Viktoria vs Ansbach: Football Association Cup Clash – Our Game is Currently Complex

Football Association Cup: Viktoria welcomes Ansbach on Tuesday – “Our game is currently very complex”

12.08.2023 – 18:31

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Ready for action again: Benjamin Baier. Photo: Bjorn Friedrich

Photo: Bjorn Friedrich

A lot of work was done on Friday at Schönbusch. First on the pitch by the team, then immediately after the final whistle by the physiotherapists, who massaged almost in unison.

After all, the players have to get fit quickly for the home game against Spvgg Ansbach in the second main round of the association cup (Tuesday, 7 p.m., Stadion am Schönbusch).

Coach Simon Goldhammer gave the weekend off, which is why the care immediately after the game. “We have to regenerate well and regain our strength, because our game is very demanding at the moment.” Viktoria wins her games at the moment primarily through running and fighting moments.

Not only in the 1-0 win against Bamberg but also before that in the cup game in Buckenhofen. Additional forces were needed because the team had to act outnumbered for a long time in the last two league games due to yellow and red cards.

“Fortunately a home game”

“It was of course all the more important for morale that we won the game against Bamberg. An equalizer in the final phase would have been a blow to the neck,” the coach believes. In the last two days he has been thinking about how to control the load in the second English week in a row. »Fortunately we have a home game in the cup.«

Benjamin Baier is ready to play again, the dismissal of Jan-Philipp Stein does not affect the cup competition. Goldhammer was satisfied with Luca Dähn’s performance, who played 70 minutes. “He needs deployment times to get his strength back. He helped the team against Bamberg.« Dähn came on early for the ailing Arda Nadaroglu. After a blow to the chest, he had breathing problems, but signaled after the final whistle that he could put it away quickly. The 19-year-old is the big winner of the first phase of the season and performs as convincingly at left-back as if he had already played dozens of regional league games.

real challenge

With the league competitor Ansbach comes a real challenge to the Viktoria. Only through the rise of Spvgg Unterhaching in the league did the Middle Franconia show themselves in a remarkable form and are still undefeated. Amazing parallel: Like Viktoria, Ansbach has played three games without conceding a goal. Only the Spvgg Greuther Fürth II was able to overturn the defense, as with the Aschaffenburg team.

If there is a draw after 90 minutes, there is an immediate penalty shootout, there is no overtime in the cup. In the history of the cup, Viktoria has twice lost in the second round (2013 at Würzburger Kickers, 2016 against 1. FC Schweinfurt 05). They made it to the round of 16 seven times. The game date for the next round would be September 5th. For the draw of the games, regional “pots” are formed again in the round of sixteen.

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