Neumann promoted to “super stork”
96 also struggled with the circumstances, but above all with themselves. Little went together and the hosts should have made it 1-0 in the 35. th minute. First, Sebastian Stolze failed because of Kiel’s keeper Thomas Dähne, before Phil Neumann rose to the “super stork” and clarified the attempts by Sebastian Kerk and Maximilian Beier in front of the goal line.
Kerk overcomes Dähne
On the other hand, Kiel’s Julian Korb should have gotten the ball over the line. But the direct acceptance of the ex-Hanoverian from close range flew well over the crossbar (46th). Cedric Teuchert could have given 96 the lead in the 51st minute, but Kerk took over fifteen minutes later. “Retter” Neumann, of all people, became unlucky, first unluckily passed the ball to Kerk, only to then deflect the 96er’s shot into an untenable path for Dähne.
Hult with the hoe for Hanover
Kiel reacted angrily, had opportunities to equalize and was caught again shortly afterwards: Mark Diemers took aim and Niklas Hult, almost from the baseline, deflected the ball with his heel into the goal with the presence of mind. No offside, as Alexander Mühling was far away from the action even lower than Hult.
Successful dress rehearsal before the cup against Leipzig
The people of Kiel obviously didn’t have the strength to answer. 96 played their eighth win of the season confidently home and is now going into the DFB Cup quarter-finals next Wednesday (March 2nd, 2022) against Bundesliga club RB Leipzig with a lot of tailwind. For the “Storks” it was the second defeat in a row, they should look down the table rather than up.
Source: NDR