St. Pauli remains the measure of all things in the 2nd league. Hamburg narrowly won Fortuna Düsseldorf’s second home game with free entry.
FC St. Pauli continued its splendid series of successes in the 2nd Bundesliga in the second Düsseldorf free game of the season. This means that Hamburg remains the confident leader of the table this season after 22 competitive games without defeat.
The promotion favorite won the second game of the season with free entry at Fortuna Düsseldorf 2-1 (2-0) on Saturday evening and is therefore also the favorite in the quarter-final game of the DFB Cup against Düsseldorf on Tuesday (from 8.45 p.m. in the t-online live ticker ) underlined.
In front of 52,000 spectators, who had free entry to the Düsseldorf EM Arena, Marcel Hartel (16th minute/hand penalty/26th) scored both goals for the guests. Christos Tzolis scored for Düsseldorf (83′).
That’s how the game went
Düsseldorf coach Daniel Thioune knew that this special atmosphere could sustain his team. “Especially when the spark spreads from us as a team to the spectators, and vice versa,” said the coach, whose team got into the game well despite major personnel problems, but fell behind early on due to an unfortunate hand penalty that Hartel converted.
The early goal played into the guests’ hands, where successful coach Fabian Hürzeler was not on the sidelines with his team due to a yellow card suspension during the game. However, the head coach had contact with the team beforehand and during halftime.
His assistant Peter Németh coached the unchanged team, which set the course for victory with Hartel’s eleventh goal of the season (26th). Tzolis (83′) only managed to score the next goal for Fortuna.