Zeiss Jena was swept off the field. For the hosts it was the heaviest defeat in the Regionalliga Nordost. For the guests, on the other hand, it was the highest away win in a league game in the club’s history. The club spoke of a “historic” game on Twitter. “It’s a brutal away win that we got here,” said coach René Klingbeil to ostsport.tv. “You couldn’t expect that.”
The Berlin players, on the other hand, looked stunned after the final whistle. Coach Volkan Uluc was also visibly upset. “It was a first class funeral,” he said. “I was disturbed by the indifference. The club and I have to draw conclusions from this. You need a team that acts as a team and takes responsibility.” Again and again he offered to help the team in the second half of the season.
Now the time has come when you have to act “rigorously”, because the Regionalliga Nordost is “merciless”, you have been shown that again. After a strong start to the season, the Berliner AK had temporarily led the table in the Regionalliga Nordost and is now in tenth place. “We need men who stand up against it,” said Uluc, who came for ex-coach Benjamin Duda at the end of March.
The Berliners started concentrated against Jena and quickly had the first chance. But Jena, who apparently still want to have a say in the fight for promotion, seemed really fired up by it. After 15 minutes it was already 0:3 from a Berlin perspective due to a brace from Jan Dahlke and an own goal from Shinji Yamada. In the meantime, Rintaro Yajima reduced the lead to 1:3. A yellow-red card for Patrick Sussek seemed to finish the hosts off and they conceded one goal after the other while outnumbered. (tsp)
