Coaching earthquake in Duisburg amateur football

Duisburg. The review section. The coaches of DFV 08 and SV Düsseldorf throw down. However, a coach changed his mind a short time later.

Coaching earthquake in Duisburg amateur football: On the same day, Dieter Henkelüdecke was hired by the association league team DFV 08 and Hermann Grafers by the state league club SV Dusseldorf their positions available. This circumstance only lasted for one of the two: Grafers, who was briefly considered Henkeldecke’s successor in Hochfeld, decided to roll backwards just 48 hours later – because the team had spoken out in favor of him staying with the SVD.

Bitter for “Helü”: Just two and a half months after one of the greatest moments in the club’s history, the first round game of the DFB Cup against Bundesliga club SV Waldhof Mannheim played in the Wedaustadion, after which guest coach Klaus Schlappner gave the underdog one despite the 1:4 defeat Having predicted top spot in the current season, his time at DFV 08 was now over. The decisive factor was a 1:2 (1:1) defeat in the basement duel against the previous second-to-last SSVg Velbert, which meant swapping places with the green-whites.

Armin Lehnen, the second chairman and stadium announcer of the DFV 08, realized early on in the game: “They are both right down there.” The disappointment of having to say that about their own team must have outweighed the disappointment. The home team appeared unimaginative, confused and nervous. The acknowledgment came in the 27th minute when keeper Johann Rieckhof let a shot from Geßmann that was actually an unsuccessful shot slip into the goal. Two minutes later, things became even more problematic when defense chief Rolf Schulz was taken out due to injury.

However, there were glimmers of hope until the break: First Boris Pompe equalized with a commercial meter (34th), then Velberts Mannstein received a red card after a serious foul and Dirk Lotz (45th). But the majority was not used in the second half – on the contrary: after a foul by Georg Leßmann, Müller converted the penalty to give Velbert victory (65th).

Harry Renter new coach at Duisburg 08

The following Monday evening at 7 p.m. a bouquet of flowers was presented in the locker room. Dieter Henkelüdecke also received a few warm words and gently shook his successor’s hand for the photo. His name: Harry Renter, until then mainly with the second division team MSV Duisburg Responsible for the reintegration of injured players (today he would be called rehab coach) and in this role he had a serious clash with the then head coach Siegfried Melzig the year before. The athletics expert was now only supposed to work “on the side” for the Zebras and get the 08 team going.

DFV 08: Rieckhof – Schulz (29th Schmidt), Lessmann, Pelzer, Bentvelzen, Lotz (57th Monsheimer), Vollmer, Lohmann, Siekierski, Balsam, Pompe.