2 deficit against Elversberg Great fighting spirit

Heidenheim against Elversberg – The fact that this would be a duel for a place in the Bundesliga would have been a case exclusively for the game console not too long ago. On Thursday evening, however, this became a reality in the relegation. Nothing has been decided after the first 90 minutes: 2-2 ended in the gripping game on the Ostalb – with Elversberg was already 2-0 ahead at half -time. The FCH proved morality and struck back within three minutes. Everything is open before the second leg on Monday.

The previous statistics clearly speaks for the Bundesliga club: only in three out of 16 cases since the relegation games have been reintroduced, the second division team made the jump. Elversberg’s season had been one against all probabilities anyway. The first excitement after 65 seconds: On a Elversberg corner, the ball came to Niklas Dorsch, who ran towards the SVE goal alone, had time and space-and came into the stumbling in the running duel with keeper Nicolas Kristof. The game was the duel between two systems: Heidenheim acted out of a safe defense to set needles.

Ex-FCA professional Lukas Petkov scored for the lead for Elversberg

Elversberg also wanted to solve a lot against the first division clubs – and had the first big chance with Tom Zimmerschied that Kevin Müller defused (9th). The SVE’s offensive concept paid off after 18 minutes: after a quickly forwarded throw-in, Lukas Petkov was free in front of the FCH goal. The ex-Augsburg hit 0: 1 (18th)-and that seemed closer to the tour in a phase in which Heidenheim seemed closer. The hosts now risked a little more, Elversberg was always dangerous after fast combinations. On one of them, the ball came to top scorer Fisnik Asllani via Petkov and carpenter-and it pushed a 0: 2 (42nd). The FCH? Rapped himself, scored through Omar Traoré to the supposed connection goal in added time – and got the goal revoked because of an offside position. A first round cannot be significantly more bitter.

FCH trainer Schmidt changed triple during the break, brought the ex-Elversberger Leo Scienza, Budu Zivzivadze and Paul Wanner. This change paid off. Wanner introduced himself with a shot (57th), Mathias Honsak hit the latte (59th) by side puller, Zivzivadze missed the next opportunity. And then the doorbell rang: Tim Siersleben shot a science free kick on the mesh (62nd). The hope lived again-and again it was a shot of the strong sciences that brought the equalization: Again Kristof was only able to bounce off in the SVE goal-and this time Honsak was on hand, 2: 2 (65.). The deficit was caught up within three minutes. Heidenheim was now clearly better, pressed – but no longer hit.