Fortuna Düsseldorf used the competition of the competition and is increasingly dreaming of promotion to the Bundesliga.
The team of coach Daniel Thioune prevailed 2-1 (1-0) on Sunday in the chasing duel of the 2nd league at SC Paderborn.
With the success, the Fortuna climbed fourth with 47 points, only due to the poorer goal difference are the Düsseldorfers behind the third in the table SV Elversberg.
Danny Schmidt (40th) and Dawid Kownacki (52nd, penalty) met for the guests who won an away game for the first time since the end of January. Fortuna’s gap to second -placed 1. FC Köln is therefore only four, which is five points on the leader Hamburger SV.
Paderborn, who, after an assault of Santiago Castaneda (63.), still had the connection through Ilyas (78.), conceded the third defeat in a row and missed jumping on the relegation place with his own victory.
The competition had prepared the stage for both teams for a big exclamation mark in the fight for the promotion. The HSV (2: 4 against Eintracht Braunschweig), the 1. FC Magdeburg (0: 1 at SSV Ulm) and 1. FC Kaiserslautern (1: 2 against 1. FC Nürnberg) all lost on matchday 29, Cologne also did not get out of a 1-1 at SpVgg Greuther Fürth – the door for a jump.
Paderborn was the superior team in the first half. Düsseldorf’s goalkeeper Florian Kastenmeier prevented the lead with two parades in the 22nd minute. This was achieved shortly before the break Schmidt for the Fortuna, which had hardly appeared on the offensive until then.
The second round began strange: After a corner, Düsseldorf’s defender Jamil scored the supposed 2-0 – but referee Robert Kampa had already decided on a penalty after a foul from Laurin Curda to Jona Niemiec. Kownacki converted confidently, shortly afterwards Paderborn’s Castaneda saw the red card.
But even with one man less, the home team remained dangerous, even goalkeeper Manuel Riemann stormed forward and gave a brilliant 25-meter shot.