Played good, dominated the opponent, and lost. Not even a point. 1860 was the better team throughout the match and still managed to lose this one. It was really unnecessary but hey, it’s early in the season. There’s still a lot of time left for improvements. Let’s take a closer look to who failed and what needs to be changed.
The game started early with a disappointment. How did Gabor Kiraly not parry this shot in the 6th minutes? Later he explained to the german media how that goal was his mistake. Gabor you’re a top notch goalkeeper but that one, okay it was hard, but not unstoppable. Games are decided by the mistakes a team makes. The team with the fewer mistakes usually wins. I know, I know, I’ll stop right there.
Benny Lauth scored about 8 minutes later. Just like in game 1, the Blues had a nice midfield and this goal was played out very nicely. That’s a big step for 1860. This year munich actually got a midfield compared to the past years. Defensive midfielder Florin Lovin is the keyplayer here. That guy has a huge lung! He’s all over the place and never runs out of steam. But his position is the defensive midfield, so the question arise to where our offensive midfield is, namely Alexander Ludwig?
The second game was just like his first one, bad. He’s not producing enough. He has to step up and take charge now in game 3. Otherwise he’ll get in trouble like his teammate Sascha Rösler (the weakest player ever!). We fans pay a lot of money to see you guys play, fight and so far, Ludwig wasn’t worth the cent yet. Even his corner and his free kicks ended up in nowhere land. I know he was among the top scorers last season but hey, how hard can it be to not put the ball over the net every single time? Maybe he’s going for a Homerun, but isn’t that a different sport..?
Now to our big guy. Overall, Kenny had an OK game. It wasn’t his fault tho. For my taste he didn’t get the balls he needed. At some point I was hoping that Sechzig will start using their wings again just like they did at the 1:1 but no, no, they kept trying to go through the midfield no matter what. Rostock was defending with all men and well, you guessed it right: there was no room for pass combinations whatsoever. So, hopefully for the next game, the Lions will take advantage of their fast wings again. Those 1,92 meters can do a lot of damage when feed properly.
The wingers Sandro Kaiser had once again a great game. Daniel Bierofka and Stefan Aigner who were injured in the pre-season are back now and the will add more dynamic to the Löwen offense! Both are super fast and excellent when it comes down to “bent it like Beckham”. Kenny will profit a ton from that.
Well, well, then the 2:1, 10 minutes prior the end. Just like Kirlay, Mate Ghvinianidze was away with his national team this week. Maybe both were a bit tired? The georgian was overwhelmed in the 79th minute. I think it was Hansa’s first shot in the second half too. Let’s hope Mate learned from that experience…
What is left? Well after a very solid and convincing first game vs TUS Koblenz, the euphoria in munich has calmed down a bit. In spite of this loss, 1860 still looks very promising this season. Today the team had an Off-day. Tomorrow at 11am the team picture will be taken including the potraits of the players who are new, e.g. Kenny super Cooper. Team practice is scheduled afterwards. And now guess, who has a new lion.
Nope you guessed it wrong this time. The newest lion is a brazilian one. Left defender from the second brazilian league. He goes by the name Marcos Antonio. Time will tell if he is worth my cents…
Here is the highlights video of the match against Hansa Rostock. Next time with sound 
