Fourth win in a row: In the relegation battle of the 2nd Bundesliga, Eintracht Braunschweig secured three more important points against 1. FC Magdeburg – also thanks to a sending off.
After the surprising 2:1coup On Sunday (January 28th, 2024) Eintracht Braunschweig celebrated its next success in the relegation battle of the 2nd Bundesliga with promotion aspirant Holstein Kiel. The “Lions” won against 1. FC Magdeburg 1-0 (1-0). Ermin Bičakčić (16th minute) scored the goal of the day. Magdeburg’s Daniel Elfadli (74th) had to leave the field with yellow-red.
Despite the success, the Braunschweigers remain in the relegation zone with 20 points, but are fully competitive again after their fourth win in a row. Magdeburg has three points more and is thirteenth in the table.
Braunschweig’s coach Daniel Scherning told the Sportschau after the end of the game to revive the teams through him: “I think the game itself and the goal in particular show a little bit of what sets us apart and what we tried to bring into the team from day one. Resilience, not giving up on second and third balls to go with all your might.”
Magdeburg’s coach Christian Tietz was pretty pissed off and took aim at the referee on the sports show microphone: “It’s an unnecessary, annoying defeat for us. You still have to say that the goal we conceded, as well as the sending off and the two missed penalty decisions, obviously changed the game. I would have liked the VAR to have an influence.”
Condé almost scores an own goal
After Hansa Rostock’s win against SV Elversberg, the “Lions” were under pressure. Coach Daniel Scherning’s team went to work with corresponding commitment. After just five minutes, Magdeburg almost fell behind. FCM midfielder Amara Condé involuntarily extended a cross from Thórir Jóhann Helgason with his head – the ball passed the right post by just centimeters. A minute later forgiven Rayan Philippe a good header chance.
Stefan Grothoff, Sportschau, January 28, 2024 3:43 p.m
Leadership after wild Penalty area poke
In an intensely fought game, Braunschweig stayed on the trigger and deservedly took the lead after a good quarter of an hour. After a wild poke in the penalty area, Johan Gómez brought the ball to the Magdeburg goal, FCM goalkeeper Dominik Reimann was unable to hold on to the ball and Bičakčić only had to push in from four meters. The good opportunity to increase the result was missed Philippe after a pass from Fabio Kaufmann – Reimann strongly parried the striker’s shot from a tight angle.
Magdeburg had 77 percent of the ball in the first half, but didn’t capitalize on it. The best chance to equalize was missed Barış Atik (26th), whose shot from the right edge of the penalty area was directed over the crossbar by Braunschweig goalkeeper Ron-Thorben Hoffmann. The “Lions” had a bit of luck when Kaufmann (45.+2) brought down Atik in the penalty area – the penalty whistle was missed.
Yellow-red for Elfadli
The game remained competitive in the second half, and was even rough at times – after all, both sides stood teams a lot at stake. Magdeburg in particular collected yellow cards diligently, Elfadli even saw yellow-red a good quarter of an hour before the end.
After being sent off, Magdeburg by no means gave up, but ultimately remained too harmless offensively. Braunschweig now took the game a little too loosely. Gómez (84th) missed the chance to make it 2-0, but the other side could Hasan Kurucay The ball was cleared just in front of Luca Schuler, who was lurking at the second post, and prevented the equalizer. In the end, the “Lions” were able to celebrate three well-deserved points.
Braunschweig against Schalke, Magdeburg against Kiel
Braunschweig has to play against Schalke, who are in serious trouble, next Saturday (February 3, 2024, 1:00 p.m.), while Magdeburg faces Holstein Kiel the day before at 6:30 p.m.