Against Bundesliga cellar child
After a controversial penalty: Leipzig turns home bankruptcy
Updated on 23.02.2025 – 5:30 p.m.Reading time: 2 min.
Against Kellerkind Heidenheim, lawn ball sport Leipzig was 0-2 after a quarter of an hour. As a result, a gripping game developed.
Lawn Ball Sport Leipzig left important points in the Bundesliga. Against the table-16. Heidenheim only won the ambitious Saxons a 2-2 draw. The cellar child from the Ostalb even led 2-0 after 13 minutes by hits from Mathias Honsak (6th) and Marvin Pieringer (13th). As a result, Leipzig put pressure and was only able to shorten Loïs Openda (45. +2) and then equalized by Benjamin Šeško. Šeško hit the point.
The penalty whistle was controversial, however, because the fouled Openda, who was hit on the face, worked actively with the arms. But even after minutes by the video assistant, the decision remained.
“The full focus is now on the relegation,” Heidenheim’s coach Frank Schmidt had warned before the game with a view of the remaining competition. His team’s claim must be to defend himself against Leipzig. For this, the FCH coach rotated vigorously compared to the Copenhagen game and changed its starting eleven to seven positions. Among other things, the still goalless winter access Budu ZivziVadze had to take a seat on the bench in the league for the first time in the league.
Rose, who was able to rely on his last red -locked captain Willi Orban in the defense, had meanwhile spoke of an “unpleasant opponent” before the duel, but also emphasized his own role of favorites. At the beginning, however, the hosts did not do justice to the hosts. Although the Leipziger tried to check the game, they presented themselves too harmlessly – and Heidenheim struck twice.
After a free kick, RB did not get the ball properly, Honsak pulled off in front of the penalty area and scored worth seeing. A little later, Orban brought Pieringer in his own sixteen Pieringer, who converted the subsequent penalty ice cold. Rose changed early, for Christoph Baumgartner Arthur Vermeeren came (33.).
Leipzig continued to pressure, but often acted too imprecise in the last third. Šeško failed at Heidenheim’s keeper Kevin Müller (41.) before Openda RB released shortly before the break. In the second round, the hosts pushed forward directly and tried to equalize, but Müller was on hand against Openda (48th) and Ridle Baku (49th).
A little later Tim Siersleben brought Openda to the case, referee Martin Petersen pointed to the point – and Šeško achieved the equalization. The Rose team also did not subside in the final phase: Openda (90.+4) and Kevin Kampl (90.+5) had the victory late on the foot.