Regensburg (dpa / lby) – SSV Jahn Regensburg fears the loss of a trio of players for its home game in the 2nd Bundesliga on Saturday (1 p.m. / Sky) against SV Sandhausen. Captain Benedikt Gimber, full-back Benedikt Saller and defender Scott Kennedy are still ailing, as coach Mersad Selimbegovic reported on Friday. “We have to wait and see if it’s enough.” Saller only came on as a substitute in the closing stages of the DFB Cup loss against Fortuna Düsseldorf (0:3) on Wednesday evening. Gimber (ligament damage) was on the bench for 90 minutes, Kennedy was briefly absent from the starting eleven due to muscle problems.
“You have to tick off the trophy. It’s the art or the strength in top-class sport that you can deal with defeats, that you don’t quarrel for too long and question everything, but tick off and move on,” said Selimbegovic before the game against the sand houses , who had made it into the round of 16 in the cup on penalties against Karlsruher SC.
It is an “unpleasant team” that is known for “the fact that they are compact and good, defend well and switch. They are also extremely dangerous with any standard, so we have to be careful.” Regensburg gained self-confidence in the 2nd Bundesliga a week ago in a 3-0 win over 1. FC Kaiserslautern.
