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Author Topic: The Wurst is yet to come : generally jaundiced jottings from German jaunts.  (Read 5474 times)

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The appointment of the referee for Sunday's match offered good/bad/good news: good that a third division official was to be in charge, bad that it was one already seen, but good as he had been very impressive earlier this season. And so to

Sunday 10th March 2019
Regionalliga Bayern
SpVgg Bayreuth   2   v   0. Bayern München ll
Patrick Hanslbauer (Zirndorf); Andreas Heidt, Christoph Stühler.

The heavy shower that had accompanied my walk from the station relented for the warm-ups. I felt a degree of sympathy for the tubby little old assistant (Dr Heidt turned out to be 34!) who looked to be hoping it would soon be over. Just before the teams emerged there was a torrential squall, leaving enough surface water down the middle of the pitch to produce a degree of spray.

Bayern hit the side netting on 2 minutes but Bayreuth retaliated with a dangerous attack, which caused a man in the row in front to leap to his feet, thereby blocking the view as the home side took the lead. There was an extended warning for the Bayern coach before the restart. The second goal, five minutes later, was a nicely worked affair. On 15 minutes there was a further warning for the Bayern coach, with a clear indication that next time he would be in the stand. Eventually a patch of blue sky appeared, enough to make a pair of Dutchman's trousers and the rain eased. A minor squabble was settled with a warning. On 32 minutes a major scramble in the home goal area ended with a heap of bodies at the foot of the post, the keeper emerging  with the ball and a free-kick. The visiting number 13 was fortunate that what looked an attack-stopping foul came just after Herr Hanslbauer had blown for an earlier Munich offence. On 35 minutes Bayreuth's attacker was well clear and rounded the keeper but missed the target. This being Bayreuth, the Dutchman was of the Flying variety, which sailed off, trousers and all, to be replaced by black clouds more suggestive of Götterdämmerung. A sustained spell of Bayern pressure produced one acrobatic save from the home keeper, but no goals.

Sure enough a further.squall made conditions increasingly tricky. There were mistakes aplenty, which always makes for good entertainment. The home keeper denied the visitors once more, this time with his foot. Herr Hanslbauer had done well to keep things going without a card, but on 68 minutes a pull back by the home number 6 could not be allowed to pass. There was a moment of tension on 73 minutes as Bayreuth put the ball out for a corner as an attacker went down looking for a penalty. The defender bent angrily over him and others headed to the scene, but Herr Hanslbauer was there first and things did not escalate.The Dutchman eventually returned and towards the end conditions were almost Idyllic -overhead at least.As Bayreuth tired there.were four further yellows for attack-breaking offences, Herr Hanslbauer being consistent in his line. The visitors kept pressing, coming close several times and the game ended when an excellent chance was not taken. After the usual handshakes from the players the officials were intercepted by the Bayern coach, who detained them for some time, though it ended amicably.

The conditions had helped the home side to upset the odds and had made for a highly enjoyable game.The positive qualities noted in the Autumn were again apparent in Herr Hanslbauer's work.Movement, body language and communication were all first rate and on this occasion he made sensible allowance for the tricky conditions. A fine display from an excellent referee: he would do very well in England, in Germany, who knows?