FC Kray are in eighth place in the Landesliga Niederrhein 2. However, the club from Essen has been the subject of a curiosity in recent weeks.
Only 15 games played after 17 match days. FC Kray are lagging a little behind the music in the Landesliga Niederrhein 2 and have therefore had something of an early winter break in recent weeks.
The club from the Kray district of Essen will play its first competitive match in just over three weeks on Saturday (November 25, 6 p.m.)! It’s been 20 days since FC Kray beat SV Budberg 1-0 at home. This resulted in fourth place in the table. Two postponed games later, Kray are in eighth place.
A curious scenario, which FC Kray coach Sebastian Amendt agrees with: “It’s a new scenario for all of us, of course. I’ve never experienced it like this before, but we have to deal with it and there are two different aspects to it. On the one hand, we’ve had an enormous amount of time to work through mistakes, problems and the like and fine-tune them. On the other hand, we were in a good flow before this forced break and now have to acclimatize ourselves to everyday league life again. It will certainly be a new challenge, but we won’t be looking for excuses.”
In addition to the normal training sessions, FC Kray have also tried to maintain their rhythm. On November 14, the team from Essen tested against Oberliga side KFC Uerdingen (1:2) to keep fitness levels high. Another internal test will also take place on Tuesday
The focus is always on the next matchday. We only look at ourselves and have our own challenges due to the tight schedule. There’s not much time to look at other teams.
Sebastian Amendt
With two wins from the two catch-up games, FC Kray could move to within one point of the league leaders from Dingden – provided SF Niederwenigern don’t score too many points in their catch-up games.
However, Amendt is not a fan of these eventualities: “We have six competitive games in the league over the next three weeks. A lot can happen and we just want to think from game to game. There’s no point in calculating when, where and how we might end up here or there. The focus is always on the next matchday. We only look at ourselves and have our own challenges due to the tight schedule. There’s not much time to look at other teams. “
