Berlin’s captain Ruben Schott showed unfamiliar weaknesses in the assumption against Warsaw -Timmer team.
Photo: Imago/Andreas Gora
You should always set goals in life, it says in every second guide. Competitive athletes in particular cannot live without them: once at the Olympics, become world champions, increase the best performances, something has to be used to motivate themselves in the daily training torment necessary for the top of the world. For the Berlin Volleys, the goal has been the goal of the Champions League for many years. They achieved this twice, most recently eight years ago. If you become a German champion eight times, the national competition is no longer sufficient.
After the 1: 3 home defeat at the end of the preliminary round on Wednesday evening against Warsaw project, however, it looks like it is again not much more than the quarter-finals. After a sobering 0: 3 in Warsaw, preliminary rounds had already been behind the Poles before the second leg, but it was also associated with the progress. In this respect, it was all about an ideal starting position in the first knockout round and about remaining unbeaten this season.
Both wishes remained unfulfilled. Since Warsaw didn’t even have to act outstandingly, the realization is slowly becoming so that the semi -finals of the premier class for Berlin will probably be rather difficult to achieve this year. The team around captain Ruben Schott knows the best. “There was more in both games,” the international told the “ND”. “I am still satisfied that we took a step forward. That was the most important thing for us. “
It is clear to hear that after a change last summer, the goals were postponed with eight new players. “Sure, we all want to go to the semi -finals, but our claim is to confirm the performance from last year,” said Schott.
Especially in the assumption, the “quality was missing”, admitted the foreign attacker frankly, as he is one of the acceptance specialists himself in the team. Something like a team like Warsaw, which plays far beyond Bundesliga level, then immediately. Good for the Berliners that they will meet SVG Lüneburg in the playoffs around the quarter -finals in mid -February.
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