Only when referee Daniel Barnitzki (27/Erfurt) reached into his back trouser pocket did Thomas Kok (25) realize that the penny dropped: “That was it for me. Now he’s actually sending me to the shower…”
After Kok was sent off. RED alert for the Prussian defense!
For the first time in his professional career, Münster’s central defender was sent off early in the 2-1 defeat in Regensburg. In the 70th minute, when the score was 0:1, Jahn attacker Agyemang Diawusie (20) put the emergency brake on, who had knocked the ball off his foot after a stick error and wanted to storm towards goalkeeper Johannes Schenk (20) alone.
Kok asserts: “I didn’t kick him over, I just tried to push Diawusie away with my body.” But of course he gratefully accepted the opportunity, intervened and let himself fall. Referee Barnetzki called a foul – which left him with no choice but to pull out the red box.
Thomas Kok (l.) remains the winner of the duel against Regensburg striker Noah Ganaus in this scene
Photo: Marcel Engelbrecht/firo Sportphoto
Expected to mean a 2-game ban for Kok. And for the defense of the Prussians RED alert. Because with Simon Scherder (30) and Niko Koulis (24), both colleagues from the well-rehearsed back three have already collected four yellow cards. Should they be warned again next Sunday (11/12/4:30 p.m.) in the difficult home game against third-placed and attacking SSV Ulm (with 21, they have scored more goals than Dresden/19 and Regensburg/29), the Adlerträger’s entire defense would be one Week later in Freiburg (November 12th) missing…
Kok’s suspension was certainly not the only factor, but also a decisive factor in the narrow defeat in Regensburg. The Prussians held up well even when they were outnumbered and were always on an equal footing with the league runners-up. However, Scherder’s header seconds before the final whistle only resulted in a late goal (96′).
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On the eight-hour return trip through the night, Kok had plenty of time to think in the team bus. There were no allegations from teammates or coach Sascha Hildmann (51). More encouraging words. As did his family, who watched the game in Holland on the screen and sent several text messages to his cell phone.
An unusual situation for the Prussian captain. Because the likeable Dutchman (contract until 2025) is definitely one of the fairest players in the 3rd league. Up until then he had a clean slate and hadn’t conceded a single card in 12 games. His overall record so far in the black, white and green jersey: only 7 yellows in 64 competitive games.
And now BRIGHT RED! Kok to BILD: “Of course this will keep me busy for the next few days. But it doesn’t help to think about it for too long. I’m generally a positive person, I prefer to look forward and keep pushing in training. I can’t undo the expulsion anyway. Even if he annoys me extremely.”
Alexander Hahn (30) will probably return to the starting eleven against Ulm. In addition, Hildmann also has to replace midfield veteran Sebastian Mrowca (29), who left the pitch injured after just 13 minutes in Regensburg.
Prussia’s midfield veteran Sebastian Mrowca (l.), here with Marc Lorenz, suffered a muscle injury in his calf in Regensburg
Photo: Jürgen Fromme/firo Sportphoto
Suspected torn fibers in the left calf. If confirmed in the MRI scan on Monday, Mrowca should be out for three to four weeks. Which means that in Freiburg the clearer would also have to pass in front of the defense…
No question: The Prussians returned home from Regensburg without the points they had hoped for, but with a few new worries in their luggage…
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