Things are just not going well away from home for Türkgücü. While the new coach, Peter Hyballa, has two wins in two home games to his name, the Munich side lost their fourth match on a foreign pitch on Sunday.
At least it was probably the most bearable defeat for the 45-year-old coach at his new employer: the 0:1 in Meppen only became a failure in the 88th minute, but Türkgücü showed great passion over 50 minutes when outnumbered. “I think it was pari-pari in the eleven-a-side,” Hyballa told “MagentaSport” after the game. “We always had super counter-attacks, but so the last ball, also the last shot we didn’t make. Then we were ten against eleven, playing 4-3-2 and actually securing with midfield defensive pressing. Of course, more crosses come in all the time and Meppen have chances to score. “
“Then you just have to score a goal “
But: “We have three, four huge counter-attacking opportunities and that’s just too bad then,” the coach was annoyed. “Because on the counter-attack you are not outnumbered and then you just have to score a goal.” In the end, the game was still open until shortly before the end, when Meppen’s Richard Sukuta-Pasu scored the first and decisive goal in his second short stint for the Emslanders (88th).
In terms of the standings, Türkgücü gained little from the matchday. Hyballa’s team is now on 18 points from 14 games and remains twelfth. However, all three direct pursuers 1860 München, FSV Zwickau and SC Verl have one game less and a maximum of two points behind. Should Türkgücü also lose the next game against the in-form Cologne Viktoria (16th place), they will definitely have to look downwards to avoid slipping below the line.
“But the boys fought bravely,” Hyballa acknowledged. “We’re not going home with a brutally bad feeling now. We’re already going home with the feeling that we were able to hold our own with ten against eleven. And we are not the complete losers here. So we really kept it open with one man less and now we have to see that we get a three-pointer against Viktoria. “
