Game Preview:
Welcome back to Tennis football! The 24-25 season starts this Friday night at 7pm in the historic (and somewhat renovated/reclaimed) Mommsenstadion.
Beginnings are a time to enjoy the optimism of a clean slate, and the TeBe faithful have good reason to feel excited about this campaign.
A lot has changed since last season.
After a solid start in 23-24, the Eichkamp Boys lost a few key games against strong opponents, and found themselves on the outside looking in behind an undefeated front-runner around the holiday break. Shortly after the head coach left and the season seemed to slowly fall apart, culminating in the unexpected need to play in Wedding's verdant Volksparkrehberg while renovations were made to the Mommsenstadion. The renovations, made with money ear-marked for the Euro Cup, make our home stadium one of the only stadiums in Berlin currently fit for the 3. Liga (they installed heating under the grass, which will almost never be needed in Berlin's climate, unless of course an unprecedented amount of human pollution makes weather more extreme and unpredictable... in which case we'll have heated grass!). There was an added trouble in rumors that a rival team from Berlin might win promotion to the 3. Liga and move to Eichkamp, or alternatively that the upstart Greifswalder club could rent it out for 23-24 while their investor built a new stadium in Vorpommern - ultimately both outcomes were avoided by the Lausitzers winning the sole promotion. In the end Tennis finished middle of the pack, 6th out of 16 clubs.
Fast forward through a strong off-season where a good number of the key players were re-signed and a handful of strong new talents joined the team. Most importantly, we got a new coach: Benjamin Eta, who found success previously in Bremen and takes over a team in need of improved strategy, tactics, and determination.
This is also only the second full season of Sportlichen Leiter Benjamin Borth who has already had to weather a handful of storms (including the second half of the dreadful relegation season) since he took over in 2022. Has he found the right mix this season of trainer, veteran players, and young talent to push Tennis back into the Regionalliga?
We know from last season that the Oberliga is no cake-walk. There are serious teams and serious players who can hit you with a well-executed game plan while bringing speed and physicality to the pitch.
Of course, the Eichkamp Boys can play that game too. The talent, speed, and ability to compete and play physically were all on display in the course of last season. What's needed now is to bring it all together into a coherent and consistently high level of team play.
The season begins with the opponents from the Mecklenburg Lake District - Neustrelitz. Coached by the former TeBe player Thomas Franke (who helped the Violets gain promotion in 2020), the Neustrelitzer are a talented and competitive team.
This will be the first chance to see what this new iteration of Tennis Berlin can bring to the pitch.
Can't wait to see it, come on TeBe! - Friday at Mommsen, 7pm.
"Choice is yours, don't be late"
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Home Opener 24-25 vs. Neustrelitz - 02.08.2024
Home Opener 24-25 vs. Neustrelitz - 02.08.2024
<<It is not, however, a straightforward defense of the autocratic Prussian state, as some have alleged, but is rather a defense of "Prussia as it was to have become under [proposed] reform administrations.">> (Wikipedia on Hegel)
Re: Home Opener 24-25 vs. Neustrelitz - 02.08.2024
Game Report:
What a slap in the face.
If that didn't wake up the team, I'm not sure what will.
After a couple of bobbles back and forth, Neustrelitz went up the right flank, passed back towards the middle, and in a flash the ball was curving in, the goaltender leaping back, too far, the ball sailed into the net in less than a moment, less than three minutes into the season.
SLAP!!!
Welcome to the 24-25 campaign in the NOFV-Oberliga Nord. This will not be a cake-walk.
The Violets managed a counter-attack with a halfway decent attempt that seemed to rebalance the dynamic. Better than falling apart right at the start, you have to get back up, but they never seemed to really go on the full offensive.
The majority of the first half was spent with our keeper playing the ball while five of our players stood all the way forward with only a single midfielder between. It looked like a 3-1-5 formation. I assume it was on purpose, and maybe someone cam explain it to me, but the play never really developed more than just the goalkeeper passing with a defender - a play which inevitably lead to mistakes and chances on goal for the opponents.
Tennis got a few chances, sometimes a winger would get a pass in to a forward, but nothing dangerous enough to actually score a goal.
Then Neustrelitz with a second treffer.
SLAP!!
