Despite the upcoming class with FC St. Pauli, coach Alexander Blessin is still cautious.
“I still don’t accept the congratulations,” he said after the important 2: 2 (2: 1) at Champions League candidate Eintracht Frankfurt. With the point win, the Hamburgers can only theoretically take away the whereabouts of whereabouts in the Bundesliga.
“It is still possible, but of course it was already a big point,” said Blessin. The Kiezkicker are three points ahead of 1. FC Heidenheim and Relegation Platz 16 before the last match day, plus the 13 hits better goal difference. Of course that is “a cushion,” said the coach: “But the devil is a squirrel.”
The point win in Frankfurt is nevertheless “an important step” in order not to be under a maximum pressure in the season finale against relegated VfL Bochum. “That is why it was so important to get this point. To go into such a last game against Bochum, with the certainty that we have to get a point is always very uncomfortable.”
Above all, because the 51-year-old “rock festival” is convinced that “Heidenheim wins the game against Bremen,” explained Blessin. With the victory, the FCH could realistically only bring TSG Hoffenheim to the Bredouille. The table-15. Before his season finale against Meister Bayern Munich, has three points lead over Heidenheim. However, the two teams “only” separate six goals in the difference.