Hansa Rostock has missed a breakthrough and is still deep in the relegation zone of the second Bundesliga. Despite taking a lead, the Mecklenburg team lost 1:2 (0:1) against Karlsruher SC on Saturday and remained in second-to-last place in the table. After the seventh game without a defeat, the KSC remains in fifth place.
Nico Neidhardt (33rd minute) had deservedly put the Rostock team in front with a nice long-range shot. After the change, the guests turned the game around with a double strike from Budu Zivzivadze (52′) and Marvin Wanitzek (56′). Hansa was unlucky when Dennis Dressel shot at the post (58′). In front of 25,000 spectators, Rostock were the better team in the first half and hardly allowed the favorites KSC to develop.
Zivzivadze’s early goal (9th) for Karlsruhe was canceled after a VAR decision. Otherwise, Hansa was the dominant team against the passive Baden team. After the change, the Karlsruhe team pulled themselves together again. After the KSC lead, the Rostock team couldn’t think of much; they were too harmless on the offensive for a long time. It was only in the final phase that they had good chances again, but ultimately without success.
Hoffmann saves a penalty
Eintracht Braunschweig won a valuable point in the relegation battle in a wild game against the Greuther Fürth game association when they were outnumbered. The outstanding goalkeeper Ron-Thorben Hoffmann saved a penalty from Tim Lemperle in the 88th minute in Lower Saxony’s 3:3 (2:1) win at the Ronhof sports park on Saturday.
That was the exciting end to an eventful game. Rayan Philippe (79th) had previously made it 3-3 with his second goal for the guests. In injury time of the first half, Robin Krauße was shown the red card after a serious foul on Fürth’s captain Branimir Hrgota.
That was a turning point in the game after the Braunschweig team took an early 2-0 lead through Thorir Johann Helgason (12th) and Philippe (15th) in front of 13,241 spectators. Lemperle (33rd), Robert Wagner (67th) and Armindo Sieb (74th) turned the game around with their goals until the final quarter of an hour.
The Fürth team was the superior team, especially in the majority. But they allowed Braunschweig to counterattack to make it 3-3. And the Franconians missed too many chances, not just with the penalty. Braunschweig improved to 35 points before the last two matchdays of the season.