Actually, it was a pretty good match. This was interim coach Jörg Jung’s first match, and at least WSV showed some will. Siegen pressured WSV throughout the match, but the Wuppertal defense was well organized. Rashid El-Hammouchi, back in the line-up, especially was a vaccuum-cleaner, sweeping up everything. The Bergisch-Lions also launched some decent counters, and came close to taking the lead on a few locations. It was an intense battle that engaged the fans (including 250 travelling Wuppertalers), but things eventually petered out. After about 70 minutes, both sides were exhausted and just kicked the ball around waiting for the whistle.
Next week is the traditional battle with Rot-Weiss Essen…
Sportfreunde Siegen: Koczor – Dalman, Binder, Klippel, Weber – Zeh, Grebe – Jakobs, Schattner, Dej (61. Veselinovic) – Michel. Trainer: Michael Boris WSV: Semmler – Neppe, Reichert, Wiwerink, El Hammouchi – Meier, Moosmayer – Landers (26. Abel), Boztepe (80. Wassinger), Cornelius (88. Schumacher) – Knappmann. Trainer: Jörg Jung Yellow cards: Klippel - Meier Ref: Cetin Sevinc (Waltrop) Attendance: 1,967(Leimbachstadion, Siegen) REGIONALLIGA WEST Sportfreunde Lotte - Rot-Weiß Oberhausen 4:1 (2:0) 972 VfB Hüls - Bayer Leverkusen II 2:3 (2:2) 230 SV Bergisch Gladbach - FC Kray 2:0 (0:0) 515 Fortuna Köln - SC Wiedenbrück 2000 2:0 (1:0) 796 Fortuna Düsseldorf II - FC Schalke 04 II 0:1 (0:1) 150 1. FC Köln II - FC Viktoria Köln 2:2 (0:1) 1,946 Rot-Weiss Essen - VfL Bochum II 2:1 (1:0) 7,142 SSVg Velbert - Borussia M'gladbach II 2:0 (1:0) 200 Sportfreunde Siegen - Wuppertaler SV 0:0 (0:0) 1,967 SC Verl - MSV Duisburg II 1:1 (0:0) 250 1 FC Viktoria Köln (N) 16 11 3 2 39:16 +23 36 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2 FC Schalke 04 II 17 11 3 3 31:15 +16 36 3 Fortuna Köln 17 11 2 4 32:15 +17 35 4 Rot-Weiss Essen 16 10 4 2 27:16 +11 34 5 Sportfreunde Siegen (N) 17 9 4 4 28:13 +15 31 6 Sportfreunde Lotte 16 9 4 3 29:17 +12 31 7 Wuppertaler SV 17 7 5 5 28:23 +5 26 8 SC Verl 17 6 6 5 33:24 +9 24 9 VfL Bochum II 16 7 3 6 18:16 +2 24 10 1. FC Köln II 16 5 5 6 29:29 0 20 11 Rot-Weiß Oberhausen (A) 16 6 2 8 26:33 -7 20 12 SSVg Velbert (N) 17 5 4 8 16:26 -10 19 13 SV Bergisch Gladbach 09 (N) 16 6 1 9 15:26 -11 19 14 Bayer Leverkusen II 16 5 3 8 22:27 -5 18 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 15 MSV Duisburg II (N) 17 4 5 8 19:26 -7 17 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 16 VfB Hüls (N) 17 4 4 9 18:32 -14 16 17 Borussia M'gladbach II 16 4 3 9 12:27 -15 15 18 SC Wiedenbrück 2000 16 3 4 9 20:31 -11 13 19 Fortuna Düsseldorf II 16 3 3 10 17:27 -10 12 20 FC Kray (N) 16 3 2 11 17:37 -20 11 Top club to playoffs. Bottom 5 clubs relegated, 15th relegated depending on 3.Liga