Arminia Bielefeld, the third division team who annoys the favorites. The club is drawn up this season this season. And sends itself to the DFB Cup final, which also deals with VfB Stuttgart. The first chance pops on the crossbar – and then it comes very thick almost every minute.
The fans around the marathon gate had already jumped up – and then kept their breath away. It couldn’t be true: the ball was not in the goal. Hilky-white horror. In the stands and on the square. Instead of the goal, the ball slams on the crossbar. With tastes.
Noah Sarenren Bazeee had the lead on the foot. He could have brought Arminia Bielefeld in the lead in the final of the DFB Cup against VfB Stuttgart. Can once again leave the underdog as a feared favorite fright. He didn’t do it. Actually incredible what had happened in the 12th minute.
Joel Grodowski was rushed to the unsorted stuttgart on the left wing, fitted flat into the penalty area. Louis Oppie didn’t hit the ball properly, but was lucky that the deflected to Sarenren Bazeee. The 28-year-old stood completely freely in front of Alexander Nübel. But the cheers failed – the horror spread. And crawled the Arminen into the bones in the following minutes.
The old motto: don’t do it at the front, get it in the back, it also applies to this Saturday evening. Because just three minutes later it was VfB who cheered. The choice of seats requires the Bielefeld curve. Nick Woltemade met. The striker who just always meets – and gets a busy summer because he is invited for the first time by national coach Julian Nagelsmann for the final Four of the Nations League and should then also play the U21 European Championship.
0: 1 from Bielefeld’s point of view – thanks to their involuntary help. Mael Corboz had played the ball uncontrollably into the feet of the Angelo Stiller final at the final. He switched quickly and immediately gave the ball on to half left to Woltemade. The man who made the change from “Stolpermade” to “Woltemessi” ran alone for goalkeeper Jonas Kersken. He still got a hand on the ball, but could not stop him.
Bielefeld Patzt, Stuttgart uses it ice -cold
As if that weren’t already damn enough, Bielefeld continued very bitterly for Bielefeld. In the 22nd minute, Enzo Millot completed 0: 2 – after a corner for the Arminia. Again it was quieter who interfered decisively, after his liberation, fright and Wörl disabled each other, which brought the ball to a million. He immediately matched the ball to the undim -sprotted Deniz Undav, but continued. In pairs they dashed towards the Arminia goal. Kersken made himself as broad as possible, but Undav gave off to a million and he only had to push into the orphaned goal.
So while the VfB-occupied east curve was prepared to let the party escalate further, it slowly became silent. And just six minutes later the plug was finally pulled. 0: 3, this time it did Undav himself. Again it was a Bielefeld individual mistake: Maximilian Große lost the ball to Stiller in the building game – of course again silent, who, mind you two weeks ago, suffered an ankle injury – he immediately sent Undav and the international was able to complete the final deep stroke for the underdog before Nagelsmann.
While Nübel hurried from his goal to the sidelines and joyfully hugged all of his team, who were somehow nearby, the shock rigid with the blue-whites. The fans were paralyzed, the flags only hung around limp. Played for just 28 minutes, but everything was decided. The belief that Arminia had carried to the cup final was fizzled out. Lost in the jubilation of the opponent.
“But it’s shit too”
“There were 10, 15 minutes in which we weren’t there. The opponent used it ice cold,” said coach Mitch Kniat after the game at ZDF. The third division team, who made the promotion to the 2nd league, had bowled four Bundesliga clubs from the competition. The 1. FC Union, SC Freiburg, Werder Bremen and in the semi -finals finally defending champion Bayer Leverkusen. The fifth gave Sarenren Bazeee a gift, then VfB turned out to be too greedy and error. “We just made too many individual mistakes that were punished,” said Christopher Lannert.
After all, at least in the curve, the heads went up again at some point, they were never at the bottom on the lawn anyway. Despite reaching around. And the pride of having made it to Berlin at all.
Almost in the final phase, even the euphoria would be really cooked again. A game between ten and 140 decibels. Because suddenly it fell 1: 4, the substitute Julian Kania, which was substituted two minutes earlier, scored in the 82nd minute. He is now the first third division player to score a goal in a cup final. An honor goal, at least it seemed nice, but useless. Or? Because suddenly the 2: 4 had some blue and white hearts beat faster again in the 85th minute. Josha Vagnoman and his own goal caused snapping – on both sides. Would there be the wrong comeback ever?
A game between resignation and unrealistic hope that was finally ended at 9:58 p.m. The final whistle. 2: 4. Lost. “I always say a 4: 0 shit looks, a 4: 2 is a bit more beautiful, but it’s shit too,” said Lannert.
And yet the “Bielefeld, Bielefeld” calls were almost as loud as at the beginning of the evening. “I wear the medal with pride and I am very, very proud of my team. These are the two things that remain for eternity,” said Kniat. In addition, there is still something to celebrate.
They were in Berlin, the team and around 100,000 fans. They rose to the 2nd league. And it was also the singing for tomorrow’s master celebration and Thursday. Then the Arminia is back in a cup final. The Westphalia Cup is about the sports fans Lotte.
Anja Rau