Schwarz-Rot Neustadt fails in the cup: Fiore demands total offensive!

Schwarz-Rot Neustadt fails in the cup: Fiore demands total offensive!

As part of the Brandenburg State Cup, the team of Schwarz-Rot Neustadt showed a disappointing performance and retired in the round of 16. The game against SV Falkensee-Finkenkrug ended with a 1-2 defeat, which was not surprising for the coach Silvano Fiore. He expressed that his team lacked both emotional and combative commitment to survive in this important game.

The Neustädter had been optimistic after defeating the same team 1-0 a month earlier. But after a strong initial phase, the team was unable to maintain pressure and finally fell behind when Linus Eick scored the first goal for Falkensee in the 27th minute. A penalty from Tarik Wenzel shortly afterwards led to the equalization, but it was the second half in which the home side pulled away shortly before half -time.

Painful knowledge about the commitment

fiore saw the entire performance of his team as inadequate and emphasized that despite the return of his attacking trio, which he had to do without due to injuries and illnesses, the results were not satisfactory. "If all three players say that they can play, then I assume 100% performance," he said, while he showed compassion with his own players, but also critically faced their operational readiness.

With a view to the further season, the coach said that the encounter against Falkensee was a "lesson" for his team. While the Falkenseer showed the unconditional will to move into the quarter -finals, Neustadt could not keep up with its operational readiness. Fiore also saw no tactical mistakes that led to defeat, which makes the Situation all the more frustrating.

In the coming week, another difficult game against the Stahl Brandenburg team is on the plan for the Neustädter. Fiore emphasized that his team urgently has to work on his performance to get back to the top: "We have to do almost everything better or differently" in order to do justice to the pressure and expectations.