It was a surprise when the game report sheet stated in front of the third division game between Meppen and Braunschweig Thilo Leugers in the starting eleven of the home side. The captain, who suffered a cruciate ligament tear before the season, will not end in the field and his career after the season that was not in the field of the season and was not exactly unimportant game against Braunschweig, which with 1. FC Kaiserslautern around the Direct ascent competed, on offer. "I've been considering how I can organize this since Thursday," said SVM coach Rico Schmitt after the game in "Magenta Sport".
The plan finally read: Leugers should be in the starting eleven with the captain's armband on the arm, but after a few minutes it is replaced by Luka Tankulic. "I was super happy that I was able to start that this was made possible," said the unexpected starting eleven candidate later.
But what was supposed to happen in his six minutes, which he was standing on the field, was actually hardly foreseeable: in the first minute the home side was awarded a penalty - and of course Leugers had to take action. The 31-year-old targeted the right corner, transformed into a much-cheered 1-0 and, as planned, left the field with a standing ovation and a trellis that formed teammates and supervisors on the sidelines in the 7th minute. "You don't dream something like that," said the scorer. "The fact that it was crowned again is world class."
With the emotional roller coaster ride, however, it was not over. From the sidelines, the midfielder, who came to Meppen in 2016, saw how his team first expanded the lead, but then gave it out of his hand - to finally go back in outnumbered and by René Guder - who will also leave the club \ - the winning goal to achieve. "Leugers scores a goal, Guder scores and is said goodbye before it," said chief coach Schmitt about the first victory after twelve attempts. "Sensational - and we have a perfect world in Emsland."
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