“We are insanely happy”

The first abtswinder bavarian league home game in the club’s history takes place against don bosco bamberg. "We’re all really looking forward to it," said abtswind coach mario schindler, not hiding his excitement about the start of the round robin.

The bambergers, who have now overtaken local rivals eintracht as the city’s number one team, have been playing to stay in the league for the last three years since their promotion to the bavarian league, but they have managed to hold on to the league one more time, including most recently thanks to a more successful ruck round. This season, too, the goal of the bamberg team is to stay in the league. The 40-point mark is regarded as the barrier that must be broken as soon as possible. "For me, they are a thoroughly seasoned bavarian league team," says schindler about the opponent.

In the new season, coach mario bail must find new solutions in the offense, since daniel schaffler, the most successful goal scorer of the past season, has moved to hirschaid as player-coach. With ex-sweinfurt player manuel muller, an experienced defender joined the team from the district of wildensorg. The 26-year-old last played in sand. "They have certainly drawn their conclusions and acted after a recent difficult season," says schindler.

The last meeting between the two rivals was just two weeks ago, when the two teams played a test match at the 65th anniversary of the reichmannsdorf club and drew 1-1. "No one put their cards on the table there," abtswind’s coach says that the comparison took place under different circumstances. It is the first duel in the bayernliga, but the two teams have met four times in the landesliga. Two victories for each side in the statistics. In addition to the long-term injured frank hartlehnert, captain michael herrmann and newcomer christopher lehmann are missing due to injuries, while christopher lenhart and yannick zunder are working on their training backlogs. Jst