Paderborn's promotion sample: Mehlem brings new swing to the team!

Paderborn's promotion sample: Mehlem brings new swing to the team!

In the promotion race of the 2nd Bundesliga, SC Paderborn is combative. After a recent victory against the promoted Ulm, despite a mixed performance, the team around coach Lukas Kwasniok remains optimistic. Kicker reports that Marvin Mehlem, the winter newcomer, gave the decisive impulse for victory with his first goal for Paderborn.

The 27-year-old offensive midfielder, who previously worked at SV Darmstadt and briefly played at Hull City, fulfills an important role as a link between midfield and attack. Managing Director Sport, Benjamin Weber, describes Mehlem as a "difference player" in the league and emphasizes that he is already well integrated in the team. WDR added that Mehlem has been on the pitch in all four games and already drawn attention to itself in the 2nd Bundesliga by collecting ten scorer points.

goals clearly define

Kwasniok speaks openly about the challenges of the promotion race and warns of the difficulties that the game in Ulm brought with it. "The promotion battle remains exciting until the end," emphasizes the trainer, while his team currently took the 6th place with 34 points, only four points behind the third place 1. FC Kaiserslautern. For Paderborn it is crucial to collect as many points as possible until the coming international break and to formulate the goals more clearly.

One of the biggest challenges that the team is currently struggling are are the results of the last four home games, all of which were lost. All the more, the SCP is pressing to show the upcoming opponent of Münster. The game will take place on Friday evening at 6:30 p.m. The situation in the league is tense, with five teams that are close together at the top of the table, and three other persecutors who still hope for a promotion place, as in a current article on bundesliga.com

Paderborn knows that the coming month could be decisive because the competition among the top teams is enormous. In the next few weeks there are seven direct duels between the top teams, which could be of considerable importance for the starting point in the promotion battle.

While the team is preparing for the next challenges, hope for the ascent remains present. Paderborn is determined to achieve the targeted goals and to assert themselves in the upper third of the table.