Important job victory: Bochum crawls into the top group

Important job victory
Bochum crawls into the top group

After the bankruptcy in Hanover, VfL Bochum is back on track. With luck, but clearly on paper, VfL defeated FC Heidenheim, who hit the bar twice. In the second game of the evening, however, the two goalkeepers did not indulge their opponents.

VfL Bochum has established itself in the top group of the 2nd Bundesliga with its seventh win of the season. Coach Thomas Reis's team defeated 1. FC Heidenheim 3-0 (2-0) and improved to second place with 23 points. Heidenheim (19) remains seventh. In the second game of the evening, neither Regensburg nor Hanover managed a goal. And so the game between host Jahn and Hannover 96 ended goalless in the Regensburg fog.

"We know that we didn't play a good game in Hanover. That was a job win today, the important thing is that we showed a reaction," said goal scorer Simon Zoller at Sky, referring to the latest 2-0 draw at Hanover 96: " I'm very happy that we have 23 points at this point. We all know how it went last year. "

In an overall even game, Bochum was the more effective team. Danny Blum (17th) with a remarkable long-range shot, Zoller (32nd) and Thomas Eisfeld (90th + 3) with a direct free kick scored the goals for VfL. Bochum was lucky in the second round that Christian Kühlwetter (51st) and Tobias Mohr (77th) only hit the crossbar with a shot from distance.

With the exception of these great opportunities, however, the guests had problems bringing VfL's attentive defense into trouble. Coach Frank Schmidt's team struggled, but could not prevail decisively. Bochum limited the lead to the defensive and waited for a counterattack to get the third hit.

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No goals in the Regensburg fog

In an intense fighting game between Regensburg and Hanover, the two goalkeepers prevented a possible winning goal with the few great chances. With 17 points each, both football teams, which have to play in the DFB Cup before Christmas Eve, go into the short league Christmas break.

Both teams worked each other for 90 minutes. The Jahn appeared more offensively. The guests from Lower Saxony only got a real big chance in the second half. Alexander Meyer steered defender Marcel Franke's header from five meters in the Regensburg Gate with a great reflex to the crossbar (66th minute).

Goalkeeping veteran Michael Ratajczak held the point at Hannover. The 38-year-old, who played for the ailing goalkeeper Michael Esser, initially saved a shot from Kaan Caliskaner (12th). Ratajczak performed his greatest deed with a long-range shot by Jann George, which he steered over the goal with his fingertips (47th). Substitute George brought some momentum into the game. He then moved in a promising position (55th) and from a distance (73rd). The draw was fair in the end.

. (tagsToTranslate) Fußball (t) Fußball-Bundesliga (t) Hannover 96 (t) SSV Jahn Regensburg (t) VfL Bochum (t) 1.FC Heidenheim