1.FC Monheim won the top match in the Landesliga Niederrhein 1 against SC 1911 Kapellen-Erft with 3:1. As a result, they are now at the top of the table.

Change of scenery in the Landesliga! 1.FC Monheim are back in the driving seat after their 3:1 win in the top match against SC 1911 Kapellen-Erft.

The game took the full 90 minutes to really be decided. Florian Schikowski’s 3:1 goal in the 90th minute finally put the lid on the game.

The coach of 1.FC Monheim, Dennis Ruess, already mentioned to Forecasting before the summit meeting that the relegated team from the Oberliga was not aiming to stay in the league. It should be promotion.

By taking the lead in the table on matchday 18, the first step in the right direction has already been taken: “First of all, it was important for us to get the three points. In my opinion, the win was not undeserved. You could tell that we were the more objective and mature team. We dominated the game in the first half and should have gone one better after going 1-0 up. That’s how Kapellen-Erft got back into the game with the goal just before half-time. They already had a brutal pace offensively. That’s why we tried to maintain stability after that and then earned the win in the second half with a concentrated performance. But the championship is far from decided. So much can still happen. There will probably only be a real trend in our group five or six matchdays before the end. “

We’ve now earned ourselves the role of favorites and every team comes into the game against you with even more motivation. We accept that and see it as a great challenge.

Fabian Nellen

Kapellen-Erft on the other side loses the lead in the table for the first time since matchday 7.

But that’s no reason for coach Fabian Nellen to panic: “Of course we would have liked to win – but no, there’s no reason to panic. We played a good game within our capabilities. In the end, you have to admit that Monheim is simply better individually in every position. We continue to look from game to game and our aim is to stay at the top for as long as possible. This weekend, we face 1.FC Viersen, which will also be unpleasant. We’ve now established ourselves as a kind of favorite and every team comes into the game against you with even more motivation. We’ll take that on board and see it as a great challenge. “