SVWW narrow defeat to Champions in season finale
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As the season turns to spring, a great challenge awaits SV Wehen Wiesbaden: head coach Rüdiger Rehm's team travel to team currently standing top of the Bundesliga 2 – Arminia Bielefeld. Kick-off on Sunday is around 13:30 CET at the SchücoArena.
Personnel matters: There are no changes from the previous week. Head coach Rüdiger Rehm can draw on the full squad, apart from Jan-Christoph Bartels, Patrick Schönfeld, Jules Schwadorf and Marc Wachs, who are still recovering.
Scenario: ... and also the outlook: The motto for the upcoming games is: getting rewards for an attractive style of play and good performances. "The most important thing is that we don't look at the other teams. We have to get the points ourselves. We would have been able to do that in our last games, but we didn't get enough out of them. That's what we need to work on."
Outlook: "We are looking forward to a tough encounter," stressed the head coach of the Red and Blacks. "We know what to expect. We are facing an opponent playing extremely well. We have to go to Bielefeld with very strong conviction, the right attitude and have a perfect day to have success in the game."
The opposition: Uwe Neuhaus's team have lost only two matches this season – against their title challengers Stuttgart and St. Pauli. The last two home games were marked by heavy rain and wind, but even under these difficult conditions, Arminia prevailed (1-0 against Hannover and 6-0 against Regensburg). "Bielefeld have had a better season, we know that," said Rehm. "But for the 90 minutes, the deck is reshuffled, and we start all square."
Here's what Maximilian Dittgen had to say: "We have always looked pretty good at major stadiums in the past." When asked why SVWW do better away from home, the number seven for the Red and Black answered: "Maybe it's in our heads that we are playing the role of underdogs even more clearly away from home and we can focus on the counter-attack. But of course, it's also fun to step out into a big stadium." He continued: "We will do everything we can to get something out of the game."
Man of the Match: As usual, you have the opportunity to choose the man of the match. Simply vote in the match centre on the SVWW website between kick-off and midnight on match day and you could win a shirt signed by the man of the match!