Sunday 19th December 2021
Darmstadt is getting closer to Pauli
Werner gives Werder a conciliatory Christmas
Werder Bremen is back in the 2nd Bundesliga: With Ole Werner on the sideline, there is a third win in the third game. Darmstadt uses the mistake of St. Pauli on this 18th matchday and catches up. Rostock saves a double goal scorer at least one point.
Karlsruher SC – Hansa Rostock 2: 2 (2: 1)
Double goalscorer Pascal Breier saved an important point for Hansa Rostock in the relegation battle of the 2nd Bundesliga. The 29-year-old center forward scored 2: 2 (1: 2) in the guest appearance at Karlsruher SC, first for the lead (7th), then later to equalize (82nd). After the first game of the second half of the season, promoted Rostock has three points ahead of the relegation place.
The KSC had initially turned the game through Daniel Gordon (13th) and Philipp Hofmann’s ninth goal of the season, but then missed the chance to move up to third place with a win to just three points. With 25 counters, Baden is more likely to be in the no man’s land of the table during the winter break.
Coach Christian Eichner’s team had to attribute the equalization to themselves a little. After the break, she only managed the lead and let the guests back into the game. However, for a long time Hansa didn’t think about it enough. Before Breier met a second time, Steli Mamba had missed the greatest of the few chances (60th).
Hannover 96 – Werder Bremen 1: 4 (1: 1)
Werder Bremen is still on the upswing under the new coach Ole Werner. At Hannover 96, the relegated team prevailed 4: 1 (1: 1) and made contact with the leading group. It was the third win in the third game under Werner.
In a game played offensively by both teams, the goals worth seeing stood out in the first half. Werder’s Romano Schmid (22nd) hit the corner. Hanover’s Sebastian Kerk made it even more spectacular: The 27-year-old duped with a direct free kick from almost 40 meters from Werder goalkeeper Jiri Pavlenka (34th). He had stood too far in front of the gate and was surprised by Kerk.
The ex-Hanoverian Marvin Ducksch (51.) increased for Bremen. Anthony Jung (72nd) and Marco Friedl (84th) made the decision.
Werder had a little more of the game, Hanover was particularly dangerous on the counterattack. Bremen also had the necessary luck: After an unfortunate defense action, the crossbar saved Ömer Toprak from an own goal (64th).
Jahn Regensburg – SV Darmstadt 98 0: 2 (0: 0)
With a big exclamation mark in the promotion campaign, Darmstadt 98 made the connection to the front runner FC St. Pauli. The lilies won thanks to goals from Emir Karic (70th) and Tobias Kempe (90th + 2) at Jahn Regensburg 2-0 (0-0) and are only one point behind the Hamburgers. It was Darmstadt’s first win against feared opponents Regensburg after seven games with two points.
Darmstadt started really strong in the ghost game, after 25 minutes there were 6-0 shots on goal. But there was no more than one shot from the post by Tim Skarke (1st). There was excitement after half an hour after a handball by Jahn professional Max Besuschkow. However, after verification by the video assistant, there was no penalty.
Shortly after the break, 98 awarded the next top-class player (48th) through Phillip Tietz. Regensburg, which did not have a single ball contact in the guest penalty area in the first half, now played much more forcefully and had the chance to take the lead from Sarpreet Singh (68th).
The 0: 1 was therefore a bit surprising. Karic executed from 14 meters after the clever back pass from Tietz. Karic even had the 0: 2 still on the foot (81st), for which Kempe still ensured.