Only one point at Wegberg-Beeck – definitely not enough for the league leaders. Rot-Weiss Essen’s head coach Christian Neidhart was appropriately disgusted.
Only a draw at FC Wegberg-Beeck (1:1), plus victories by the chasing team without exception: Christian Neidhart’s mood has been better before. The 53-year-old was not so much annoyed by the fact that all the competition had moved closer to the leaders. Rather, the ex-professional was annoyed by his team’s performance against an opponent threatened with relegation, who, with their modest means, were able to put the title aspirants in serious trouble.
“It was by far our worst game “, Neidhart said in an interview with kicker, and he will make that clear to his team in the post-match. The list of shortcomings was too long: There was a lot of possession, but hardly any chances to score because there was a lack of pace and ideas. A lot of standard situations, but practically no danger for the opponent’s goal because of the poor execution. A capital loss of the ball by Luca Dürholtz before the goal was conceded, and even in more than 20 minutes of overtime, there was hardly any penetrating power in the offensive. And when shortly before the end the (lucky) winning goal was on the “silver platter”, goal scorer Simon Engelmann missed the only 100-percent chance in the final phase.
Münster only one point behind RWE
“We have to improve in almost all areas if we want to defend our position until the winter break “, Neidhart knows. After three wins in a row, his team remains top of the table in the Regionalliga West after Matchday 17, but the chasing pack has been able to close the gap, with Preußen Münster even coming within one point.
