The miracle failed: TSG Hoffenheim missed the leap into the play-offs of the Europa League.
The team of coach Christian Ilzer’s decimated team won 4: 3 (1-1) on Thursday evening at RSC Anderlecht and thus celebrated the second victory in the league. However, the protective help in the other places needed for progress, but the TSG was only missing one point.
“We knew that many players were missing. We played a good game. In the end it was a bit tight, that was unnecessary,” said the future Munich Tom Bishop at Nitro: “That gives us a lot of support and good energy for the next Games. “
Robin Hranac (41st), Bishop (54.), David Mokwa (59.) and Adam Hlozek (65th) met for Hoffenheim, who can now concentrate fully on the relegation battle in the Bundesliga. On Sunday (5:30 p.m./DAZN) the table-15. To Master Bayer Leverkusen. Luis Vazquez (18th), Keisuke Goto (79th) and former Bremer Ludwig Augustinsson (88th) scored the gates for the Belgian representative.
“This is a hospital that I have never experienced in my coaching career,” Ilzer had emphasized before the game. And so Andrej Kramaric and Anton stood in Belgium among the guests, who still found the game properly – until Vazquez and his great Schlenzer provided the first damper. Afterwards Anderlecht remained the more dangerous team, the Hoffenheim equalization by Hranac shortly before the break fell out of nowhere.
In the second round, a different picture presented itself. Bishop put the TSG in the lead with a low shot, just five minutes later Mokwa increased. At the latest when Hlozek scored the 4: 1, the results of the Hoffenheimers come into focus on the other places.