So much for marzipan town: the trip to Lübeck became a very bitter pill for the Münster Blackhawks footballers. After the best offensive performance of the season and a spectacular exchange of blows with the Lübeck Cougars, the relegation of the Falcons from the Bundesliga lower house seemed sealed on Saturday evening.
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After the 42:49 defeat in the far north, it is already clear before the last game against the Solingen Paladins that the jump to the third-bottom place in the table is no longer possible. “But you never know,” says coach Alexander Naretz, referring to the inscrutable developments that have been shaking up the national football leagues for years. “We’ll do everything we can to win the last game in Solingen, then we’ll have to wait and see.” In fact, the option that only one team would have to be relegated was already developed on Sunday.
Munster Passes by Conor Regan
On Saturday evening in Lübeck, the squad impressively proved that Münster deserved a place on the second division map. Quarterback Conor Regan initiated six touchdowns, causing a stir with monster passes that football lovers otherwise reserve long NFL nights for. Janik Laumann and Robin Cassio each got two touchdowns, Johannes Jäkel was successful once − the last and supposedly decisive entry on the scoreboard was made by Maximilian Elfers when he carried an 80_yard pass from Regan into the end zone in the last quarter and the Blackhawks with him 41:35 lead. The sixth successful attempt by kicker Marcel Kolov screwed the result up to 42:35. But the Blackhawks defense, which was so solid in the first half of the season, had a lot under control – just not quarterback Jacob Schimenz and the outstanding wide receiver Marcis Sampson, who also equalized two minutes before the game clock ran out. So last drive for the Blackhawks and a little later Quarterback Regan’s first and only miss this Saturday in the Hanseatic city. Losing the ball with consequences: With the final second, the hosts make the seventh and decisive attempt. “It was unbelievably bitter,” concluded Naretz. The planned end of the day at the hotel in Lübeck was canceled without replacement: “We were all empty at first,” Naretz describes the team evening, which was actually planned very differently. “But later it was okay again.”
On Sunday morning, the analysis of the game on the five-hour return journey in the bus – and a short summary of the season ahead of schedule. “Now we’re here,” says Naretz, “unfortunately the mistakes were made in the first half of the season. But there is no reason to give up now.”
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2023-09-03 14:59:52
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