Everything is open: Third division crew Jahn Regensburg and SV Wehen Wiesbaden fought an thrilling duel within the first leg of the 2nd Bundesliga.
In a recreation that ended 2-2 in entrance of 14,000 spectators on the Jahnstadion, Noah Ganaus (27) and Dominik Kother (80) scored in opposition to the Regensburg crew led by Joe Enochs, Robin Heußer (66) and John Iredale (71) for Wehen Wiesbaden. This gave the guests a very good begin to the second leg on Thursday. Then the visiting coach Nils Döring is on the sidelines once more, watching the sport in Regensburg from the stands because of the suspension of purple playing cards.
The first half could be very weak
In the start, each groups had nice difficulties, they carried out nervously and lacked their health within the second stage. The move fee was extraordinarily excessive, there was an absence of momentum and well-thought-out actions. The recreation consisted of lengthy balls to the highest that not often discovered a participant. Instead: many piecemeals, many duels, requirements remained intact.
The first considerably profitable motion got here after 25 minutes. Regensburg’s Kother held on and at the very least managed to complete after some good particular person performances.
But that turned out to be the primary signal, as a result of afterward the ball moved in Wiesbaden’s purpose. And Kother bought concerned once more. Because he took Ganaus out of his approach whereas passing the ball within the penalty space, and the striker didn’t miss this chance when he was free in entrance of the publish and beat Wiesbaden goalkeeper Florian Stritzel. However, it was once more poorly defended by the guests, Martin Angha slipped in a battle with Kother.
After that the sport at the very least picked up pace. Regensburg started to achieve confidence, the guests held on. But anybody who thought the sport was going to get any higher was dissatisfied. The second division crew particularly was disappointing throughout the board.
Wehen Wiesbaden adjustments with factors
In the second half, the guests switched to a again 4 and took command. The consequence: extra possession, extra presence. And additionally they had an opportunity to start out. After a free kick from the appropriate aspect – Louis Breunig beat Thijmen Goppel – Regensburg’s goalkeeper, Felix Gebhardt needed to be alerted to carry Ivan Prtajin’s header.
The equalizer did not take lengthy to reach. In some complicated motion within the Regensburg penalty space, Heußer discovered a spot and scored to make it 1-1. And the contraction of Wiesbaden adopted swimsuit. During the assault, Prtajin shot from 19 meters, Gebhardt let the ball fly ahead, and Iredale, who had simply been substituted, was there.
Kother is equal
Regensburg didn’t quit. During a very good assault, Christian Viet handed the ball to Kother on the left aspect of the field, then pulled the ball into the far left nook.
Both groups then discovered themselves on high of one another within the last second leg – there’s a assure that something can occur within the second leg.