Sports Second League
Turbulent FCK – In injury time the madness begins
Status: 01.10.2023 | Reading time: 4 minutes
Kaiserslautern at least saved a draw in a turbulent game in Osnabrück. The Palatinate team missed two penalties including additional shots. But even after the second ticket in stoppage time, the game was still not decided. Nuremberg’s upward trend continues.
1. FC Kaiserslautern missed out on the relegation spot in the second division, but still managed to score a point at VfL Osnabrück with a late goal in stoppage time despite missing two penalties. The Palatinate team fought to a 2:2 (1:2) draw against the promoted team on Sunday. In front of 15,741 spectators in the sold-out stadium at the Bremer Brücke, Erik Engelhardt (17th minute) and Mickaël Cuisance (37th, penalty kick) gave the hosts the lead. Julian Niehues (45+2) and Boris Tomiak (90+8) scored for the guests.
In a thrilling second division game, the guests initially had a great chance to take the lead. But Kevin Kraus failed with a penalty kick past the Osnabrück goalkeeper Lennart Grill, who also parried the follow-up shot (15th). Instead, VfL took the lead, somewhat surprisingly. After a fine pass from Jannes Wulff, Engelhardt was there. The purple-whites now became more confident and increased their lead to 2-0 thanks to a penalty kick converted by Cuisance.
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Kaiserslautern looked shocked for a moment, but then scored through Niehues in stoppage time in the first half. After the break, the Palatinate team pushed for an equalizer, but missed numerous good chances. It wasn’t until the eighth minute of stoppage time that the score was 2-2 because Oumar Diakhité deflected a ball from Tomiak unstoppable for the outstanding Grill. The VfL goalkeeper had previously saved a penalty from Terrence Boyd (90+5).
Nuremberg catches up with Magdeburg
Thanks to Joker Felix Lohkemper, 1. FC Nürnberg has reached the top positions in the 2nd Bundesliga. With the well-deserved 1-0 (0-0) win against 1. FC Magdeburg after half-time, the traditional Franconian club reduced the gap to third place in the table to just three points.
In front of 33,106 spectators, Lohkemper, who had been substituted just seconds earlier, headed in a cross from Jan Gyamerah in the 46th minute on Sunday. A supposed counter-attack goal by Benjamin Goller (66th) did not count after the video referee was called in because of a previous handball. Thanks to their first win since the end of August, Nuremberg drew level with Magdeburg on points (12).
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In the first half, the Franks had significant problems with the visitors’ pressing and their clever distribution of space. Coach Christian Titz’s team still didn’t have any compelling chances to score. After the break, Nuremberg’s coach Cristian Fiel brought in the former Magdeburg player Lohkemper – it was like an initial spark with opportunities almost every minute.
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The Nuremberg team, who started without youngster Can Uzun, now came up trumps with quick passes to the front. However, they missed further goals from Lohkemper (52nd) or Benjamin Goller (54th) as well as the constantly running Kanji Okunuki.
Fürth has to keep waiting
SpVgg Greuther Fürth rewarded themselves with a draw at SV Elversberg. Manuel Feil gave the promoted team from Saarland the lead in the ninth minute on Sunday. The Fürth captain Branimir Hrgota (14th) equalized after an assist from Robert Wagner for the guests, who were 13th in the table. continue to wait for the first away win.
In the first competitive match between the two clubs, Elversberg got off to the perfect start in front of 8,042 spectators in the Kaiserlinde stadium. With a little luck, a cross from Jannik Rochelt landed at Feil, who only had to shoot in front of keeper Jonas Urbig. Hrgota’s answer from Fürth didn’t take long to arrive, however, just five minutes later he scored the deserved 1-1 with his fourth goal of the season.
The game then remained balanced, but the strong running guests increasingly got more of the game and were closer to the lead before the break. In particular, a hand penalty for the game association that was not given by the video referee caused discussions.
After halftime, the Elversberg team came out of the locker room with new courage and self-confidence. The newcomers exerted more pressure and had chances through Feil and Neubauer, while the Fürth team lost some of the flow of the game. Lukas Petkov had the winning goal in the 87th minute, but it wasn’t enough.
