2024-03-30 19:05:31
Kiel started with a lightning goal against Rostock and ended up winning. Düsseldorf also took three points from Kaiserslautern.
The 2nd Bundesliga got off to a high-scoring start to matchday 27. Holstein Kiel won the northern duel against Hansa Rostock 2-0 (1-0). Marcel Rapp’s team scored for the first time in the third minute when Steven Skrzybski was left completely alone. Teammate Lewis Holtby stepped up in the second half (57th minute).
The Kiel team thus consolidated second place in the table. Rostock, on the other hand, continues to fight against relegation to 17th place. Things didn’t go well at 1. FC Kaiserslautern either. The team lost 1:3 at home against Düsseldorf. Braunschweig celebrated a landslide win (5-0) against Elversberg.
This is how Kiel ran against Rostock
The hosts got off to a dream start. Skrzybski took the lead with his ninth goal of the season after a nice pass from Shuto Machino. Rostock wasn’t shocked after falling behind quickly and played along cheerfully.
Kevin Schumacher had a great chance to equalize, but he hit an indirect free kick from a few meters into the wall (12th). In a balanced encounter, Kiel had the better opportunities until the break. But Tom Rothe missed twice in a promising position (16th/28th).
Even after the change, the favorite was more active and rewarded himself. Holtby increased after goalkeeper Markus Kolke had previously allowed a shot from Philipp Sander to rebound.
Fortuna wins at FCK
Fortuna Düsseldorf scored three very important points in the promotion race when they reunited with former coach Friedhelm Funkel. At Funkel’s 1. FC Kaiserslautern, Düsseldorf, who had been disappointing for a long time, turned the game around within a short period of time and jumped to third place in the relegation zone with a 3-1 (0-1) win, at least until Sunday. After the bitter defeat, Lautern is still deep in the relegation battle.
In the duel between the two cup semi-finalists, Christos Tzolis quickly turned things around with his goals of the season 16 and 17 (74th and 82nd) and Shinta Appelkamp (76th). Ex-Düsseldorfer Marlon Ritter (26th) had shot the FCK into the lead. The Lauterers, who recently got seven points from three games, are in 16th place with 30 points. Fortuna (46) initially moved past Hamburger SV (44), who can counterattack in Fürth on Sunday.
Three days before the DFB Cup semi-final on Tuesday against third division club 1. FC Saarbrücken, Lautern was initially highly concentrated in its core league business. Against Düsseldorf, who are fighting for a place in the final against top favorites Bayer Leverkusen on Wednesday, FCK had clear advantages in the early stages and the first big chances through Tymoteusz Puchacz (4th) and Jan Elvedi (20th).
A short time later, the 1-0 was absolutely deserved by the strong Ritter, who played five second division games for Fortuna under coach Funkel in the 2017/18 season. Funkel cautiously celebrated the opening goal against his former heart club, which he coached from March 2016 to January 2020 and led to the Bundesliga in 2018. Fortuna coach Daniel Thioune already seemed annoyed – but then his team suddenly turned up the heat and Tzolis, who had been inconspicuous until then, became the match winner.
Braunschweig leaves the relegation zone
Eintracht Braunschweig has left the relegation zone of the 2nd Bundesliga. Coach Daniel Scherning’s team clearly won against SV Elversberg 5-0 (2-0) and jumped into a non-relegation zone with their second win in a row.