Match winner Bero
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VfB Stuttgart has continued its series of winless games without top scorer Serhou Guirassy. In the absence of the Guinean international, the Swabians also came away empty-handed at their fourth attempt and lost 0-1 (0-0) to VfL Bochum. As with the defeat a week earlier in Mönchengladbach (1:3), coach Sebastian Hoeneß’s team again lacked penetration. Matus Bero’s goal (50th minute) brought another setback to the third-place team in front of 26,000 spectators in the Vonovia Ruhrstadion.
In contrast, VfL confirmed its reputation as a strong home team and took another step towards staying in the league. For the sixth time in a row there was no defeat in front of our own fans. The long half-time break caused a lot of discussion. Because visiting fans had blocked escape gates and escape routes with fence flags, referee Bastian Dankert only continued the game after around an hour.
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What solution was found for the blocked escape routes initially remained unclear. VfB coach Hoeneß and some Stuttgart players had spoken to the fans to get them to remove the fence flags, but initially without success. Apparently the supporters argued that the flags had already hung in the same place in the first half.
Hoeneß said on “Sky” before the game in the hope of an end to the negative series: “Serhou is extremely important for us as a team and often scored the first goal. But he’s not there, so talking about him so much doesn’t help us. We are also able to win games with the boys.” Despite numerous shots on goal, this was not possible in the end.
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