St. Pauli wins Tor Festival
At the third attempt, SV Darmstadt 98 made the promotion to the Bundesliga perfect. Coach Torsten Lieberknecht’s team celebrated on Friday evening in front of 17,650 spectators in the sold-out stadium at Böllenfalltor. On the penultimate day of the second division, the “lilies” defeated 1. FC Magdeburg 1-0 (1-0) and returned to the top flight after six years.
With 67 points, Darmstadt can no longer be pushed out of the top two places by the pursuers 1. FC Heidenheim and Hamburger SV before the season finale, but they are not yet champions. After the defeats against FC St. Pauli and at Hannover 96, the long, comfortable lead of the leaders had recently melted again. After Phillip Tietz initially missed two great chances, the striker scored the goal of the day with his twelfth goal of the season (36′). However, the home team and fans had to be patient because only the video evidence showed that Tietz was not offside.
Shortly after the kick-off, according to the police in southern Hesse, there was an argument between emergency services and FCM supporters. Pyrotechnics were detonated. The police said they used pepper spray and batons for a short time. Magdeburg, who have already secured their place in the league, missed several chances against the strong goalkeeper Marcel Schuhen.
Lieberknecht had already been promoted with Eintracht Braunschweig in the 2010/11 season. Darmstadt caused a sensation in the era of head coach Dirk Schuster, when the traditional club between 2013 and 2015 rose from the third to the second and then to the first division. In 2017, the “Lilien” – at that time under head coach Torsten Frings – were relegated again.
Goal Festival in Kiel: St. Pauli wins in Holstein
FC St. Pauli won the northern duel at Holstein Kiel. Hamburg won 4:3 (1:1) on Friday. Oladapo Afolayan (39′) and Lukas Daschner (61′) scored in front of 15,034 spectators in the sold-out Holstein Stadium for Hamburg, who also benefited from own goals by Hauke Wahl (53′) and Mikkel Kirkeskov (74′). The goals of the never giving up from Kiel were scored by Steven Skrzybski (28’/penalty), Marco Komenda (78′) and Fabian Reese (90’+3′).
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The hosts had the first opportunity in the 3rd minute. Fin Bartels, who, like crosser Reese and nine other Holstein players, had been dismissed before kick-off, narrowly missed the ball into the Hamburg penalty area. After St. Pauli keeper Nikola Vasilj put in a hard effort against Bartels, Skrzybski converted the justified penalty into the left corner. The equalizer resulted from a one-off action by Afolayan.
Immediately after halftime, Vasilj parried strongly against Reese (47th). Wahl was unlucky on the other side when he headed a Marcel Hartel free-kick into his own goal. Daschner’s 3-1 was proof of the effectiveness of the guests, who benefited from Kirkeskov’s second own goal in Kiel. The storks’ rearing and the hits from Komenda and Reese came too late.
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