Saturday, August 21, 2021
2nd league: Jahn remains unbeatable
Schalke after clap back in the crisis
The FC Schalke start into the 2nd Bundesliga not badly, on the first matchday they lead in front of thousands of fans against Hamburger SV. But the short optimism has long since vanished, on the fourth game day there is a smack. It doesn’t go much better for the relegated fellow.
Jahn Regensburg – FC Schalke 04 4: 1 (1: 0)
Surprise leader Jahn Regensburg brutally disgraced FC Schalke 04 and celebrated another big win in the 2nd Bundesliga against the relegated Bundesliga. After the impressive and well-deserved 4: 1 (1: 0) there is maximum football euphoria in the Upper Palatinate – at the traditional club from Gelsenkirchen, on the other hand, alarm mood breaks out again. The pressure on coach Dimitrios Grammozis is growing, the gap to the league leaders is already eight points after four games of the season.
In front of the permitted 5324 spectators in the Jahnstadion, only one team performed like a top team: Regensburg. In the fourth win in a row, the fans cheered the goals of Jan Niklas Beste (9th minute), Steve Breitkreuz (55th), David Otto (73rd) and Saspreet Singh (86th). The fourth goal of the season by Simon Terodde (81st) did not tear Schalke away. Jahn was greedy, well-rehearsed and very effective. The team of coach Mersad Selimbegovic triumphed as a strong collective. Schalke lacked the bite and a game idea. Striker Terodde was mostly signed off, there were hardly any chances. Before conceding the first goal, defender Florian Flick also had the ball chased away from Otto’s own penalty area.
Goalkeeper Ralf Fährmann prevented the 0: 2 with a save against the strong Otto before the break. Substitute loan player Ko Itakura was also unable to stop the defense after the break. The approximately 600 Schalke fans who traveled with them were served, the rest celebrated the Jahn professionals for minutes. “Oh, how beautiful is that”, the Regensburg audience chanted.
Karlsruher SC – SV Werder Bremen 0-0
SV Werder Bremen did not win in the third competitive game in a row. Despite more than 30 minutes of excess, the second division soccer team did not get past a 0-0 at Karlsruher SC. The relegated player, who recently had to cope with the loss of players in the first round in the DFB Cup in Osnabrück and the 1: 4 swat against Paderborn in the league, has five points after four matchdays in the 2nd Bundesliga . KSC, still unbeaten this season, who lost midfielder Marvin Wanitzek in the 57th minute to yellow-red, has eight points.
The Bremen team, who competed without their injured captain Ömer Toprak, took a quarter of an hour to get into the game. While Karlsruhe’s Philipp Hofmann caused danger several times with his head, a completely unsuccessful Schlenzer by Niclas Füllkrug (12th) was initially the only chance for the guests. In the middle of the first half, however, the Hanseatic League increased the pace. Romano Schmid (22nd), again Füllkrug (29th) and Nicolai Rapp, who was pushed five meters in front of the goal by opponent Philip Heise (29th), missed good opportunities.
After the dismissal against Wanitzek, who had to leave the field within seven minutes after two fouls, there was a lot to speak for an away win for Bremen. But they hardly became really dangerous anymore. Instead, Werder keeper Michael Zetterer prevented the goal from a dangerous shot by Marco Thiede (74th).
SC Paderborn – FC St. Pauli 3: 1 (1: 1)
SC Paderborn inflicted their first defeat of the season on FC St. Pauli and thus won the relegation rank for the time being. Paderborn beat Hamburg 3-1 (1: 1). In the sixth minute St. Paulis Philipp Ziereis saw the red card in front of 6,000 spectators after an emergency brake, but the subsequent penalty from Paderborn’s Dennis Srbeny was saved by goalkeeper Nikola Vasilj. In the first half, Guido Burgstaller (28th) made a perfect counterattack to guide the guests. An own goal by Adam Dzwigala (44th) and the hit by Kai Pröger (65th) and Sven Michel (90th + 3) turned the game with their goals.
St. Pauli could have played with a lot of momentum eight days after the derby win against Hamburger SV (3: 2), but Paderborn dominated right from the start. The dismissal against Ziereis solidified this image, but the guests remained dangerous through counterattacks throughout the game.
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