SV Wehen Wiesbaden is back in contention for promotion after picking up another three points against 1. FC Schweinfurt. This coming weekend, SVWW will host MSV Duisburg.
Things are just clicking for Daniel Scherning and SV Wehen Wiesbaden. Since the 42-year-old took over as head coach of the Hessian club last November, the team has recorded six wins, one draw, and just two losses.
Even against bottom-of-the-table 1. FC Schweinfurt, the in-form Wiesbaden side picked up three points on Saturday. Although the score remained 0–0 for a long time, Moritz Flotho delivered the decisive “lucky punch” in the 88th minute. The deadlock was broken. Shortly afterward, Ibrahim Ati Allah added to the lead, sealing the 2–0 final score. For the 18-year-old, it was the first professional goal of his career.
SVWW coach Scherning told “Magenta Sport” after the final whistle: “I told the guys that it wouldn’t be an easy game and that, if necessary, we’d have to be patient until the 85th minute or even into stoppage time to score the goal. The substitutions were once again very good; they had a huge impact on the game. It wasn’t an easy match, but we didn’t win undeservedly either. In my view, we should have been awarded one or two penalty kicks. Then you’d have that icebreaker. Overall, we were still too sluggish and ponderous at times, but we always knew we could pull something off at any moment.”
Quietly and steadily, the Wiesbaden team—which was still in 15th place after Matchday 15—has worked its way up the standings. Now, sitting in seventh place and just three points behind the promotion-relegation spot, they’re suddenly in the mix for promotion.
The Hessians haven’t lost in four straight games, and in their last eight league matches, they’ve lost just once. This coming Saturday (February 14, 2 p.m.), the next test awaits SVWW, as top-tier team MSV Duisburg visits the Brita-Arena.
Scherning: “Next week’s game against Duisburg will be a different kind of match here at home, because the opponent approaches a game like this differently than Schweinfurt does. It was a test of patience, but we came out on top in the end. I’m very proud.”
