2024-05-29 06:49:24
In the long run, SSV Jahn Regensburg was in a position to have fun their promotion. It was additionally emotional: the crew devoted the triumph to a deceased participant.
SSV Jahn Regensburg devoted their promotion to striker Agyemang Diawusie, who died in November. Followers and teammates from the Higher Palatinate crew held up a jersey with Diawusie’s title on it after the 2-1 victory within the relegation second leg. Coach Joe Enochs misplaced his voice in an interview with Sky when requested about it after the ultimate whistle. “I can not actually discuss it,” he stated, crying.
Diawusie died of a sudden cardiac demise on the age of 25. “He by no means left us, he was all the time with us. He was with us right now too and gave us vitality,” stated sports activities director Achim Beierlorzer. Diawusie additionally performed for SV Wehen.
After the shaky victory, Regensburg managed to get promoted straight again. Dominik Kother (forty fifth+2) and Konrad Faber (forty seventh) scored for the third-placed crew in entrance of 11,000 spectators. After the two:2 draw within the first leg, the Hessians have been unable to capitalize on their house benefit regardless of a late purpose from striker Ivan Prtajin (82nd) and must return to the third division after only one yr.
Nonetheless, Wiesbaden had issues with referee Martin Petersen: The Stuttgart referee didn’t award a penalty seconds after the restart of the second half when Franko Kovacic was knocked over by Oscar Schönfelder. Faber scored the 2-0 purpose on the counterattack that adopted. Within the closing phases, the hosts additionally complained a couple of handball within the opponent’s penalty space.
In the long run, there weren’t solely tears of disappointment among the many Wiesbadeners, but in addition of anger. “There was one other resolution towards us right now,” criticized managing director Nico Schäfer. “We’ve got an extended historical past with Mr Petersen that has now stretched over years, and right now was once more a penalty resolution that might have been determined otherwise.”
Captain Sascha Mockenhaupt additionally complained bitterly concerning the referee, particularly due to the primary extremely controversial state of affairs. “I’ve lots of respect for referees. However not watching a scene like that once more is a shame,” he stated on the TV channel Sat.1. “A lot is at stake.”
Final yr, Wehen secured promotion to the second division within the relegation match towards Arminia Bielefeld. After a powerful first half of the season, SVWW was in a tailspin and parted methods with head coach Markus Kauczinski on the finish of April. It stays to be seen what is going to occur to interim coach Nils Döring, who has misplaced three of 4 video games.