Frank Schmidt pushed his fists into the cold evening air and screamed his relief. The cult trainer draws new hope in the relegation battle of the Bundesliga after three “Big Points” in the basement duel with Holstein Kiel. His team prevailed against storks 3: 1 (1-0) and passed the red lantern on to the north Germans.
The strikers Marvin Pieringer (33rd) with his sixth goal of the season and Budu Siwsiwadse (47th) and Sirlord Conteh (90.+3) met for the previous bottom of the table, who came to Bochum and the relegation place in 2025.
Joker Fiete Arp (58.) For Kiel, the Latte, Phil Harres (87th), first met with his eighth goal. Holstein also has three points behind VfL, who also lost to Frankfurt on Sunday (1: 3).
Heidenheim, which none of the nine league games had previously won, was initially careful not to make any mistakes. This led to Kiel superiority, but the first dangerous shot then gave Adrian Beck (19th) for the home side. Shortly afterwards and after a fine counterattack, Kiel’s goal scorer Steven Skrzybski overlooked the Shuto Machino (20th).
The FCH also made it too cumbersome when Siwsiwadse put on for Pieringer, who failed on goalkeeper Timon Weiner (27th). After all: Heidenheim, who had to do without the sick Paul Wanner, became more offensive – and that was rewarded immediately.
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Bayern loan Frans Krätzig circled a half field flank into the penalty area, where Pieringer prevailed against Marco Komenda and headed from twelve meters. Armin Gigovic (40th) had a half chance to equalize.
Pieringer failed on Weiner before the 2-0, but Heidenheim stayed on and Siwsiwadse balanced the ball from the distance. Schmidt had guessed it: after his prime minister against Hoffenheim (1-1), the Georgian had already “killed everything that came to him in his training,” said the coach.
Siwsiwadse’s run comes at the right time: The next Heidenheim opponents are only teams from the top 10 with Wolfsburg, Leverkusen, Frankfurt, Bayern and Stuttgart. Omar Traoré will be missing, who saw his fifth yellow card.
Kiel did not give up. “Continue, continue, deep, deep!” Coach Marcel Rapp called and drove his team forward. Captain Lewis Holtby got a note with instructions, but even after the late connection through Harres, they did not turn.