Strong in October: Darmstadt 98 yoke up

6: 1 in Sandhausen, 3: 0 against Bremen, 2: 0 against Nuremberg, a draw at Holstein Kiel. Darmstadt presents himself in October Bärenstark and worked back into the top group of the 2nd league after the coronabaded weak season start.

At the latest 2-0 over the club previously undefeated in the league, the lilies proved that one can also be successful with a playive against the ball. Trainer Lieberknecht knecht knew that Nuremberg would be superior in the combination game of his team and therefore left a compact midfield pressing. It may not be as glamorous as in some other games this season, said defender Emir Karic the unpleasant style of play.

We do not always defend perfect

But the match plan was fully on, as once more on attacker Luca Pfeiffer left and the club was getting tired with a continuous time. The francs had 120 cup minutes in the legs and against the Darmstadt Bollwerk rarely igniting ideas. We do not always defend perfect, but nevertheless really good our own sixteen. That s a quality that the boys have developed. That s just important that all of them are ready to defend intensively, praises the defense work of his team.

But that the lilies can also be different, they have already shown in this season. Offensive spectacles like Ingolstadt, Hanover and Sandhausen show that Darmstadt can defend much more than against playfully strong teams only. With 27 goals, the Südhessen together with Regensburg put the second best offensive of the league, only table leaders St. Pauli is even better in this category (28).

Isherwood shines

But against the club, however, it was the two central defending Patric Pfeiffer (Kiel-Note 2) and Thomas Isherwood (1.5), which were outstanding and also recovered in the Kiel eleven of the 12th matchday. Especially Isherwood, which continues to reproduce the actual rammed defender Lasse Siebench, becomes more and more an important pillar in the four-chain and has a large proportion that the lilies collapsed in October only two goals.

On Sunday, Schalke is now waiting for the next top team of the league, against which Darmstadt will certainly present in tactically similar. The momentum is still with the lilies, as the scarce recently flew out in the cup against 1860 Munich and also lost in the league against Heidenheim. Currently we have the moments often on our side, we are freezing and rewarding for the services, Tobias Kempe knows the dimensional strength of the Darmstadt, who want to follow the strong October a better November.