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The red grandstand didn’t help the SCBV footballers in the end. The team must be relegated to the district league. © Rossman
Before the relegation, the 19-year-old youngster had only had 37 minutes of regional league air, but had already scored 18 goals in reserve. “The Palzinger didn’t expect that!” quipped the Baldham department manager Lämmermeier. In fact, Becker made two more promising shots (12th/21st) before his fourth attempt was successful and he was finally able to head in a cross to make it 1-0. Becker and Baldhamer were later able to thank their goalkeeper Solomon Arewa and his strong reflexes (40′) for going into the half-time break with a more than 1-0 lead. “Hope is alive,” said the department head, grinning.
However, Lämmermeier’s good mood suddenly darkened with Fabian Radlmaier’s 1-1 equaliser. After all, that wasn’t just an extension off the table. Now it also needed (again) a small Baldhamer miracle and another three goals for the Sugzda-Elf. “But we were no longer precise enough in passing and converting chances,” said Lämmermeier at the end of the game, analyzing the Rothosen’s final minutes in the district league.
Relegation of the SCBV sealed
As a successful penalty taker, Marco Höferth turned the noisy Baldham supporters into full attack again for the last 20 minutes. However, the SCBV did not score enough top-class players for two more goals. The 2-2 final point, also from the penalty spot, was just a footnote in Baldham’s last district league chapter for the time being.
He didn’t really realize the relegation immediately after the final whistle, said Lämmermeier. “But I’ve been working on it for a few weeks now. In the end, we weren’t relegated today, we were relegated over the course of the season.” After TSV Ebersberg in the previous season, SC Baldham-Vaterstetten, the next district institution from the district league east, is relegated to the district league after a decade. There, hopes for a speedy resurgence rest in particular on busy homegrown talent such as Timon Becker.
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