Arminia Bielefeld made a futile attempt at a first three points in their tenth game and remain stuck in the basement after a well-deserved 1:2 against 1 FSV Mainz 05. The air is getting thinner and thinner for DSC coach Frank Kramer.
Whether a now-challenged nervous system is responsible for the fact that even the usually so reliable Arminen keeper Stefan Ortega Moreno fluffed on Jae-Sung Lee’s opening goal (25th)? And central defender Amos Pieper made a fatal mistake on a back pass in a tight situation, which Jonathan Burkardt took advantage of to score the decisive goal (69th)?
In any case, Kramer told Sky after the final whistle: “The pressure is always great when you’re playing to stay in the league. You have pressure right from the start. And if you can’t win for a while, it’s normal when you have negative experiences that the pressure increases, you can only go through it together.”
Bielefeld’s coach also feels the increasing pressure after the deserved defeat against FSV, who had already won the cup duel on Tuesday (3:2 n. V.) and were superior to his Arminia for long stretches of the match on Saturday afternoon, and not only because of the “Kramer-raus” calls.
However, the 49-year-old is sure of the club’s backing despite the meagre haul of just five points and 17th place in the table so far, and Kramer answered the question with a clear “yes”.
