Phoenix versus Rostock – first soccer game 2022 in Lübeck and premiere for coach Zapel

Premiere in Lübeck, this Saturday (January 8th) the first soccer game of 2022 will take place in the Hanseatic city – and it is also the premiere for Oliver Zapel, the new coach of the regional league club 1. FC Phönix. At 2 p.m. on the artificial turf at the airfield on Travemünder Allee, the eagle bearers receive the emerging number two in Rostock football, the NOFV Oberliga Second Rostocker FC. Despite the explosive corona situation, the Lübeck health department has allowed 150 spectators under 2G conditions for the game (entry 8/6 euros). The referee part is also appropriately staffed. DFB top referee Franziska Wildfeuer will lead the premiere.

Phoenix like Rostocker FC second power in the city

It could be an interesting match between equals. Both teams try namely in the shadow of the local top competition – VfB here, Hansa there – to get started in competitive football. Phönix is ​​already an established regional league team with a strong squad that is becoming more and more professional, as the personnel Stefan Schnoor as sporting director had already proven and now underlines the commitment of football teacher Oliver Zapel as coach. To this end, a lot of work is being done on the infrastructure, the “airfield” is to be converted to make it suitable for the regional league at short notice; the excavators are currently in charge there.

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Adigo plans to march into the regional league with RFC

It looks similar at Rostocker FC. Having just got promoted to the NOFV-Oberliga, the FC is already aiming for higher goals. Here, too, the squad is well staffed (against Phönix three regular players are missing, whereby Corona does not play a role), with the Herrnburg Dinalo Adigo they landed a coach at the beginning of November who was able to celebrate remarkable successes for years at FC Schönberg and then at Anker Wismar , But left anchor because after a change of strategy there was no longer any prospect of advancement.

“But I always strive for higher things,” says Adigo. “That’s why I accepted the RFC’s offer, even though I actually wanted to take a year off.” The RFC is currently runner-up, “if we were to advance, we would do it,” says Adigo. “We have sponsors in the background who do it – you would even build a corresponding stadium for the regional league at short notice.” The neighboring club SV Hafen would be available as a partner. The RFC started training on Tuesday and will start the second half of the season on January 30th.

Zapel’s premiere after seven training sessions

Since this Monday, Zapel has been in office at Phönix and started right away with seven training units. However, with a clearly decimated squad due to Corona cases in the team and injuries, so that even a game was canceled. Corvin Bock, who injured his ankle during training, was lucky. An MRI scan has now shown that nothing is broken. On Monday, the ex-VfBer should start the two-week advanced training.

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Phoenix is ​​thinking of more newcomers

“If all players are available, our squad currently only consists of 18 players. We have to strengthen ourselves at the top and bottom. The squad is tight. We can’t risk that. This is a new situation for us that we didn’t have on our radar three weeks ago, ”Zapel tells the LN and is considering increasing the line-up for the Rostock encounter with kickers from the second team and A-youth. He also does not rule out the short-term use of test players. At least two new players should be brought in for the second half of the season.

Auditor Bayrak left again

Batuhan Bayrak (U19 MSV Duisburg), who was last without a club, left again. “We wanted to get to know the player,” explains sports director Frank Salomon. “He’s a central midfielder. That is not necessarily the position we are looking for. “Zapel adds:” What he offered was really good. The problem is that he is a young player with no experience. That’s not the profile we’re looking for in the relegation battle. ”Morten Knudsen, Sean Vinberg and Kusi Kwame are back in training.

New systems promise more offensive

The football teacher does not want to commit himself to the game system and favors three different systems: 4-3-3, 4-2-3-1 and an “exotic model” with a three-way defense chain “for special cases”. Under his predecessor Daniel Safadi, the last time they played was in the 4-4-2 system. So it could be more offensive with the eagles. “We usually have to adapt to our opponents. It’s about giving the team a framework, ”said Zapel, whose credo is to give the players special tasks on the pitch. Which should be rather difficult against the Rostock in view of the many failures. Zapel is happy when he gets a reasonably competitive team together.

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By Jürgen Rönnau and Volker Giering

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