Damjan Marceta and Kevin Hagemann rotated into the starting eleven ahead of WSV’s match against SV Lippstadt. But neither the striker nor the left winger could prevent the 3:4 defeat.

Before the game against SV Lippstadt, WSV coach Hüzeyfe Dogan once vigorously turned the personnel carousel. Only eight players who were in the starting eleven in the 1-0 defeat to SSVg Velbert also started against the second-bottom team from East Westphalia.

Among other things, Dogan sent a one-two punch onto the field. Alongside Charlison Benschop, Damjan Marceta, who had scored a triple in the test match against VfB Schwelm during the week, was the striker. Marceta again scored a triple against Lippstadt – but his team still lost 3:4.

His goals could not console the striker: “I would have traded my three goals for a win today. Instead, we lost again. I’m speechless, I really don’t know what to say,” he despaired at the game’s outcome. “You just can’t concede four goals, that’s way too much. We keep weakening ourselves with stupid mistakes. We have to change that, otherwise we will fall deeper and deeper and then it will be hard to get up again later,” he reflects his emotional state.

The striker demands from his team to question themselves and to work through the game. Especially since a tough opponent awaits the Lions on Saturday (14.10., 2 p.m.) in the form of fourth-placed Rot-Weiß Oberhausen.

Whether he will again form a one-two with Charlison Beschop in this game, he left open, but can imagine it. “Even though that hasn’t been the case much so far, I feel comfortable playing up front with Charlie. In the end, though, it doesn’t matter who plays, what matters is that the team wins,” he puts himself at the service of the team. In any case, it’s hard to imagine a stronger bid than that of the 29-year-old three-pointer.

Kevin Hagemann also applied for another starting eleven. After a lengthy injury layoff due to a foot contusion, the 32-year-old, who only celebrated his comeback in the test match against Schwelm, played on the left side for 90 minutes and repeatedly whipped his team forward.

After the final whistle, he also had some uplifting words for his ready. “Of course, I imagined my return differently. Nevertheless, it must be said that we played it very well in phases in the first half, even if we then deprived ourselves of the deserved success by falling behind unnecessarily,” he summarized. However, the rest of the game then spoke for itself. “The more the game then tilts on Lippstadt’s side, the harder it will be for us. “

Against the upcoming opponent from Oberhausen, Hagemann still thinks his team has a chance. “In the phase we’re in right now, many things are certainly harder to implement than they were a few weeks ago, soccer is also a mental sport. But the fact is that we have to get out of it somehow, so Oberhausen is perhaps coming at the right time. We have a chance against every opponent in the league. That’s why I’m positive that we’ll get three points next week,” he says, looking ahead.

To make sure that happens, he has a well-known soccer saying for his team: “You can only win if you don’t get any at the back and score some at the front.