1. FC Nuremberg are missing points. But coach Klauss believes that simply looking at numbers is the wrong approach. The “offensive topic” was a focus of work before the game in Karlsruhe.
Nuremberg (dpa / lby) – Robert Klauß knows that 1. FC Nuremberg has far too few points in their account. And yet the coach goes into the second phase of the season with a noble wish, which begins for the “club” in the 2nd Bundesliga after a two-week international break on Sunday (1.30 p.m. / Sky) with the away game at Karlsruher SC. “We have to get rid of the fact that we always judge everything based on whether it was a winning game or not,” he said on Friday.
However, ten points after nine games and 13th place in the table are absolutely not enough for FCN’s high ambitions. Sports director Dieter Hecking sees it that way too. But he also tries to keep calm and to radiate this to the outside world. “We should be able to read the table, but you shouldn’t panic,” said Hecking in “Nürnberger Nachrichten” and “Nürnberger Zeitung” (Friday). Coach Klauß’ sponsor spoke of “five or six points” that were missing to be in good shape.
Klauss also knows that the performances as well as the results are simply too variable. Real further development is a long time coming. “It’s about us scoring,” he said. For him, it’s even more “about the attitude and how we play football”. In the end, that’s how he measures himself as a coach: “Can I get the boys on track in such a way that we consistently deliver at a level that allows us to always score?”
In the dreary 0:2 last game in Darmstadt, far too much was missing to score – especially in forward gear. That’s why you worked intensively on the “offensive topic”, said the coach on Friday. “We don’t have enough clear final situations.” Felix Lohkemper is the hope here after a long injury break. “The things he shows are the ones we know,” praised Klauss and listed: “Good mobility, good dynamics, good goal completion.” Also in the Karlsruhe Wildlife Park?
There, the “club” could have a problem in the defensive center. Florian Hübner is definitely out with back problems. It is uncertain whether James Lawrence will be able to defend alongside Captain Christopher Schindler after an infection that slowed him down for a long time. Taylan Duman is back in team training after an injury. A deployment of the midfielder against Karlsruher SC would come too soon, as Klauss said: “It doesn’t make sense.”
