Redemption after the oath of loyalty: Arminia Bielefeld clinched the first win of the season with coach Frank Kramer.
Frank Kramer threw his fists in the air, completely detached, and started a little joy hop, then he sank relieved into the arms of his colleagues. After 168 long days and thanks to Masaya Okugawa, the coach has finally landed another Bundesliga victory with Arminia Bielefeld.
The Japanese (19th) secured the Arminen, who also hit aluminum three times (!), With the 1-0 (1-0) at VfB Stuttgart, the first three since May 22nd in the same place. At the spontaneous fan party in front of the guest block, Kramer, to whom the bosses had sworn their allegiance during the week, stayed discreetly in the background.
“The relief is great, very great,” said Bielefeld’s captain Fabian Klos at Sky, the long wait for the longed-for victory had “burdened the coaching team, the team and the entire club a bit,” he admitted: “Everyone knows how it is difficult to keep the class again. But we give everything for it. “
Arminia missed a lot in terms of play, but convinced with great commitment. Joker Andres Andrade also headed the post (71st), Amos Pieper (83rd) and substitute Janni Serra (86th) hit the bar.
VfB Stuttgart is in dire straits
In the case of badly injured VfB, which won only one of the last eleven competitive games, the worries are growing – the Swabians are only two points ahead of the penultimate Bielefeld. From the Cannstatter curve there were nasty whistles after the final whistle.
“We see to it that we gain as many players as possible and more penetration at the front during the international break, we have a very difficult job at my old employer,” said sporting director Sven Mislintat with a view to the trip to cup winners Borussia Dortmund.
To build on past success, Kramer had swapped six players. Nevertheless, VfB, with ten (!) Players injured or sick, determined what was going on. And that despite the fact that coach Pellegrino Matarazzo was forced to rely on the offensive duo Daniel Didavi and Roberto Massimo, who were not well-rehearsed, in view of the shortage of personnel. After a combination of the two, Pieper cleared the shot from Massimo in dire need (15th).
Shortly afterwards, the ball hit the other side, completely unexpectedly. After a flash of inspiration from Patrick Wimmer and his through ball, Okugawa appeared alone in front of Stuttgart’s substitute goalkeeper Fabian Bredlow and pushed in from 15 meters. “We took the first chance – and defended mercilessly as a team,” said Klos.
Didavi (37.) had the equalizer on the foot, but Jacob Laursen deflected his shot. In the second half, Matarazzo replaced his remaining attackers, but Arminia was much closer to the second goal than Stuttgart to equalize. “I said to our co-trainer: That’s Bielefeld,” said Klos about the aluminum allergy, “but I’m not starting to complain now.”
VfB Stuttgart – Arminia Bielefeld: The voices
Pellegrino Matarazzo (coach VfB Stuttgart): “We saw a decent first half of ours where the last punch was missing. We conceded an unnecessary goal. In the course of the second half we lost the thread, in the end we hardly had any more structure. The guys wanted, in terms of things You can’t blame them for passion and will, but unfortunately it wasn’t enough. “
Frank Kramer (trainer Arminia Bielefeld): “The relief is huge. We are extremely happy and very happy that we were able to clinch the victory. There is a lot of positive reactions. The team put on a really, really great performance, marched a lot. It was impressive, how she threw her heart on the pitch. “
