would be a disappointment. “We would like to defend our title and will provide a good indoor team,” announced the coach Kemal Kuc on. At the last indoor city championship in 2019/20, the people of Viersen clearly beat the TSV Boisheim by.
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The Boisheimers should be one of the secret favorites this year. In addition to a lot of routine, the ambitious squad of the B division also includes some good indoor players. This was also shown by the result at the indoor city championship in Krefeld. In Group E, the Boisheimers tied with Oberliga SC Teutonia St. Toenis runners-up in the group and would actually have qualified for the finals. There was even a more than respectable 0-0 draw against the St. Töniser. But the final round in Krefeld would have taken place at the same time as the indoor city championship in Viersen and therefore those responsible decided with full ambition to only compete in Viersen. “I’m a fan of indoor soccer and used to like playing indoors myself. We want to get as far as possible. It’s a lot of fun when there’s a lot of people around you and there’s emotion,” says Trainer Claus Ernst, who is looking forward to the city championship. In addition to SC Viersen-Rahser, 1. FC Viersen and TSV Boisheim, Group A will be in the B division TVAS Viersen completed. In group B, therefore, occur ASV Süchteln, BW Concordia Viersen, Dülkener FC and SG Dulken against each other.
Tension in Group B
Three of the last eight titles went to ASV Süchteln, which is the highest-ranked team in its group. It is clear that the second regional league team in the field of participants will also be among the favorites. “It’s important that everyone stays healthy and we don’t get sent off,” said ASV coach Frank Mitschkowski, who is a self-confessed fan of indoor soccer. However, the tournament is not the top priority this year, because his team is in a relegation battle as twelfth in the table. “But winning the city championship would be balm for the soul,” said Mitschkowski.
The struggle for one of the coveted semi-final tickets should be a three-way battle in Group B. The SG Dülken as table fourteen in the district league C only has outside chances. At the last indoor city championship, coach Cetin Kurt’s team was eliminated in the preliminary round with three defeats and a goal difference of 0:11.
The daily form at BW Concordia Viersen and Dülkener FC should therefore be decisive for progress or maybe even the goal difference again like in 2019/20. Even then there was the same group constellation. ASV Süchteln finished first in the group with five points and a goal difference of 8:2. Concordia and Dülken also had five points in the final account. But the blue and whites scored three more goals against SG Dülken, which is why the DFC was eliminated. Both teams separated from ASV Süchteln with a 1:1 draw. In a direct duel it was 0:0. So there should be enough tension.
