Europa League
Wild game – Hoffenheim but after victory out
Updated on January 30, 2025 – 11:23 p.m.Reading time: 2 min.
A highly decimated Hoffenheim team surprises in Anderlecht. In the end, however, the Bundesliga club lacks the shooting aid from the other stages.
Despite a coup at the RSC Anderlecht, the fuselage team of TSG 1899 Hoffenheim was eliminated from the Europa League. The Bundesliga-15. Surprisingly came to a 4: 3 (1: 1) success with the Belgian record champions at the end of the preliminary round, but still missed the top 24 and the playoffs. Coach Christian Ilzer had to do without a total of 17 players in front of around 20,000 spectators in Lotto Park.
Robin Hranáč (41st minute) and Tom Bischof (54th) first turned the game after the tour of Luis Vázquez (18th). David Mokwa (59.) and Adam Hložek (65th) put two goals on it before Keisuke Goto (79.) and Ludwig Augustinsson (88th) made it exciting again. Nevertheless, the second victory on the eighth matchday was not enough.
The Hoffenheimers can now concentrate entirely on the relegation battle in everyday league life. Master Bayer Leverkusen will have the next big challenge on Sunday.
In the short term, the regulars of Andrej Kramarić and Anton Stach also failed. In Marius Bülter and Stanley Nsoki, there were only two professionals alongside young people. “I have not yet experienced this with this force,” said TSG coach Ilzer before the kick-off at the broadcasting TV station Nitro about the failures.
Luca Philipp stood between the posts for the injured national goalkeeper Oliver Baumann. The 24-year-old saw the TSG against the team around Thorgan Hazard (formerly Borussia Dortmund and Borussia Mönchengladbach) for a good quarter of an hour. But then the Argentinier Vázquez used a gap and fled the ball from 13 meters to the network. Captain Yari posted a post cracker a few minutes later.
The equalization then fell out of nowhere: after a corner kick by the future FC Bayern middle field player Bishop, Robin Hranáč rose the highest. Killian Sardella was only able to fell into his own goal in his own goal.
The TSG continued to surprise 1,000 fans: Bishop, after preparatory work by the strong Dennis Geiger, scored with a low shot to 2-1; Starting team debutant Mokwa and Hložek cheered again shortly afterwards. In the final phase, however, the Belgians turned up again, so that the victory was in danger. Despite the courageous appearance, the Kraichgauer could not prevent this from.