Hilfarth's Drevina: With foreign shoes for the Erka Cup victory!

As part of the 37th Erka Cup, which took place in the Karl Fischer Sporthalle, the team of Germania Hilfarth was able to win its first title. Armand Drevina, the protagonist of the game, had to struggle with a broken shoe in the final, but this did not stop him from calling up his performance. His team -mate Justin Longley from Germania Rurich made his shoes available to him. With these borrowed shoes, Drevina scored a total of four goals in the final and made a significant contribution to the 10: 8 victory over Ay-Yildiz at.

The final began with a tour for Hilfarth by Shpend Hasani, followed by a balance by Berkan Günes. In the meantime, Hilfarth was able to take a 6-1 lead before Ay-Yildiz put a comeback and equalized to 7: 7. Drevina managed to score two more goals and thus secured the victory for his team. In total, Drevina was awarded 15 goals as a tournament rifle king, while Hakan Odabasi and Joy-Slayd Mickels followed with 14 and 13 goals. Mickels was also awarded the best player in the tournament, while Cem Yorulmaz from Hückelhoven received the title "Best goalkeeper". In an emotional gesture, Drevina kept his broken shoe up during the award ceremony and expressed that the award "best player" would have meant.

results and history of the Erka Cup

This year's Erka Cup orientation was very interested with 16 participating teams. In the group phase, the teams competed against each other in four groups. In group A, SC Erkelenz, Germania Rurich, Viktoria Kleingladbach and Grün-Weiß Karken stood at the defense, while Ay-Yildizspor Hückelhoven, TuS Rheinland Dremmen, Concordia Haaren and DJK Gillrath competed in Group B. Other teams in Group C were sports fans Uevekoven, SV Niersquelle Kuckum, SV Brachelen and VfB Hochneukirch, while Group D of Germania Teveren, Germania Hilfarth, SV Golkrath and SG Holzweiler/Katzem was formed.

The semi-finals took place with the Hilfarth games against Germania Teveren (6: 1) and Ay-Yildiz against Sportfreunde Uevekoven (4: 1). The final phase of the tournament started with the semi -finals at 5:25 p.m., followed by the final at 6:40 p.m. The tournament is not only seen as an Erka Cup, but also as the Willy Stein Memorial Tournament, which took place this year for the 20th time. Interestingly, every three tournament days in December, between Christmas and New Year's Eve, took place, which is a premiere in the 36-year history of the Erka Cup.

In retrospect for previous expenses, it was found that legendary moments in the 1990s, especially in the old triple hall of the Cornelius Burgh-Gymnasium, evoked many memories. Borussia Freialdenhoven played a central role in the final for years, and the historical encounter between SC 09 and Borussia Freialdenhoven in 1991 is remembered.