18.
20:49
Rasmussen and Zimmermann can easily combine over the right wing. Zimmermann’s flank ball comes ideally into the back area, where Appelkamp closes directly. The ball is slightly deflected from the edge of the penalty area, which gives it just to the gate to the right of the gate. Alt does not recognize the contact of the Bielefeld and so it continues with a kick. To the annoyance of the guests.
16.
20:47
Noah Sarenren Bazeee stays in the Fortuna sixteen after a duel with Heyer and keeps his left shoulder. After a short break, however, the outside player can continue playing.
14.
20:45
The guests again lose the ball early in the game structure. Grodowski stages flour well and it works quickly. The striker goes into the box over the left, but fails with his shot on Siebert. As a result, the ball goes up into the air and jumps from the ground to the arm of Oberdorf. Alt lets go legitimate, although the home side demands loudly penalty.
12.
20:43
Appelkamp gets a little too much freedom on the right above the center line and has the perfect eye for the Itten. However, the ball is played too steep, so that Kersken is on hand.
10.
20:41
A first tentative attempt by the guests to get on the offensive. Rasmusen’s flank from the right side, however, is clarified by Russo.
9.
20:38
Yellow card for Christopher Lannert (Arminia Bielefeld)
Not even ten minutes have been played, the next Bielefelder already collects a yellow card. Here too, a tactical foul by Lannert against Iyoha is the reason.
8.
20:38
The climber takes some pace out of the game for the first time and lets the ball run alone in peace and lurks on the gap in the guests’ system. This suddenly opens up and Corboz is sent in the center. In the end, Sarenren Bazeee comes to the right in the box from an acute angle, which is not a problem for Kastenmeier in the short corner.
6.
20:36
There is already a lot of fire in the duels. This is the way of play promised by Mitch Kniat, which should be uncomfortable for the opponent. So far, Düsseldorf has to struggle very much to come into play.
4.
20:35
It is a very lively prelude to the alpine pasture. The home side put pressure early and force the Fortunes into long balls. However, it is not really dangerous in front of Florian Kastenmeier’s goal.
3.
20:32
Yellow card for Benjamin Boakye (Arminia Bielefeld)
With its first campaign in the DSC jersey, the newcomer from Stuttgart picks up the yellow card. According to his own ball loss, he claws into the jersey of Alexandropoulos and is rightly warned. That is very early.
1.
20:30
Now the ball is rolling in Bielefeld! The Fortunes encounter and play in red jerseys. The hosts keep in blue. The mood on the alpine pasture is already dazzling.
1.
20:30
Start of the game
20:23
Good news has just been announced in the stadium for all Arminia fans. Because the contract with keeper and number one Jonas Kersken was extended prematurely and in the long term.
20:16
This top game is led by Referee Patrick Alt. For the 40 -year -old Saarlander it is the 101st second division game. On the Alm, old was last in May 2024 when the Arminen in League three on the penultimate matchday against Halleschen FC (0-0) to stay in the class. DSC legend Fabian Klos was also said goodbye to this game. Not only felt that there were completely different times in East Westphalia.
20:03
The short time was still enough for the Swiss to push the bank right right right from the start and to push Vincent Vehij and Danny Schmidt onto the bench. In addition, Thioune gives the newcomers Christian Rasmussen (right wing, by Ajax Amsterdam), Anouar El Azzouzi (central midfield, by Pec Zwolle) and Sotirios Alexandropoulos (central midfield, from Sporting Lisbon).
19:55
In Düsseldorf you are not hidden from the big seasonal goals: “We want to be there when it comes to the upper places. We make no secret of it: we want to play for the climb.” These are quite brave words, after the departures of midfield engine ísak Jóhannesson (1. FC Köln) and top striker Dawid Kownacki (Hertha BSC). It also took some time in preparation for the mechanisms to reach the new players. Only in the 4-0 win against Aachen last week did the team deliver constantly. Cedric Itten was not yet there with this kick. The newcomer was only presented on the Rhine in the early week and had around five days to get used to the club.
19:47
The gaps are to be closed, for example, from the newcomers Tim Handwerker (today left, from Regensburg) and Benjamin Boakye (left wing, from VfB Stuttgart II). Both are sent to the race by Kniat right from the start. With Marvin Mehlem (from Hull City), a third new addition also starts in midfield. Otherwise, the team has largely stayed together compared to last season.
19:43
The euphoria on the Alm is still huge. After the double from a third division championship and Westphalia Cup, as well as the grand entry into the DFB Cup final, the Arminen really fell to the season start. 17,000 season tickets sold are club record. “When we started, we had to call people and more or less beg that they come to the stadium, buy or keep season tickets,” said Mitch Kniat in an interview a few days ago. In the meantime, the DSC is impressed with its brave football. High pressing, risky structure with short -passports and a lot of possession of the ball, so the opponent shouldn’t have a quiet second. This is how Kniat wants to tackle it this season. And despite the departures of Marius Wörl and Louis Oppie, who were two important supports in the past season. Kniat, as well as the two managing directors Christoph Wortmann (finance) and Michael Mutzel (Sport), who recently extended their contracts, tried to close these gaps.
19:33
After a promising start to the season of the 2nd Bundesliga yesterday evening, when FC Schalke 04 was able to win 2-1 against Hertha BSC, another four games made more of more today. The crowning glory of the day is the duel between third division champion and cup finalist Arminia Bielefeld and Fortuna Düsseldorf. For the hosts, it is the return to the lower house in League three after two years, when the fear came to the regional league in the meantime. But then head coach Mitch Kniat came to East Westphalia and turned the club up properly. Similar to Fortune Coach Daniel Thioune around three and a half years ago when he accepted the office on the Rhine. However, the long -awaited promotion to the Bundesliga has not yet succeeded and so the Rhinelander are the fifth season in series in the lower house. As long as never before. Can the leap up this season?
19:15
The second division is back from the summer break! The first Saturday evening top game plays promoted Arminia Bielefeld against Fortuna Düsseldorf. It starts on the Alm at 8:30 p.m. A warm welcome to this duel!