Nuremberg releases red lantern
© Imago
Miroslav Klose has succeeded with the desired liberation in the 2nd Bundesliga in the crisis duel with VfL Bochum in the crisis duel with VfL Bochum. Substitute Adriano Grimaldi stood up in the deserved 2-1 (0-0) as a joker in added time with his redeeming winning goal. Coach Klose also cheered with concentrated fists on the edge of the field.
After a ingenious individual campaign by Magic Foot Julian Justvan, the Franks in the bubbling Max Morlock Stadium took the lead in the 68th minute. Justvan hit the left corner with a wonderfully placed spacer shot. But Ibrahim Sissoko was able to compensate for a penalty in the 86th minute. But Grimaldi gave the answer with his header (90.+2). “We did not use many chances against Karlsruhe. Today I had the feeling that we had a little more determination in the last third. Nevertheless, we have scored too few goals for the number of chances that we had. But maybe such a dramatic victory with this course of the game was necessary. We are happy about the three points that are very important for us in this situation to continue working on our things. Klose summed up on Saturday evening after the game was closed.
“Today it didn’t matter who does the goals. The cheers speaks for themselves that everyone comes out of all emotions because it wasn’t easy for the past few weeks,” said Justvan at “Sky” and added: “We knew that there was pressure, that was understandable.” In the table, the club left last place with four points after the first win of the season. After the spectacular double separation of coach Dieter Hecking and managing director Dirk Dufner, Bochum continued three points. VfL almost only reacted.
From sports director Joti Chatzialexiou, Klose received again before the kick -off. “For me, the border is not reached today,” said the official and confirmed: “It is not a question of tonight.” Klose was a world-class scorer, but his problem in Nuremberg is: his attackers hit far too rarely. That was also the case against Bochum for a long time. Led by arrow -fast Mohamed Zoma, the Franks won several opportunities. But Pape Demba Diop shot over (24th). And Zoma was stopped with a tackle at the last moment (40).
When the ball landed on the net after a header from Fabio Gruber, the video assistant stepped in; The defender was in the offside (32nd). Despite the club dominance, it was 0-0 at halftime. Even after the break, the ball continued to roll in one direction, onto Timo Horn’s goal. And the Bochum goalkeeper was on the post against Justvan (55th) and Diop (56th). Klose saw his team down. It played well. But it took two big moments – from Justvan and Grimaldi.