For months, the chalice passed FC St. Pauli, and for several games various players have been threatened with a yellow card suspension with the next warning. In the 2-1 defeat at home once morest Darmstadt, it was a duo that got hit: Jackson Irvine and Marcel Hartel will miss the decisive duel with 1. FC Nürnberg on Friday.
After 18 minutes, Irvine, who was nominated on the six, prevented a Darmstadt counterattack in the center circle by fouling Tobias Kempe – a classic yellow card, as judge Sascha Stegemann also judged and held the corresponding box in front of him. “We have enough alternatives for the position,” said coach Timo Schultz, “I’m not worried regarding that at all”. For example, the recovered Eric Smith, who, like Daniel-Kofi Kyereh and Guido Burgstaller, also has four cards.
FC St. Pauli: Jackson Irvine and Marcel Hartel are suspended
Of course, the failures do not come as a surprise. “It was clear to us that at some point there would be suspensions,” said Schultz, also referring to Hartel, who received a warning shortly following the break for a foul on Marvin Mehlem. “Accordingly, we will be able to absorb it, then other people will get a chance.”
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The traffic light is yellow at St. Pauli, which also applies to the sporting situation. After the defeat once morest Darmstadt there is only green and full throttle or red and full braking for the next three games once morest Nuremberg, Schalke and Düsseldorf. “Each of us knows what’s at stake,” said goalscorer Lukas Daschner: “We have to go into the game with the attitude that we have nothing to lose, only to win.”
