Karlsruhe (dpa / lsw) – Coach Christian Eichner has recommended his players from the second division soccer club Karlsruher SC not to start thinking before the home game against FC Hansa Rostock. “They should just keep going,” he demanded on Thursday, referring to the previous 6-0 win at Jahn Regensburg. The signs for the game against Rostock on Saturday (1 p.m. / Sky) could be worse, said the KSC coach: “The boys are in good shape, the weather is nice, the place is good.”
Karlsruhe’s coach left it open whether he therefore had few reasons for a change in the starting XI. After all, the recently injured Mikkel Kaufmann and Kelvin Arase are back in full training.
Especially at the beginning of the season, KSC had big problems defensively. Recently, however, Eichner saw progress and fewer individual mistakes by his players. “It was clear – if the guys turn these things off – then they will come close to points again relatively quickly,” he said, citing central defender Marcel Franke, who now “has the whole place under control and is leading the way as the head of this chain”. .
The opponent from Rostock is sixth in the table and won away at Hamburger SV this season. According to Eichner, this shows “that Hansa Rostock not only have the package at home, but that they are also able to play their game away from home.”