The last coach of the GDR team hopes for more solidarity between East German soccer clubs. Eduard Geyer doesn't understand "why the East German teams don't close ranks with each other - whether it's Aue, Dresden, Chemnitz or Leipzig - and support each other. Certain things are difficult to understand," the 80-year-old former player and coach told the German Press Agency.
On Saturday (14:00/RBB and MagentaSport), Energie Cottbus and Dynamo Dresden will face off in the top match of the third division. Geyer hopes that the encounter between the league leaders from Lusatia and the second-placed team in the table will also have a soccer atmosphere that courts the East a little: "And not some idiots bashing each other's heads in. Let them set off a few rockets for all I care, but only against the sky."
Handball as a model for complaining
The game should also be fair on the pitch, "like in boxing: they hit each other in the face and congratulate each other at the end." Geyer is particularly upset by the reactions during and after a foul. "Football is a one-on-one sport. You have to be prepared to be fouled or given a free kick. In soccer, there is then a discussion. And the referees also start arguing with the players. That's a disease," says Geyer.
He points to handball, from which you can learn something: "You don't see that in handball and they are physically more robust than footballers. Footballers moan about everything. Foul play is just as much a part of it as a good shot on goal."
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