Oberliga Nordrhein, Round 8:
The top of the table derby wasn't the best played match, but was packed
with action and quite entertaining. Another disappointing small crowd, but
obviously the Wuppertal fans are not yet convinced that WSV is worthy of
their support yet. WSV pressed hard, and Velbert relied on dangerous
counterattacks. Thomas Rietz and Mirko Stark had some good tries with
headers that missed their mark.
The guests also had some decent chances early, as Tumani and Gensler went
close
in the first 20 minutes. However, in general, the WSV defense didn't have
too many problems.
Alex Kohout stayed in the cabin after the half, as it was suspected that
he might have fractured a bone in his hand. This has not been a happy
start to the season for the Czech goalscorer, who had only recently
returned from injury.
After about an hour, a great chance for WSV. Bayertz and Kipre worked the
ball in, and Ebersbach's shot had the keeper beaten, but it was just wide.
After the match Olli Ebersbach needed to be hauled to the hospital. He had
played despite a virus infection and was totally exhausted, needing some
IV attention...
However, the greatest scoring chance came up in the 72th minute: Sascha
Walbröhl popped up totally unmarked in front of the goal, but
couldn't put it in.
In post match conference, both WSV boss Georg Kreß and Velbert coach
Jörg Silberbach expressed general satisfaction with the result.
September 21, 2002
Wuppertaler SV - SSVg Velbert 0:0 (0:0)
Wuppertaler SV:
Maly -
Klemmer, Mehnert, Hyza -
Stark, Bayertz, Walbröhl (83. Bläker), Tavarez, Rietz -
Kohout (46. Kipre), Ebersbach (90. Wardi)
SSVg Velbert:
Grefen -
Winterpacht (46. Ballout), Schwiderowski, Rothholz -
Reucher, Weiß, Kaul, Fahner, Tumani -
Badur, A. Gensler (90. John)
Scoring:
none
Yellow-red card: Klemmer (83., repeated fouls)
Attendance: 2,500
OBERLIGA NORDRHEIN:
Wuppertaler SV - SSVg. Velbert 0:0
Bor. Freialdenhoven - Ratinger Spvg. 04/19 2:2
Alem. Aachen Am. - GFC 09 Düren 1:1
Fortuna Düsseldorf - Union Solingen 2:0
1. FC Bocholt - Borussia Wuppertal 5:3
Rheydter SV - Schwarz-Weiß Essen 2:0
MSV Duisburg Am. - Fortuna Köln 0:4
SV Adler Osterfeld - Bonner SC 0:4
SCB Viktoria Köln - Bor. M'gladbach Am. 0:1
1. Wuppertaler SV 8 5 3 0 17:4 +13 18
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2. Fortuna Köln 8 5 2 1 16:7 +9 17
3. Fortuna Düsseldorf 8 5 2 1 20:12 +8 17
4. Bor. M'gladbach Am. 8 5 1 2 13:5 +8 16
5. SSVg. Velbert 8 5 1 2 13:6 +7 16
6. Schwarz-Weiß Essen 8 4 1 3 12:7 +5 13
7. Borussia Wuppertal 8 4 1 3 18:14 +4 13
8. 1. FC Bocholt 8 4 1 3 13:11 2 13
9. Bonner SC 8 4 0 4 15:13 2 12
10. Union Solingen 8 3 3 2 6:6 0 12
11. Rheydter SV 8 3 2 3 11:15 -4 11
12. Ratinger Spvg. 04/19 8 3 2 3 12:17 -5 11
13. SV Adler Osterfeld 8 3 1 4 7:13 -6 10
14. Borussia Freialdenhoven 8 1 3 4 9:18 -9 6
15. GFC 09 Düren 8 0 4 4 8:16 -8 4
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16. MSV Duisburg Am. 8 0 4 4 5:13 -8 4
17. Alemannia Aachen Am. 8 0 3 5 7:15 -8 3
18. SCB Viktoria Köln 8 1 0 7 7:17 -10 3
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