The team did not give up, but with the slow (non-) building style of the 3-1-5 it felt like we were not dangerous. A player would dribble, get surrounded, and then lose the ball. The defense fought (and this could be said about the team, they were kampferisch), but Neustrelitz played hard too, got break-aways, and where our players would dribble and turn back, Neustrelitz passed and ran towards goal. They looked like the team we would have wanted to see in Lila-White.
A good run earned a PK for TeBe, but our striker Nattermann hit it too close in and the keeper blocked it. For a second Nattermann was the only one who saw the play, ran to the ball, but follied the shot up into the air even as the keeper was scrambling back.
SLAP!
In the second half Tennis started better. Oschmann who had been missing brought new life to the field, and the Violets had a handful of good plays strung together throughout the game, including a few really good opportunities that looked dangerous. But no goals.
To his credit, our keeper Albert fought back the whole game. It takes nerves to play after a start like that, and he held strong on some really great shots from the Neustrelitzer.
But in the end it wasn't enough. Even as Tennis got a few pretty chances, it was Neustrelitz with the last minute goal on - you guessed it - a good pass and a run straight on goal.
Towards the end our players tried to make runs, showing talent, but would get fouled out at the heels by the defenders, nowhere close to the opponents' goal. They have talent and spirit, but solo efforts and playing it safe won't be enough to win this year.
The team clearly needs some time to adjust, warm up, and to calibrate. We should try to be patient as we watch and support.
But the season has started, it's time to wake up.
SLAP! SLAP!
COME ON TE BE!!!
What a slap in the face.
If that didn't wake up the team, I'm not sure what will.
After a couple of bobbles back and forth, Neustrelitz went up the right flank, passed back towards the middle, and in a flash the ball was curving in, the goaltender leaping back, too far, the ball sailed into the net in less than a moment, less than three minutes into the season.
SLAP!!!
Welcome to the 24-25 campaign in the NOFV-Oberliga Nord. This will not be a cake-walk.
The Violets managed a counter-attack with a halfway decent attempt that seemed to rebalance the dynamic. Better than falling apart right at the start, you have to get back up, but they never seemed to really go on the full offensive.
The majority of the first half was spent with our keeper playing the ball while five of our players stood all the way forward with only a single midfielder between. It looked like a 3-1-5 formation. I assume it was on purpose, and maybe someone cam explain it to me, but the play never really developed more than just the goalkeeper passing with a defender - a play which inevitably lead to mistakes and chances on goal for the opponents.
Tennis got a few chances, sometimes a winger would get a pass in to a forward, but nothing dangerous enough to actually score a goal.
Then Neustrelitz with a second treffer.
SLAP!!
The team did not give up, but with the slow (non-) building style of the 3-1-5 it felt like we were not dangerous. A player would dribble, get surrounded, and then lose the ball. The defense fought (and this could be said about the team, they were kampferisch), but Neustrelitz played hard too, got break-aways, and where our players would dribble and turn back, Neustrelitz passed and ran towards goal. They looked like the team we would have wanted to see in Lila-White.
A good run earned a PK for TeBe, but our striker Nattermann hit it too close in and the keeper blocked it. For a second Nattermann was the only one who saw the play, ran to the ball, but follied the shot up into the air even as the keeper was scrambling back.
SLAP!
In the second half Tennis started better. Oschmann who had been missing brought new life to the field, and the Violets had a handful of good plays strung together throughout the game, including a few really good opportunities that looked dangerous. But no goals.
To his credit, our keeper Albert fought back the whole game. It takes nerves to play after a start like that, and he held strong on some really great shots from the Neustrelitzer.
But in the end it wasn't enough. Even as Tennis got a few pretty chances, it was Neustrelitz with the last minute goal on - you guessed it - a good pass and a run straight on goal.
Towards the end our players tried to make runs, showing talent, but would get fouled out at the heels by the defenders, nowhere close to the opponents' goal. They have talent and spirit, but solo efforts and playing it safe won't be enough to win this year.
The team clearly needs some time to adjust, warm up, and to calibrate. We should try to be patient as we watch and support.
But the season has started, it's time to wake up.
SLAP! SLAP!
COME ON TE BE!!!
<<It is not, however, a straightforward defense of the autocratic Prussian state, as some have alleged, but is rather a defense of "Prussia as it was to have become under [proposed] reform administrations.">> (Wikipedia on Hegel)
Re: Home Opener 24-25 vs. Neustrelitz - 02.08.2024
Afterward:
In the season's second game (11.08.2024), our Tennis-Berliners went to the Ostsee and won an impressive 1:3 victory over the Hanseatic Rostockers (2nd Men's Squad).
