2023-05-29 12:32:27
Does Unterhaching not compete? The anger at Energie Cottbus is growing
Claus-Dieter Wollitz, coach of Energie Cottbus, has been arguing for days that SpVgg Unterhaching is delaying the decision
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As champions of the Northeast Regional League, Energie Cottbus is fighting once morest the champions from Bavaria for promotion to the 3rd division. But the SpVgg Unterhaching may not want to play at all. The stalling tactic leads to distortions.
Ob the duel between Energie Cottbus and SpVgg Unterhaching for promotion to the 3rd league is still open. Nevertheless, there is already thick air between the two traditional clubs. Because Unterhaching’s President Manfred Schwabl leaves the participation of the champions of the Regionalliga Bayern in the promotion games open a week and a half before the date for the first meeting. This hesitation meets with great incomprehension from the Northeast title holder Cottbus. That has “nothing to do with moral responsibility,” criticized energy trainer Claus-Dieter Wollitz.
In the games on June 7th and 11th, the Northeast representative will fight once morest the representative from Bavaria for promotion to the 3rd division. The first game will take place in Cottbus. Should Unterhaching not compete, the Würzburger Kickers might move up as second in the Regionalliga Bayern. However, they are already on summer break. However, the Bavarian Football Association (BFV) reported Hachinger to the DFB in good time as its participant in the promotion games to the 3rd division, as a BFV spokesman announced on Monday on request.
Manfred Schwabl explained once more on Sunday evening in the program “Blickpunkt Sport” of the Bayerischer Rundfunk that SpVgg Unterhaching is aiming to return to the 3rd division, but does not want to go up at any price. “Reductions in the youth academy are not up for grabs. This is a taboo subject for us, just like infrastructure. If that remains untouched and we can clear the DFB hurdles, then of course we’ll go into relegation,” said Schwabl. However, he clarified that there are still a number of tasks ahead of him.
Unterhaching’s club boss Manfred Schwabl
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Coach Claus-Dieter Wollitz once once more criticized the behavior of SpVgg Unterhaching following Energie Cottbus drew 0-0 in the last game of the Northeast Regional League at Chemie Leipzig on Sunday. “I appreciate the President of Unterhaching as a sincere, respectful person. But he also has a responsibility towards Energie Cottbus,” Wollitz said to Schwabl.
Cottbus coach Wollitz speaks of “machinations”
The week before, he had spoken of “machinations” that were “very questionable, abnormal” because of the unclear situation, without naming the DFB directly. Cottbus had celebrated the regional league championship for the second time following 2018. On the penultimate day, the Lausitzer had decided the head-to-head race with promoted Rot-Weiss Erfurt in their favor. The bumpy start to the season with only seven points from the first five games was mainly due to the reorganization of the offensive. In the meantime, Cottbus has scored the most goals of all 18 teams with 65 goals. Since matchday 14, the ex-Bundesliga side, who are among the favorites, have never finished below second place.
Energy President Sebastian Lemke also called for a clear line from the German Football Association. “From our point of view, it is incomprehensible what the reasons for this delay are. The fact is that a decision must now be made so that we can prepare for these two games in terms of sport and organization,” said Lemke of the “Lausitzer Rundschau”.
The regional league consists of five seasons, from which a total of four teams qualify for the third division. The champions of the regional leagues west and south-west are promoted directly, the two remaining promotion places are divided between the regional leagues north, north-east and Bavaria. A champion from North, Northeast and Bavaria is promoted directly according to an annually rotating system, the fourth starting place for the 3rd league is played by the other two champions in promotion play-offs (first and second leg). This year, this constellation affects Cottbus and Unterhaching, among others.
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