1st Class Southwest: "This league is so tight this year - it's really brutal"

2023-04-21 06:31:00

SV Weng (1st Class Southwest) was one of the few Innviertler teams whose game – against ATSV Mattighofen – did not fall victim to the rain. Coach Kurt Aigner’s team tried their best against ATSV, but in the end Weng had to admit defeat 1:2. The week before, they not only received a yellow-red card against Palting/Seeham, but also a narrow defeat. “Both games were a game on a knife edge. We won games like that in the fall, now we’re just missing the last five percent that we’re not playing at the moment,” says Johannes Meindl, sporting director of SV Weng.

Despite the last two defeats, the team is currently fourth in the table with 30 points from 17 games. A placement that Meindl and his colleagues on the board did not necessarily expect at the beginning of the season. “It certainly played into our hands that we remained practically injury-free. I also have to say that the team is working extremely well and participation in training is really high. In amateur football, that is not a matter of course,” says Johannes Meindl happily.
At the weekend, SV Weng’s home game against table penultimate, TSU Handenberg, is on the agenda. Despite the placement of the opponent, it was not a sure-fire success for the sports director. “On the contrary, because there are no weak teams in this league. You can see that from the fact that all the teams are so close together. Basically, anyone can beat anyone – that’s really brutal this year. That’s why you can only watch from game to game,” says Meindl, for whom speculation about a possible promotion to the district league nine rounds before the end is much too early. But who knows? If Weng brings back the missing five percent, a lot is possible in this tight league.

Hamedinger stops

Not only possible but fixed since Monday that Josef Hamedinger will stop as coach of the SPG Andorf/Sigharting (Landesliga West) at the end of the season. For four years, the Munzkirchner looked after the Andorfer, now it’s time for a break, change and new input for the team. A decision that Johannes Ertl, sporting director of Andorfer, understands, but that hurts. “He is an absolute professional who is on the pitch five times a week and more. We celebrated a lot of successes with him, were always in the top three and were even autumn champions. If we could find another coach who suits us and our club nearly as well, who has such expertise and who is also great as a person, then we can only be happy,” says Ertl.

Discussions are currently being held with potential successors – not an easy task. “It’s not like there are a dime a dozen good coaches for a traditional club like us. In the metropolitan areas it is much easier, there is a much larger selection. It’s more of a difficult issue for us. But together we will definitely find a good solution,” the sport director is certain.