Luxemburger decides the Bundesliga relegation | Luxembourg word

The 1. FC Heidenheim has secured the last free space in the Bundesliga. The FCH won the « Dwarf Relgation » against SV Elversberg by a 2-1 in the second leg. The first leg had run out 2-2.

Mathias Honsak (9. ‘) and Leonardo Scienza (90th+5th ‘), who was born in Brazil, but has the Luxembourg Pass due to his ancestors, met for the Bundesliga-16. against the second division third, for which Robin Fellhauer (31. ‘) had compensated. This remains the clear advantage of the first division clubs: Since the reintroduction of the relegation in 2009, only three out of 17 duels of the second division has prevailed.

The Elversberger, in which the Luxembourg assistant coach Raphael Duarte was sitting on the bench, could not crown their fairytale rise of the past few years. It was not until 2023 that the club from the 13,000-inhabitant community of Spiesen-Elversberg, under the direction of coach Horst Steffen, had succeeded in the 2nd league from the regional league. Most recently, the Saarland was represented in the 1992/1993 season by 1st FC Saarbrücken in the elite class.

In front of 9,200 spectators in the sold -out stadium on the Kaiserlinde, the hosts were the better team in the initial phase. The first good chance of the two longest -serving coaches in German professional football had the Heidenheim Marvin Pieringer (5th ‘). Honsak did better shortly afterwards after a strong preparatory work by Scienza.

In the 18th ‘ The Elversberger had to cope with the next setback. The injured Semih Sahin did not go on, he was replaced by Carlo Sickinger. Heidenheim also met five minutes later: Budu Siwsiwadse came for the battered Pieringer.

Outside hit after the change of sides

After just under half an hour, the hosts increased the number of stroke. Captain Fellhauer refined Tom Zimmerschied’s preparatory work, which had quality similar to that of Scienza. Until the break, fight on both sides was a trump card.

At the beginning of the second round, Heidenheim was lucky that a goal from Fisnik Asllani did not count due to a wafer -thin offside position (47. ‘). Nevertheless, the Elversberger leadership was in the air, the Saarlanders pushed the guests on the defensive.

Even after an hour, the SVE was the better team, but the village association could no longer generate the great pressure. On the other hand, hardly anything came from Heidenheim on the offensive. That changed in the 67th ‘ – Luca Kerber could not take the good chance. After that, not much happened, everything indicated an extension – until Scienza struck.