St. Pauli shoots the game in Rostock
Football dwarf Elversberg storms into third place in the 2nd league
November 25, 2023, 3:03 p.m
The change of coach in Osnabrück has no effect: VfL remains winless for the seventh time in a row and is therefore bottom of the table. Leaders St. Pauli come from behind to beat Hansa Rostock, while SV Elversberg beat SC Paderborn.
Hansa Rostock – FC St. Pauli 1:3 (1:3)
Leaders FC St. Pauli are marching more confidently towards the autumn championship in the 2nd Bundesliga. The still undefeated Kiez-Kickers turned around a deficit in an impressive manner in the northern duel at Hansa Rostock with 3:2 (3:1) to their fourth away win of the season. Thanks to the successful dress rehearsal for the summit on Friday (December 1st/6.30 p.m./Sky and in the live ticker at ntv.de) Coach Fabian Hürzeler’s team goes into the city derby with a three-point lead against their pursuers Hamburger SV.
Rostock had to accept a setback in the fight to stay in the league due to their fourth defeat of the season in their home Ostseestadion. Due to the first defeat after four points from the previous two encounters, the Kogge are still dangerously close to the danger zone in the bottom third of the table. The home team got off to the perfect start they had hoped for with Junior Brumado’s early lead goal (9th, hand penalty).
Contested: St. Pauli narrowly won in Rostock.
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But the ambitious guests, who are the only team in the lower house yet to record a defeat this season, hit back like a top team: Within 14 minutes of going behind, Hamburg decided the game with a goal from Manolis Saliakis (15th). , who scored a dream goal, Marcel Hartel (19th) and Oladapo Afolayan (23rd). Rostock only got another goal through Brumado (80th, penalty kick).
However, Hansa was no longer able to recover sufficiently from the previous shock of the hat-trick. At no time did Rostock coach Alois Schwartz’s team gain access to the action again. However, due to their control of the game, the guests largely no longer offered the hosts any attacking areas to catch up. On the contrary: Hürzeler’s ball-confident team had several opportunities to increase the result several times before and after the break.
SV Elversberg – SC Paderborn 4:1 (1:1)
Newcomer SV Elversberg got three important points in the promotion race despite being behind and at least temporarily improved to third place. The Saarland team scored 4:1 (1:1) against SC Paderborn. Sebastian Klaas (22nd) took advantage of a chain of errors in the Elversberg backline to take the East Westphalia lead. Luca Schnellbacher (41st/50th) turned the game around with a brace. Paul Stock (57th) and Maurice Neubauer (61st) made everything clear with their goals.
Elversberg, who won their second win in a row after beating Schalke 2-1, cleverly used the space available after the opening goal in the second half and took the visitors’ defense by surprise time and again.
In the run-up to the encounter, ex-national player Max Kruse ended the SCP chapter on Friday. According to the club, the 35-year-old’s contract was terminated “by good mutual agreement”. Kruse only played 194 minutes for Paderborn. “Both sides imagined sporting development differently,” said sports director Benjamin Weber. Because the current situation for the club and the player “was not satisfactory, we separated,” emphasized Weber.
VfL Osnabrück – 1. FC Magdeburg 0:2 (0:1)
In coach Martin Heck’s professional coaching debut, VfL Osnabrück lost 0-2 (0-0) against 1. FC Magdeburg. His predecessor Tobias Schweinsteiger had to leave VfL before the international break after the 2-3 defeat at Eintracht Braunschweig. Osnabrück remained winless for the seventh game in a row and holds the Red Lantern of the bottom of the table. Baris Atik (52nd) scored the opening goal for Magdeburg, who were able to move away from the relegation zone. Luca Schuler (71st) eliminated any last doubts about the threesome for the guests.
FCM already had a great chance to take the lead in the 14th minute. VfL keeper Lennart Grill deflected a ball onto the crossbar, while his teammate Niklas Wiemann unfortunately deflected the ball towards his own goal. The Osnabrück team struggled to find their rhythm. Christian Joe Conteh (25th) had the first opportunity for the hosts, but was unable to get past Magdeburg goalkeeper Dominik Reimann from a tight angle.
The hosts then tried to gain more control of the game. However, the Saxony-Anhalt team always remained dangerous with their straightforward game. The guests repeatedly set the tone, especially with their switching game.