FC Brünninghausen still have hopes of avoiding relegation in the Oberliga Westfalen ahead of the final matchday. Coach Reza Hassani is now putting his players under pressure.
FC Brünninghausen is still alive. Despite their own 2-1 defeat against 1. FC Gievenbeck on Friday evening, the Dortmund side can still believe that they can stay up thanks to the defeat of Eintracht Rheine on Monday.
FC are currently 17th in the Oberliga Westfalen, three points behind Rheine. With a goal difference of -27, a win for FC and a defeat for Eintracht, who have a goal difference of -32, would see them jump into a non-relegation place.
On Friday, coach Reza Hassani saw a manner of defeat that he has had to look at many times this season. “In the second half, we had Gievenbeck under control after the substitutions. We were closer to 2:1 than they were. And then another catastrophic defensive error by one of our most experienced players at 1-2. I have absolutely no understanding for that.”
After the game, the entire team was shocked. “This shit has been a recurring theme throughout the season, since the third matchday. These are individual mistakes that decide games and break our necks. “
This shit has been a recurring theme throughout the season since matchday three. These are individual mistakes that decide games and break our necks.
Reza Hassani
According to Hassani, on the last matchday “it’s not the coach, not the club, not the board, but the players alone. Every player must be aware of this responsibility. They have to deliver!”
During the week, Hassani and his coaching team will already be monitoring whether all players are showing full commitment: “If we see someone in training who is only one percent down and not taking the situation seriously, we have no problem removing them from the squad for Sunday.”
The coach did not feel any fear of relegation after his own defeat, but Hassani still feared the disappointment: “It wasn’t fear. It’s still amateur sport. We don’t earn our living from it. But we invest a lot of time, money and energy in it. It was more fear of disappointment, not of it happening. “
The defeat did not leave the Brünninghausen coach cold. Long after the game against Gievenbeck, he sat on the bench in a state of “shock” and on the long drive home, he could not get the game out of his mind.
“It doesn’t pass you by seamlessly. I’m not going to take over a position in the middle of the season a second time. It’s a huge psychological pressure. You take it home with you and even into your marriage. Respect to my wife and children for supporting me. “
We all do it to find a certain balance and cope with everyday life, but at the moment it’s all just Brünninghausen, Brünninghausen, Brünninghausen.
Reza Hassani
The current situation gives him no peace: “It’s really just amateur sport. It’s really just fun. We all do it to find a certain balance and cope with everyday life, but at the moment it’s all just Brünninghausen, Brünninghausen, Brünninghausen.” In his private life in particular, he thinks a lot about solutions, approaches and opportunities. “I pray to the soccer gods that it will end well on Sunday with a heart-stopping final.”
Dortmund still have one chance. The season finale is coming up next Sunday. Rivals Rheine face Sportfreunde Siegen away from home, while Brünninghausen host SG Finnentrop-Bamenohl at home