“Why do you always have to look for someone to blame at 1860 Munich?”, Asked club president Robert Reisinger after the Lions 2: 5 against 1. FC Magdeburg on Saturday. Two days later, the club suspended captain and crowd favorite Sascha Mölders at the request of coach Michael Köllner. It’s not the first time that the coach has reacted like this during the crisis.
During his time at 1. FC Nürnberg, Michael Köllner surprisingly deleted his captain Hanno Behrens from the squad in December 2018. The club, which had been promoted surprisingly in the preseason, had slipped to a relegation zone at the time.
Behrens, who was made captain in Köllner’s promotion season, was injured in two missing games before he was suspended. After the winter break, today’s Hansa Rostock player was back in the club’s team and stayed in Nuremberg even after relegation. Köllner did not live to see the descent. He was released in February 2019 and was hired by 1860 Munich in November.
Mölders also leave a back door open for a return to the team in the statement about the suspension – the top scorer of the past third division season will therefore not take part in team training “until further notice”. Mölders reacted “shocked” on Instagram.
According to reports, the surprising suspension should also have an educational component for the 36-year-old, apparently those responsible for second in the table hope that the maximum penalty will bring them back to the essentials and the willingness to work on themselves.
Mölders with numerous side activities
Although the 36-year-old’s numbers are basically okay, Mölders scored five goals and six assists this season, the self-proclaimed “Wampe von Giesing” can no longer compensate for certain fitness deficits in every game with his experience and his nose for goals.
In addition, it should not have been particularly well received by the team that their captain, who is also supposed to lead a very robust regiment in the dressing room, did not want to take the team’s penalties twice recently.
Mölders’ numerous sideline jobs could also have been the undoing of the Mölders. In his free time, the 36-year-old trains the second team of the Bavarian national league club SV Mehring, runs his own internet fan shop, has been an expert at DAZN since May and observes international football in his table football column.
If things ran smoothly in 1860, these would all be things that a club could proudly refer to or that, as in the case of Mölders’ eating habits, could smile about.
Mölders: 82 goals for 1860 Munich
“When I got here, he was 35 years old. So what else can I convince him that wheat beer and sausage rolls are not the most sensible thing after the game, or even prevent him? He gets along well with this way of life and in the end For me, it’s all about his performance, “said Köllner in an interview with SPOX and GOAL.
As soon as the performance is no longer always right and things don’t go well, the line between cult and stress for a team seems narrow.
Mölders has played for TSV 1860 Munich since 2016, and he became a fan favorite when he stayed in the regional league after the Lions were relegated to the second division. He scored 82 goals (54 assists) in 212 professional games for 1860.