Each team got a goal from PKs, with ours coming in the first minutes. Two goals from our new player, Ebrima Jobe - looking forward to seeing more of him.
I guess the team woke up!
Now let's keep it rolling and get the next win.
Come on TeBe, weiter geht's!
18.08. - Landespokal
23.08. - Neukölln
30.08. - Back to Mommse
In the season's second game (11.08.2024), our Tennis-Berliners went to the Ostsee and won an impressive 1:3 victory over the Hanseatic Rostockers (2nd Men's Squad).
Each team got a goal from PKs, with ours coming in the first minutes. Two goals from our new player, Ebrima Jobe - looking forward to seeing more of him.
I guess the team woke up!
Now let's keep it rolling and get the next win.
Come on TeBe, weiter geht's!
18.08. - Landespokal
23.08. - Neukölln
30.08. - Back to Mommse
<<It is not, however, a straightforward defense of the autocratic Prussian state, as some have alleged, but is rather a defense of "Prussia as it was to have become under [proposed] reform administrations.">> (Wikipedia on Hegel)
Re: Home Opener 24-25 vs. Neustrelitz - 02.08.2024
July hopes and dreams.
August brings the new season.
SLAP. A wake up call.
- A TeBe Haiku (Trad.)
August brings the new season.
SLAP. A wake up call.
- A TeBe Haiku (Trad.)
Weapons for Ukraine!
Re: Home Opener 24-25 vs. Neustrelitz - 02.08.2024
A TeBe Haiku! Nice
And what a win on Friday (23.08) in Neukölln! Jobe with the hat-trick to win 2-3 against Tas. Heck of a game, sounded like a blast.
Two wins in a row and a home game this Friday under the lights of Mommsen (30.08. with 8pm start). Let's see if they can make up for the shaky home opener with some better play against Wismar.
Keep it Rollin' - Come on TeBe!
And what a win on Friday (23.08) in Neukölln! Jobe with the hat-trick to win 2-3 against Tas. Heck of a game, sounded like a blast.
Two wins in a row and a home game this Friday under the lights of Mommsen (30.08. with 8pm start). Let's see if they can make up for the shaky home opener with some better play against Wismar.
Keep it Rollin' - Come on TeBe!
<<It is not, however, a straightforward defense of the autocratic Prussian state, as some have alleged, but is rather a defense of "Prussia as it was to have become under [proposed] reform administrations.">> (Wikipedia on Hegel)
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Re: Home Opener 24-25 vs. Neustrelitz - 02.08.2024
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Thx for the enjoyable previews and match reports again this season. Keep it up!
Can't resist to nitpick on that tiny detail, for it was even worse: It did not take three minutes but hand-clocked 44 seconds until said first SLAP. And hell yes, that slap really hurt. As did the whole game.
But indeed we should bury every memory we have of that horrible evening where we were caught flat-footed, for whatever reason. When we played Rostock, Berolina and Tas, we were putting a new complexion on. Granted, our defense is, to put it mildly, not invulnerable, but on the other hand we have proven great qualities, a strong fighting spirit and hunger for goals. Which we became rewarded for, last week not without a modicum of luck to be honest. But after all one cannot say it was undeserved. And those come-back qualities in the final stages can be huge a booster for a team's confidence.
So actually, all is set for a continuation of the party from last Friday. You don't wanna miss this!
Can't resist to nitpick on that tiny detail, for it was even worse: It did not take three minutes but hand-clocked 44 seconds until said first SLAP. And hell yes, that slap really hurt. As did the whole game.
But indeed we should bury every memory we have of that horrible evening where we were caught flat-footed, for whatever reason. When we played Rostock, Berolina and Tas, we were putting a new complexion on. Granted, our defense is, to put it mildly, not invulnerable, but on the other hand we have proven great qualities, a strong fighting spirit and hunger for goals. Which we became rewarded for, last week not without a modicum of luck to be honest. But after all one cannot say it was undeserved. And those come-back qualities in the final stages can be huge a booster for a team's confidence.
So actually, all is set for a continuation of the party from last Friday. You don't wanna miss this!
One year on, words still fail to capture this day.