Conference League
Heidenheim succeeds mini sensation at Topklub
Updated on 02/13/2025 – 10:56 p.m.Reading time: 2 min.
A year ago, FC Copenhagen still played in the Champions League round of 16. Now he is standing against Heidenheim in the conference League.
The 1. FC Heidenheim has a real surprise in the Conference League intermediate round. At FC Copenhagen, the table-16 turned. The Bundesliga in the first leg a 0-1 deficit and won the game in Denmark 2-1. The winning goal by Tim Siersleben fell in the 85th minute. The team of coach Frank Schmidt has the best chance of moving into the round of 16.
Although his team’s focus is on the relegation mission, Schmidt did not want to give the European Cup. “I got a lot of well -intentioned advice: it would be better with regard to the Bundesliga if you didn’t get any further,” he said before the game, but emphasized: “If that’s my attitude, I can stop.” Schmidt hoped for a “Push for the game against Mainz” on Sunday (from 7.30 p.m. in the live ticker at T-Online) from a good performance in Copenhagen.
In the goal, the coach brought the 21 -year -old Frank Feller instead of his regular keeper Kevin Müller. The Youngster was characterized early in his European Cup premiere, and he just steered a header from Rodrigo Huescas on the crossbar. The margin of Larsson clarified Norman Theuer purchase on the line (20th).
The hosts took over the game inspection and rarely let the Heidenheimers rarely and through counterattacks. Heidenheim hardly created any risk of scoring in the few own possession phases. Seconds before the break, Marcos López robust himself against Marnon Busch on the outside and served Jordan Larsson, who pushed in for the lead (45th +1).
A standard brought the outsider back into play: After a free kick, Tim Siersleben found Thomas Keller in the middle, who equalized from a short distance (59.). How replaced the guests pushed on more, Paul Wanner (67th) and Mathias Honsak (68th) failed twice to keeper Diant Ramaj within a few seconds. Feller held back against Elias Achouri (78th), then Siersleben had the traveling fans cheered.