The strong lilies won the Saturday evening game of the 2nd Bundesliga 4-0 (2-0) against the guests from the Baltic Sea and settled into the top group for the first time. The 14,120 spectators at the Böllenfalltor will remember the goal that made it 1-0 in the third minute.
Kolke had laid the ball down for a goal kick: while the 31-year-old captain’s eyes wandered left and right in search of a passing station, Phillip Tietz sprinted up and pushed the ball into the goal.
Kolke’s faux pas shocked Hansa Rostock
After the goal that looked back on the year, Darmstadt made it 2-0 through Marvin Mehlem (18th). Tietz made it 3-0 (54th) – and after his double pack he played air guitar with the corner flag. Tobias Kempe made it 4-0 with a penalty kick (74th).
In the end, coach Torsten Lieberknecht’s team celebrated their third win of the season on matchday four and their first second division win ever against Hansa. The Rostockers in turn missed the third success in a row. After falling behind early on, the guests had great difficulty fending off the onslaught of the offensive Darmstadt team. Immediately after the 0:3 Rostock’s Kevin Schumacher headed to the post.
Darmstadt travel to Hamburg on Friday (19.08.2022, 6.30 p.m.) on the next matchday, Rostock plays against St. Pauli on Sunday (21.8.2022, 1.30 p.m.).