Football Second League
Schalke squandered victory in Hanover with an own goal
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FC Schalke 04 is playing in a draw in Hanover and is still deep in the relegation battle of the second division. This point is also not enough for Hanover. Düsseldorf displaces HSV and jumps to third place. The second league matchday at a glance.
FC Schalke 04 has put a damper on Hannover 96’s chances of promotion. In the traditional duel, the Royal Blues won 1-1 (1-0) against fifth-placed team. The point for Hannover was also very fortunate because an own goal by Paul Seguin only canceled out Schalke’s deserved lead by Assan Ouedraogo (17th) in the 81st minute.
The 96ers now go into the Lower Saxony derby at Eintracht Braunschweig next Sunday five points behind the relegation spot and eleven points behind a direct promotion spot. In front of around 15,000 traveling fans, Schalke missed a great opportunity to move further away from the relegation zone.
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Because Schalke had their first chance to score after just 33 seconds and later missed further good opportunities through Simon Terodde (29th) and Yusuf Kabadayi (80th) to make everything clear.
Hannover, on the other hand, offered a harmless and unimaginative performance for 80 minutes. Significantly, it was a Schalke player who shot the ball into their own goal at 1-1 after a solo run by Cedric Teuchert. After this goal, the 96ers even had the chance to make it 2-1 through Nicolo Tresoldi (86th). “Extremely disappointed, extremely bitter,” said Schalke goalkeeper Marius Müller on Sky about Gelsenkirchen’s draw. “We want to get out of there, we need the points.”
Fortuna Dusseldorf – Eintracht Braunschweig 2-0
Fortuna Düsseldorf can still hope for a return to the Bundesliga. With the 2-0 (1-0) win over Eintracht Braunschweig, coach Daniel Thioune’s team regained third place, which they had lost the day before, and is now one point ahead of their pursuers Hamburger SV in the second division table. In front of 52,000 spectators, Felix Klaus (42nd minute) and Christos Tzolis (55th/hand penalty) ensured Fortuna’s deserved victory. On the other hand, the guests still have to worry about staying in the class. After their 16th defeat of the season, they slipped back into the danger zone as third-to-last.
In the third home game of the “Fortuna for All” project with free entry for fans, the Düsseldorf team appeared to have recovered well from the cup knockout in Leverkusen (0:4) and took control from the start. This was rewarded before the break with Klaus’ volley from a central position for a 1-0 lead. Even after the restart, the hosts remained in control. A handball by Florian Krüger in the Braunschweig penalty area paved the way for an early decision. Tzolis, on loan from Norwich City, confidently converted the penalty. This 2-0 lead was only in danger once in a one-sided game for a long time, when Braunschweig’s Youssef Amyn (84′) hit the post.
VfL Osnabrück – Greuther Fürth 2-0
SpVgg Greuther Fürth has lost their remaining chances of promotion from the relegation zone. On Sunday, the team continued its weak second half of the season and conceded a deserved 0:2 (0:2) at bottom-placed VfL Osnabrück. Since Fortuna Düsseldorf won its game, there are now ten points between the Franconians and third place with six games remaining. Osnabrück shortened the gap to the relegation zone to six points.
Erik Engelhardt (3rd) and Christian Conteh (21st) sealed Fürth’s eleventh defeat of the season. It was the seventh defeat for coach Alexander Zorniger’s team in the second half of the season.