“VfB Straubing’s Decent Farewell from the League Against Promotion Favorite SV Neukirchen Hl. Blut”

(ak) In purely mathematical terms, VfB Straubing has not yet been relegated. However, as the bottom of the table, VfB is twelve points behind the first relegation place, which is currently occupied by SV Pfreimd, and that with a far worse goal difference of -21 goals. So for the young VfB team it’s really just a matter of saying goodbye to the class with decency.

And this will be difficult enough for the weakened VfB team at the experienced SV Neukirchen Hl. Blut. The hosts around coach Franz Koller have long been traded as promotion favorites. However, the team around captain Lukas Novy, peppered with individual talent, did not really get going in the spring round, only scored eight points and will probably end the season in a top midfield position.

VfB trainer Andreas Lahner on the upcoming game: “Neukirchen is of course one of the clear favorites and has an enormous quality in the squad. But we won’t go to Neukirchen to score points. It doesn’t matter which team we can play with, the boys will give their all again and won’t give up the points without a fight. The goal of the team is to get points in the last few games. In any case, we will try to annoy Neukirchen.”

SV Neukirchen Hl. Blut is Eastern European in character. From the 19-man squad, 16 players come from Bulgaria, Ukraine, Slovakia and the Czech Republic. There are players in the Neukirchen team who have played in the top leagues in their home countries. Names like goalkeeper Ladislav Caba, defenders Lukas Novi and Jan Mudra, midfield ace Zybnek Konopasek and Jan Hosek, or exceptional striker Marek Bobcek (17 goals this season so far) would also read well in any Bayern league team.

The home crowd expects nothing other than a clear victory against Straubing. Neukirchen definitely has the quality for this in the team. VfB Straubing has to fight back with commitment and passion right from the start, otherwise there could be a very clear victory for the home side. But if the young VfB team showed anything this season, it was character and determination. And now that the great pressure is relegation, the VfB team can perhaps play a little more freely.

However, the season finale is approached with a cane. The long-term injured players Korbinian Heigl, Maximilian Riederer and Jakob Meier are definitely missing in Neukirchen. In addition, Felix Jobst is also out with a tendon injury and behind so many battered players, an assignment will only be decided on the day of the game. The game will be played in the Rosenkranzstadion, Am Sportplatz 1 in Neukirchen near the Holy Blood.

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