The celebration was promptly followed by a hangover. After the cup coup in Leverkusen, KSC went down on their own pitch against Paderborn
After the cup coup with the much acclaimed 2:1 at Bayer 04 Leverkusen disillusionment followed with the compulsory programme. The Badeners lost 4-2 against Paderborn Midfielder Marvin Wanitzek didn’t sugarcoat it: “We totally failed in the first half hour and once again conceded goals too easily. We can only apologise to the fans for such a performance. ”
Forwards: no goal threat. At the back: no consistency
KSC acted in a wait-and-see manner and showed little confidence from kick-off, despite their cup success. After 20 minutes, the Badeners had just 28 percent possession. Going forward: no goalscoring potential. At the back: no consistency. It was almost logical that the ball-secure visitors scored against a passive KSC.
No one listens to Eichner
Sven Michel almost destroyed KSC single-handedly with his flawless hat-trick. Coach Christian Eichner had explicitly warned against him: “Michel is lurking on the offside line, we have to watch out like hell.” I guess nobody listened, or: Nobody paid attention.
Eichner: “By then the opponent was already over the hill “
“In the first half it took my boys an extremely long time to get from their heads to their legs. By the time they realised what we had to do, the opponent was already over the hill,” Eichner said of the desolate performance before the break.
After all, KSC switched to a one-two after the break and scored twice. The team showed morale, but could not prevent the defeat.
“Overall, the team’s reaction was extremely important,” he said. After Fabian Schleusener (68th) and Philipp Hofmann (70th) scored the next goals, KSC threw everything forward. A penalty for the Baden team was taken back, and in the end they lost their fourth game of the season. But at least they showed again “that we are only beaten when we are off the court”, said Eichner.
Eichner was at least looking forward to the short breather after the defeat. “That was already an extreme week for the boys emotionally,” said the coach. This Tuesday, the Badeners are off, and from Wednesday onwards they will prepare for their next difficult home game next Saturday against Hamburger SV. Things are likely to get emotional again against the Hanseatic team. The sting of losing the Bundesliga relegation against Hamburg in 2015 still sits deep with the Karlsruhers.
