The staggering first division relegated Arminia Bielefeld is still stuck at the end of the table in the 2nd Bundesliga. Despite a good performance, the East Westphalians suffered their third defeat in a row with a 0:2 (0:1) at Hannover 96 and have just eight points after twelve games.
Cedric Teuchert (4th) and Havard Nielsen (86th) scored in front of 29,200 spectators, as fifth in the table, the Lower Saxony are again very close to the promotion places. Bielefeld pushed for the equalizer for a long time, but was unlucky after two crossbar hits.
“After the 0:1 we showed a really good game, maybe the best performance of the season. It really hurts, but we’ll get up. The game gives me courage today,” said defender Oliver Hüsing on “Sky” and added : “Of course the situation is dangerous, we are aware of that.”
The game started extremely badly for the ailing Arminia. After an unnecessary loss of possession, the defense only watched as Teuchert scored his fifth goal of the season after a one-two with Nielsen. Coach Daniel Scherning’s team got back on their feet after the 20th minute and almost equalized when Masaya Okugawa (25′) headed the bar.
Shortly before the break Teuchert increased to the supposed 2:0, but according to the TV pictures the goal was taken back because of a foul in the run-up. Bielefeld was the more active team in the second half, and Jomaine Consbruch also hit the bar (63′). Instead, Nielsen made everything clear with his head.