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Tzolis makes Düsseldorf dream of promotion – a setback for Paderborn
Status: 15.03.2024 | Reading time: 2 minutes
Fortuna Düsseldorf is shooting its way to the relegation spot in the Second Bundesliga at VfL Osnabrück. Meanwhile, Eintracht Braunschweig achieved an enormously important success in the relegation battle. And gave SC Paderborn a severe setback.
Fortuna Düsseldorf has put in a convincing performance in the promotion race of the second Bundesliga. The cup semi-finalists won 4-0 (1-0) at bottom-placed VfL Osnabrück on Friday evening and thereby pushed Hamburger SV out of the relegation place for the time being.
The Greek Christos Tzolis scored his sixth goal in the last five second division games in the 35th minute, his 15th goal of the season. Takashi Uchino (60th), Marlon Mustapha (72nd) and Ao Tanaka (88th) added three more goals in the second half.
They gave Düsseldorf coach Daniel Thioune a successful return to the Bremer Brücke. The 49-year-old was active as a player, youth coach and head coach at VfL for a total of twelve years.
Hansa Rostock is now in the relegation zone
Fortuna played very calmly, very confidently and had the better chances from the start. Mustapha alone initially missed three of them (3rd/16th/30th). The Osnabrück team didn’t do enough offensively. The promotion candidate from Düsseldorf was clearly better in terms of play.
SC Paderborn has missed a great opportunity in the promotion race, while Eintracht Braunschweig has set an example in the coach’s hometown in the fight against relegation. The previous penultimate from Lower Saxony won 2-1 (0-0) against the sixth-place team on Friday evening and pushed Hansa Rostock into the direct relegation zone for at least one night. If Paderborn had won, they would have even overtaken third party Hamburger SV.
Christos Tzolis (l.) from Fortuna Düsseldorf celebrates with his teammate Nicolas Gavory after the 1-0 win
Source: dpa/Titgemeyer
Eintracht coach Daniel Scherning, who worked as a player and assistant coach to Steffen Baumgart at SCP for a total of 14 years and whose family still lives in Paderborn, was able to celebrate the first lead after 58 minutes – Hasan Kurucay scored after a handball from Kai Klefisch with a penalty (59th).
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Paderborn’s coach Lukas Kwasniok then brought on striker Antonio Grimaldo for Klefisch and he equalized a few seconds later after a misfire by Robin Krauße (61′). Rayan Philippe then scored Braunschweig’s victory in the 80th minute.