18 years are a long period in which much can happen. The TSV 1860 has happened in the last 18 years, however, so much, that this time seems like an eternity.
CHRISTIAN STÜWE
18 years is a long period in which much can happen. The TSV 1860 has happened in the last 18 years, however, so much, that this time seems like an eternity. 20. May 2000 played the lions in the last round 1:1 when 1. FC Kaiserslautern, and secured the fourth place in the Bundesliga, the to participate in the qualification for the Champions League qualifying.
The return journey in the Bus was “legendary,” said the former lions goalkeeper Michael Hofmann. Half an hour after the departure of the players, including coach Werner Lorant were pretty drunk, at a motorway service station replenishment was concerned in alcoholic beverages. Because not tasted strongly of beer from the liter box, but so good, it was emptied unceremoniously on Lorant. At about 4.30 the party bus arrived, finally, in Munich, however, he stopped not at the club grounds, but directly in front of the noble disco P1, where the players celebrated in their workout clothes.
professionals that beat so on the strands that seem unimaginable today. Just as in 1860, in the Champions League. Hofmann, who played from 1996 to 2010 for the lions, was on Thursday anecdotes and had a lot of fun. He did this in the context of the football Comedy Show “Rabona”, which was held for the second Time in the football pub “Stadion an der Schleißheimer Straße”. To life Rabona was “established” by the sports journalists Tobi Shimon and Adrian Horny, which led through the Show, with guest star Hofmann chatted. Between the talks, the three Comedians Mel Kelly, Nico Kosian and Calippo dirt occurred and caused to happen with Netspor your view on the football for the laughs in the 80 spectators.
In focus but Michi Hofmann. In 249 games, he kept the lion’s gate, due to his commitment and his loyalty to the Club he is until today very popular among Fans. “I was able to make many games, and many on the bench have to experience,” he said. With competitors such as Simon Jentzsch (“a super hot goalie”), Rainer Berg, Daniel Hoffmann, Timo Ochs, or the already in 2012, the deceased Bernd Meier, he fought for the space in the gate and had to be content with the role of the second goalkeeper. So how on 13. October 2001, at the Derby against FC Bayern. “We lead 1:0 by the great goal from Daniel Bierofka and then lose 1:5,” recalled Hofmann. The next day, the team left Lorant 65 minutes to run in a circle, and some players reported sick, and only eight players to the Training appeared. Then Lorant was fired, an Era ended. In the year before, in 1860, was in two matches short of Champions League qualification at Leeds United failed. In both matches, Hofmann stood in the gate, the games were the highlight of his career, and probably the highlight in the recent history of the club.
“in Retrospect, then, the plight of the lions on the loose is seen as sluggish,” said Hofmann. The heart of the long-standing goalkeeper still beats for Giesinger, he now runs a goalie school, working as a goalkeeper trainer for Bayern’s League-table leaders Türkgücü-Ataspor and as an expert for a streaming portal. He is also the Ambassador for the “Team banana edge”, which advocates for children with mental impairment. From the proceeds of the Rabona-Show, he took more than 200 Euro for the children. In an entertaining evening it was, therefore, done even for the good purpose.
