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Last-minute hit decides heated derby
03/19/2023 3:31 p.m
The Sunday games of the 2nd Bundesliga are full of goals. Rostock’s terrible home streak continues, Düsseldorf tears apart the Hansa defense. Sandhausen is also having a hard time, St. Pauli is playing in a frenzy. The heated derby between Braunschweig and Hanover finds a winner at the last minute.
Eintracht Braunschweig – Hannover 96 1:0 (0:0)
In the highly explosive Lower Saxony derby between Eintracht Braunschweig and Hannover 96, the hosts scored three important points in the relegation battle. After two Eintracht professionals were threatened by 96 supporters in advance, it was 1-0 (0-0). Jannis Nikolaou (90 + 1) rewarded the offensive efforts of the hosts, who climbed to relegation place 16. Hanover has been without a win for nine games, the negative series in Braunschweig ended after five games without a threesome.
Braunschweig attacker Anthony Ujah (36th) hit the post of the 96 goal with an overhead kick. Anton-Leander Donkor (56th) forced Hanover goalkeeper Ron-Robert Zieler to make a brilliant save. The keeper was able to direct the ball to the post. Ujah’s header (60′) was also parried by Zieler.
In the ninth minute, referee Patrick Ittrich had to interrupt the match briefly after pyrotechnics were ignited and thick clouds of smoke drifted through the stadium on Hamburger Strasse. In the 40th minute, the second interruption ordered by the referee followed.
In the run-up to the game, blue and yellow wooden crosses and red paint all around as an unmistakable threat to two Braunschweig professionals in front of their private apartments made big headlines and clearly exceeded the limit. Both clubs had condemned the tasteless action.
“What does that have to do with rivalry before a derby?” Eintracht CEO Wolfram Benz emphasized: “Threatening players and their families is completely unacceptable, such actions are just shameful.” 96-authorized officer Christian Katz also said: “We hope that the perpetrators will be identified quickly and will support the police investigation to the extent possible.”
FC Hansa Rostock – Fortuna Dusseldorf 2: 5 (0: 3)
For Hansa Rostock, the situation in the table basement is becoming more and more precarious due to the next home bankruptcy. After a 2:5 (0:3) against Fortuna Düsseldorf, Rostock slipped into the relegation zone for the first time this season. Hansa has been waiting for a home win for half a year.
Fortuna (42 points), as the first pursuers of the top trio Darmstadt 98 (52), 1. FC Heidenheim (50) and Hamburger SV (49), on the other hand, can continue to dream of returning to the Bundesliga. Dawid Kownacki (12th), Rouwen Hennings (20th), Matthias Zimmermann (41st/48th) and Christoph Klarer (82nd) scored for the Rhinelanders, who passed SC Paderborn.
Until Sunday, Hansa had never lost a league game against Düsseldorf in their own stadium (eight wins, three draws), but the series was threatened after just a few minutes. With his eleventh goal of the season, Kownacki punished the passive Rostockers. The Rostock fans whistled at the break.
Coach Patrick Glöckner reacted with two changes, but the next setback followed just three minutes after the restart. At least Kai Pröger (56th) broke the spell and scored Rostock’s first home goal in more than four months. Kevin Schumacher (78th) followed up against lethargic Düsseldorfers in the second half, but shortly afterwards Fortuna made the final decision.
SV Sandhausen – FC St. Pauli 0: 5 (0: 4)
The high-flyers of FC St. Pauli have continued their impressive streak of success with a great away win and can now even dream of promotion. The Hamburgers won 5-0 (4-0) at bottom SV Sandhausen. This means that St. Pauli is only eight points behind their city rivals Hamburger SV, who are currently weakening in third place. Jackson Irvine (45th + 3/88th), Manolis Saliakas (19th), Lukas Daschner (24th) and Oladapo Afolayan (25th) scored for the Kiezkicker, who made the eighth treble in the eighth game directed by coach Fabian Hürzeler fetched.
On the other hand, Sandhausen is staggering towards relegation after the seventh game in a row without a win. To make matters worse, Alexander Esswein saw the red card in injury time in the first half for a foul play (45+1).
In front of 7642 spectators in the Hardtwald stadium, the SVS was literally torn apart by the guests in the first 25 minutes. The Hamburg offensive played cat and mouse with the completely overwhelmed defense of the Kurpfälzer. Immediately after Esswein was sent off, Irvine increased the result before the break.
At the beginning of the second half, Hamburg missed numerous chances for further goals. After that, St. Pauli only managed the lead – further goals for the guests were still possible.