Fortuna Düsseldorf is filming the cup fight in Magdeburg

1. FC Magdeburg and Fortuna Düsseldorf won an exciting trophy on Tuesday (December 5th, 2023).fight delivered. It was only shortly before the end that the guests won the game 2-1 (1-0) thanks to a late brace from Jona Niemiec (87th/90th). Barış Atik (15th) had previously given Magdeburg the lead.

For a long time the FCM looked like the winner, but joker Jona Niemiec turned the game around for Düsseldorf in just five minutes. “I’m enjoying coming in and scoring two goals. I’m still a bit perplexed too”said Niemiec at the sports show microphone.

“We have ourselves to blame for this. It was about us consistently defending it to the end and we didn’t do that.”said the disillusioned Magdeburg coach Christian Titz.

The mood of Fortuna coach Daniel Thioune was completely different: “The team won’t leave the yard until the bus has left.” Not only the coach and the double goalscorer can be happy, but also Fortuna: prize money of around 1.7 million euros.

Atik puts FCM in the lead

The guests had the first dangerous finish: Ao Tanaka tested Dominik Reimann in the FCM goal (6th). But the first cheers came from the other side. Atik pulled a cross to the far corner, Luc Castaignos, who had run in, missed, as did F95 goalkeeper Karol Niemczycki – and so Magdeburg suddenly led. “We didn’t do that much right in the first half”Fortuna coach Daniel Thioune was dissatisfied.

In fact: Düsseldorf didn’t really get into the game and were very lucky after half an hour when Xavier Amaechi hit the outside post while standing alone. Silas Gnaka’s shot attempt was then blocked (34′). It wasn’t until shortly before the break that Düsseldorf came forward on the offensive: Vincent Vermeij aimed too far to the right (43′), 60 seconds later Yannik Engelhardt didn’t put enough power behind his shot.

Düsseldorf equalizes late

After the break, Düsseldorf looked like a substitute and was pushing for an equalizer. Jordy de Wijs headed a corner onto the outside post (49′). Daniel Elfadli then fouled Düsseldorf’s Tanaka just in time before it would have been an emergency stop (53′). This was preceded by a momentous loss of the ball by the defender.

Magdeburg now increasingly relied on counterattacks against game-determining fortunes. Both left great opportunities teams not closed for now. Instead of using a counterattack to decide, it was precisely this that was the FCM’s undoing.

Three minutes before the end, the hosts lost the ball in the forward movement and F95 played it perfectly until Niemiec scored the goal. The joker powerful shot into the short corner. Things got even worse for the FCM: Again Niemiec made Fortuna cheer and Magdeburg stunned.