Tough measure at Bastians
Rot-Weiss Essen throws the captain out with poisonous words
October 10, 2023, 5:43 p.m
The poor third division soccer team Rot-Weiss Essen releases its captain Felix Bastians from games and training. The 35-year-old was increasingly no longer living up to the expectations of “leading as a leader on the pitch and in the dressing room”.
A big bang for the third division football team Rot-Weiss Essen: The cult club from Hafenstrasse has released captain Felix Bastians from training and games with immediate effect. The club announced this after the 34-year-old had previously been informed of the decision. This conclusion was reached unanimously after a joint analysis by the board, sports management and coaching team. Physiotherapist Max von Gehlen will also no longer work for RWE with immediate effect. It is still unclear whether there is a connection.
“Felix Bastians is increasingly no longer living up to the expectations of not only performing well on the pitch as a team captain, but also leading the way as a leader on the pitch and in the dressing room. Without going into too much detail, we assess all of these Measure not only as necessary, but as having no alternative in order to provide a clear impetus,” the statement said. You will only be successful “if sensitivities and egoisms are put aside and everyone subordinates themselves 100 percent to the big picture.”
The club emphasized: “We are firmly convinced that we will benefit from this measure and that new hierarchies will be formed in our squad.” Essen recently suffered two significant defeats against SC Verl (0:5) and SpVgg Unterhaching (0:4), RWE is currently in 15th place. Bastians has played six of the ten third division games so far this season and has been with the club since September 2021 Food under contract. The defender previously played 92 times in the Bundesliga for SC Freiburg and Hertha BSC, among others.