The 1. FC Heidenheim in the first leg of the relegation against SV Elversberg after a 0-2 deficit achieved 2: 2 and may continue to hope for the remaining class.
Lukas Petkov (18th) and Fisnik Asllani (42nd) had met for the SVE before the break, Tim Siersleben (62.) and Mathias Honsak (64.) equalized for Heidenheim. The second leg will take place next Monday (8:30 p.m.). As in the European Cup, the away goal rule no longer applies in the relegation.
“A brutal game”Heidenheim’s coach Frank Schmidt said at Sky. “It went back and forth. We missed the lead, Elversberg did not run undeserved during the break. We deserved the 2-2 in the end.”
In the end, SV Elversberg had to be happy about the 2-2, said SVE sports director Nils-Ole Book, but added to the second leg: “We saw that we can really hurt Heidenheim.”
Elversberg uses the chances for a 2-0 lead
A fast -paced game developed right from the start: After a Elversberger corner in the 1st minute, Heidenheim initiated a counterattack, Niklas Dorsch ran completely freely to the Elversberger Gate, but in a duel with Heidenheim’s goalkeeper Nicolas Kristof – no foul and no goal.
Heidenheim’s Niklas Dorsch in action against Elversberg’s goalkeeper Nicolas Kristof
Both teams subsequently searched the way to the goal, Elversberg found him: Petkov appeared on the left in the penalty area after a quick Elversberger combination. From 16 meters he hit the right corner (18th). Tom Zimmerschmied would have increased almost to 2-0 in the 34th minute, which then succeeded. Petkov released Asllani in the penalty area, who shot the ball into the right corner from ten meters (42nd).
Elversberg’s Fisnik Asllani cheered his goal together with his team -mate Muhammed Damar
In the stoppage time of the first half, Heidenheim then deservedly met through Omar Traoré – but after a review of the pictures, referee Sven Jablonski refused to recognize the goal, because in the middle Heidenheim’s Marvin Pieringer had actively intervened in the game (45.+5).
Heidenheim uses goalkeeper errors to compensate
Muhammed Damar could have screwed the result to 3-0 right after the break, but headed too unclean (48th). So Heidenheim came back into the game: ZIMZIVADZE awarded the latte (59.) from a pointed angle (57th), Honsak hit the latte (59.). Tim Siersleben then made the connection: Léo Scienza had brought a free kick onto the goal, goalkeeper Kristof had slapped down, Siersleben pushed (62.).
Heidenheim’s Mathias Honsak cheered his equalizer
Heidenheim continued to pressure and forced the equalization. Scienza shot from a distance, goalkeeper Kristof only let it clap forward, Honsak was on the spot (64.). Elversberg hardly came into its own. Heidenheim played on the winning goal, but it was no longer possible – the 2-2 leaves everything open for the second leg on Monday.
Bundesliga clubs mostly won since Reintroduction the relegation
In the relegation introduced in 2009, the first division teams mostly retained the upper hand. Only 2009 (1. FC Nürnberg against Energie Cottbus), 2012 (Fortuna Düsseldorf against Hertha BSC) and 2019 (Union Berlin against VfB Stuttgart) managed to assert and climb the second division.