DFB Cup Cheeky penalty
“Completely inappropriate” – Düsseldorf’s coach settles accounts with his winning goal scorer
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The cheekiest of all penalties takes Fortuna to the semi-finals
Fortuna Düsseldorf reached the semi-finals of the DFB Cup for the first time in 28 years and knocked FC St. Pauli out of the competition. In the penalty shootout, Düsseldorf’s Christos Tzolis converted the decisive penalty by easily lofting it into the middle of the goal.
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Whoever scores is right? Not quite, says Fortuna Düsseldorf coach Daniel Thioune after the cup thriller at FC St. Pauli. He didn’t like the decisive penalty from his player Tzolis, although it was converted. Thioune made no secret of this.
In a football thriller, Fortuna Düsseldorf reached the semi-finals of the DFB Cup for the first time in 28 years and knocked FC St. Pauli out of the competition. In the déjà vu duel of the 2nd Bundesliga, the guests won the quarter-finals on Tuesday in Hamburg 4:3 (2:2, 1:1, 1:0) on penalties and took revenge for the league defeat three days earlier in Düsseldorf.
Fortuna’s coach Daniel Thioune was thrilled with the victory in the cup thriller at FC St. Pauli – but not with the casual execution of the decisive penalty. “Completely inappropriate, I must honestly admit. I’m not a fan of it and I don’t think it’s respectful to the opponent. I have to boil it down to the fact that I’m incredibly happy about it. Not about the way in the penalty, ”said Thioune about Christos Tzolis, who was the last to meet with a so -called“ Panenka ”. The Czech Antonin Panenka gently lobbed the ball into the goal in the 1976 European Championship final and has since found imitators again and again.
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“Those who meet is right,” said Thiune. However, if Tzolis had not hit, he would probably have got “relatively long ears” from him, the coach added. “Now I have to take it. Then maybe don’t scold him.”
St. Pauli’s coach expresses confidence in the goalkeeper
Fortuna board member Klaus Allofs, once a four-time cup winner as a professional, had previously emphasized that reaching the semi-finals would be a “quantum leap” economically. Only three Bundesliga teams, two other second division teams and third division team 1. FC Saarbrücken remain as possible opponents. In terms of sport, they also have exceptional prospects for the semi-finals, which will be drawn in February.
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Meanwhile, St. Pauli’s coach Fabian Hürzeler stood protectively in front of his goalkeeper Sascha Burchert after the game was eliminated. “Mistakes happen. And I don’t blame Sascha in particular because he tried everything. I don’t think he wants to let the ball bounce,” said the 30-year-old coach.
The Kiez club – currently leaders in the 2nd league – had missed out on their second place in the semi-finals since 2006, not least due to the goalkeeper’s mistakes. Burchert was responsible for the penalty before Vincent Vermeij made it 0-1 (38th minute). A long-range shot that he unfortunately blocked forward put Ao Tanaka (99th) in the goal.
St. Pauli’s goalkeeper Burchert received a yellow card from referee Sascha Stegemann after his foul on Vermeij in the 35th minute
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Burchert himself described the evening as an emotional “rollercoaster.” The 34-year-old from Hertha BSC’s youth team saved another shot in the penalty shootout. “He is so important to me, he has my complete trust,” assured Hürzeler and reiterated: “He has my total support because he is not only extremely important to me as a player, but also as a person. We will continue to benefit from his experience.”
Hürzeler himself was sent to the dressing room shortly before the end with yellow-red (120th), before Carlo Boukhalfa brought St. Pauli into a penalty shootout practically at the last second (120th + 1).
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