Looking at the topped up Contrary to the original plans, the Rather SV Landesliga is still active and is presenting six additions, including a trio with experience in the Oberliga: Timo Welky and Christos Pappas are two players from SC Kapellen to RSV.
Robert Norf could be signed by the top division 1. FC Monheim. “We had to broaden the squad,” said Rather Coach Andreas Kusel, explaining the rethink. “And we have improved our quality. With the three players, we bring a lot of experience and football quality to the team, and our game structure becomes more variable. “
Timo Welky, who turns 30 at the end of August, is scheduled for central defense. He comes from the youth of Fortuna Düsseldorf and played for VfB Homberg in the Oberliga. Christos Pappas, is intended for the six position. The 30-year-old was trained by Rot-Weiss Essen when he was young and was in the top division for TuS Bösinghoven and VfR Krefeld-Fischeln. Robert Norf, today 28 years old, played nine games for Fortuna Düsseldorf II in the regional league in the 2012/13 season, otherwise played in the Oberliga with TuRU, Krefeld-Fischeln and most recently Monheim. “We are pleased that we can welcome such good and experienced ex-Oberliga players to the club,” says Kusel enthusiastically about the trio and emphasizes: “It is not only for sporting reasons that, despite offers from the Oberliga, they are for us have decided. We were able to convince in the discussions with our association work how we act as a coaching team and what goals we have.
FC Britannia 08 Solingen has signed 26-year-old midfielder Kevin Tiedtke. In addition, Lars Manuel Jansen (20 years) and Nico Stracke (22) are two young players with perspective from the district league to Rath. Jansen last kicked for Kalkum-Wittlaer, Stracke for TSV Eller.
On July 7th, Rather SV will start preparing for the season, which was originally scheduled to last five and a half weeks until the first championship game on August 16, and which included test matches against the top division FC Kray, Baumberg Ratingen, Monheim and Hilden, among others. A big season opening with test games of the first and second team as well as the Ü32 team was planned for August 1st. “It will all move backwards,” assumes Kusel, who turned 44 on Monday of this week, “since it can be expected that the season will not start until mid-September.” The training start still remains as planned on July 7th , but you will only meet twice a week in the first few weeks instead of daily as planned. “Five weeks before the start of the season, we start with the basic endurance,” reports the coach.
Last Sunday, Kusel himself was one of 100 lucky participants who were invited from more than 500 applicants to the “Corona Trainer Exchange” in the Borussia Park in Mönchengladbach. There the soccer teacher Marco Rose gave some talent players from Borussia Mönchengladbach tips and visual lessons for training in small groups and was then available for questions. “It was very well organized and a very good campaign, just a week before the last Bundesliga matchday with the fight for the Champions League qualification to take time for it. “
