25th Match Day of Regional League Southwest Eintracht Trier - SSV Ulm Moselstadion Result: 5:0 (1:0) Attendance: 1,541 (150 Guests)
As the Regional League resumed after a two-month winter break, we decided to visit the Mosel Stadium again on a sunny Sunday. We didn’t plan anything big for the coming two weeks as we have to save money for our big trip in March!
The Mosel Stadium is named after the river Moselle that flows through Germany, Luxembourg and France. There is a night and weekend bus that drives from our street and ends in front of the stadium, but since we didn’t want to spend an hour in the bus, we simply just drove and parked next to the river.
We knew Trier didn’t have much money, but we didn’t expect them to have no change for a 50€ note. We had to wait for about 15 minutes until few people bought their tickets so they had enough money for change.
Still, we were one of the first ones who entered the stadium. We got ourselves a frikadeller each and got ourselves seated somewhere close to the middle of the pitch, with Trier’s Insane Ultra’s block across us. The ultras were busy setting up their choreo with some plastic poles, which we believed they were planning to hang something in the air. We didn’t expect a choreo!
Ulm’s fans arrived with a bus about 30 minutes before kick off. Once they entered the stadium, they started hanging their banners and setting up flags; including banners of their friend – RW Oberhausen. There were some people wearing an Oberhausen beanie so obviously some Oberhausen supporters joined the Ulmers today to chant for the team.
It wasn’t Trier’s first game this week; They were away in Homburg for a re-scheduled league match on Wednesday, which they beat the host by 1:2. Trier have been struggling in the bottom of the league, that’s why they have to give the best to gain as much points as possible to stay in the Regionalliga.
As the players entered the pitch, the Insane Ultra pulled up their choreo which said: “Vom Kinderschuh bis ins Seniorenheim – Mit Herz und Blut für unseren Sportverein”, with the name of a Trier player, Michael Dingels, and the years he had been playing for the team – 2001 to 2016.
“From childhood to elderly’s home – with heart and blood for our Sport Club,” displayed by the Trier fans to thank Dingels for giving his all to their club. Dingels, 31, joined Eintracht Trier at the age of 15 in 2001, signed his first professional contract in 2006 and since then he has been playing for the same club. Dingels was one of the few players who could stay loyal to a team for such a long time in a lower league.
Ulm started very well after kick off and controlled the tempo of the game. However, their defender fouled a Trier player who was almost on a one-on-one against the goalie; The referee didn’t hesitate to show a red card and sent the player off. Trier took the advantage of the free kick and scored the only goal in the first half.
It was not a good day for Ulm at all. After five minutes into the second half, Trier were awarded a penalty and made it 2:0. Although the away team were two goals behind with only ten men, they still managed to keep up with the the game and created a few chance. But after Trier scored two goals at 73rd and 75 minutes, there was nothing that the Ulmers could do to turn the game.
The hosts scored their fifth and last goal of the day by the end of the game, which bought a lot of joy to the home fans. It was also nice to see how the away block still kept chanting for their team all the way, and cheered the players up before they packed and left the stadium.
Ulm only promoted this season and were still at the 6th place on the league table, which we believed their fans would still happy about it, while Trier were still trapped in the possible relegation zone.
We did not expect much before this game, but with five goals, one red card and one big choreo, we would say we had a really enjoyable afternoon down in the city!