TV Jahn Hiesfeld sold themselves dearly in the Lower Rhine Cup against KFC Uerdingen and only lost 1:3 in the end. The coach was proud of his team after the game.

TV Jahn Hiesfeld lost 1:3 to KFC Uerdingen in the second round of the Niederrheinpokal. So far, this should not surprise anyone, but the performance of the district league team against KFC, who play two leagues higher, must have impressed one or two spectators. The district league team threw everything they had into the game over the entire 90 minutes and were still able to keep up the pace of the top division team towards the end of the game.

Coach Silvano Bedrina was accordingly pleased with his team after the final whistle. “We held up very well physically against a very strong team. My boys did really well,” the 50-year-old was pleased to say. “We even had one or two shooting opportunities in the second half, but we absolutely didn’t take advantage of them, although the positions weren’t that bad. But we had also used up an incredible amount of energy by then. All in all, I’d say we’re out with applause – and proud of it. “

Cup match gives Hiesfeld confidence for the league

The Jahn coach was particularly pleased with the large crowd. 450 spectators gathered around the artificial pitch in Hiesfeld. “Of course, that’s an absolute highlight for such a young team. As it is, we have quite a large crowd at the moment because we only play with Hiesfeld lads and we can really get a lot out of that and maybe inspire one or two more fans to come to our home games in the league as well. If you then also get praise from the opponent for the whole event, everything is tiptop.”

In the league, things continue for the Jahn next Sunday with a home match against the current leaders of the Bezirksliga from Biemenhorst. Bedrina hopes his team can carry the cup momentum into that game. “We have seen that we can run up front even against an upper league team until the final stages. So we know we have a really good physicality and because of that we can go into the game against the leaders stronger. “