Schweinfurt’s negative record, former Essen player: “I can’t explain it.”

1. FC Schweinfurt 05 is tumbling back toward the regional league. Never before has a third division team performed worse at this point in the season.

Six points after 18 games: Following its recent 2-3 defeat against TSV Havelse, 1. FC Schweinfurt 05 is now the worst team the third division has ever had in its current form.

Schweinfurt had even taken a 1-0 lead through Jakob Tranziska (16th minute). It was clear in advance that only the winner of this crisis duel would still be able to harbor any hopes of staying in the league. Robin Müller (17th, 34th) dashed those hopes for Havelse, but Joshua Endres equalized again in the 53rd minute. Semi Belkahia then scored the winning goal in the 77th minute. “We made the right decisions in the important moments of the game. Schweinfurt could have come away as winners. They played a great game. In the end, we deserved to win with our emotion, passion, a certain coolness, and our strength from set pieces. I told the boys that we’ve had a lot of setbacks and that moments like these are also important. The trip back won’t be a quiet one; no one needs to sleep right away. I want it to be a party bus. Victories should be celebrated. As far as I’m concerned, they can stop at 14 gas stations,“ said Havelse coach Samir Ferchichi on ”MagentaSport” on Sunday evening.

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The mood in Schweinfurt was completely different. “We got off to a very good start and took a 1-0 lead. Then it’s the same old story every week. Right after that, we concede another goal and go 2-1 down. We actually controlled the whole game, had chances before halftime, but we just didn’t reward ourselves. Then we fell into a hole. I made it 2-2, then 2-3 again. I can’t explain it. We’re there, we’re playing soccer, we’re creating chances, but we’re just so unstable,“ said Endres. He said he could understand the chants of ”relegation.“ ”The fans have always been behind us. You can understand their frustration, you have to accept that. Nevertheless, we have to come out of this stronger. Take it game by game, even if it’s difficult, just get the points. No one has been relegated before the second half of the season. Just believe in it and give it your all.” But staying up would really be a miracle.