This Cup Semi-Final Had Two Heroes!
Carl Zeiss Jena won 4:3 after a penalty shoot-out against Meuselwitz. Keeper Kevin Kunz first defused two top-class players in regular time and then killed the penalty. Kunz said, “I told the guys to just shoot everyone in. And I can hold a thing or two, he said afterwards.
But the heroine of the day is Manuela Loos. The FCC team doctor saved striker Lorenz Knöferl. Meuselwitzer Dominik Bock (28) and Knöferl (19) collided in a dogfight. The FCC attacker lost consciousness as he fell. Knöferl had swallowed his tongue! Loos rushed over and cleared the striker’s airways again.
After winning the penalty shoot-out, coach René Klingbeil (41) hugged him. “In a moment like that, you feel completely different. But then the boy sits next to you and says: Coach, you shouldn’t have replaced me,” says Klingbeil. In the evening, it was decided that Knöferl did not have to go to the hospital for observation. Klingbeil said, “He slept with Justin Schau. He took good care of him! And Knöferl wants to train again on Monday.
The Importance of Cup Games
No esprit, no ideas, hardly any major opportunities. Coach René Klingbeil (41) didn’t want to sugarcoat the performance either but asked for understanding. Something is being created here, we’re building something up. A plant doesn’t always look pretty, sometimes it’s ugly. It can still thrive and grow!
In addition, cup games are always something special. The standings don’t count, says Klingbeil, who knows that a significant improvement is needed at VSG Altglienicke next Friday.
