Somewhat fortunate win for Greuther Fürth, but Fortuna and Paderborn impressive. Nobody scored a goal against the top clubs.
2.Liga -Round 24
MSV Duisburg - SpVgg Greuther Fürth 0:2 (0:0) 10.077
0:1 Occean (78., Klaus)
0:2 Zillner (90. + 1, Klaus)
FC Ingolstadt 04 - 1. FC Union Berlin 3:3 (1:1) 6,264
1:0 Nemec (33., F. Heller)
1:1 Ede (35., Pfertzel)
1:2 Terodde (48., Parensen)
2:2 Nemec (72., Görlitz)
3:2 Buchner (78., Akaichi)
3:3 Karl (90. + 2, Ede)
VfL Bochum - Dynamo Dresden 0:2 (0:1) 14,498
0:1 Dedic (11., Bregerie)
0:2 Fort (47., Bregerie)
Karlsruher SC - Fortuna Düsseldorf 0:5 (0:2) 14,000
0:1 O. Fink (10., Rösler)
0:2 Beister (15., Ilsö)
0:3 Ilsö (49., Beister)
0:4 Rösler (53.)
0:5 Lambertz (76., Bröker)
Alemannia Aachen - SC Paderborn 07 0:3 (0:0) 15,471
0:1 Taylor (55., Kara)
0:2 Taylor (61., Kara)
0:3 Alushi (89., Rupp)
Eintracht Frankfurt - Energie Cottbus 1:0 (0:0) 33,900
1:0 Hoffer (69., Rode)
Erzgebirge Aue - FSV Frankfurt 4:3 (3:3) 9,400
0:1 M. Görlitz (19., Gaus)
1:1 Fa. Müller (20., Savran)
2:1 König (34., Kocer)
2:2 Micanski (41., Gaus)
2:3 Gledson (45., Yelen)
3:3 König (45. + 3, Hochscheidt)
4:3 Kocer (57., Fa. Müller)
Eintr Braunschweig - Hansa Rostock 3:2 (2:1) 22,290
1:0 Theuerkauf (7.)
1:1 Perthel (13.)
2:1 Kumbela (40., Kruppke)
2:2 Jänicke (52., Perthel)
3:2 Zimmermann (79.)
Monday
1860 München - FC St. Pauli 1:1 (0:1) 30,000
0:1 Bruns (33., penalty, Sliskovic)
1:1 Volland (88., Benjamin)
1 SpVgg Greuther Fürth 24 15 5 4 55:20 +35 50
2 Eintracht Frankfurt (A) 24 14 7 3 53:26 +27 49
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3 SC Paderborn 07 24 14 7 3 42:26 +16 49
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4 Fortuna Düsseldorf 24 13 9 2 51:24 +27 48
5 FC St. Pauli (A) 24 14 5 5 43:25 +18 47
6 1860 München 23 13 3 7 46:30 +16 42
7 Eintr. Braunschweig (N) 24 9 8 7 30:27 +3 35
8 1. FC Union Berlin 24 10 5 9 41:40 +1 35
9 Dynamo Dresden (N) 24 9 5 10 42:41 +1 32
10 VfL Bochum 24 9 3 12 34:42 -8 30
11 Energie Cottbus 24 7 6 11 23:36 -13 27
12 Erzgebirge Aue 23 5 8 10 22:39 -17 23
13 Alemannia Aachen 24 3 12 9 20:31 -11 21
14 FC Ingolstadt 04 24 4 9 11 28:45 -17 21
15 FSV Frankfurt 24 4 9 11 27:49 -22 21
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16 MSV Duisburg 24 5 5 14 27:38 -11 20
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17 Karlsruher SC 24 5 4 15 24:51 -27 19
18 Hansa Rostock (N) 24 2 10 12 21:39 -18 16
Management announced prior to Friday night’s clash that if MSV Duisburg failed to win against leaders Greuther Fürth that coach Oliver Reck would be fired. How’s that for motivation. But after the match, they said “Just kidding.” The Zebras actually put in a good performance and largely controlled the match. But there’s a reason (besides that they suck) that MSV can’t win, they miss too many chances. And there’s also a reason why Greuther Fürth is topping the chart: they take theirs. Duisburg fought hard and deserved a point, but the visitors scored the goals and therefore bring home the bacon. It wasn’t all positive for the Greuther though: forward Gerald Asamoah twisted his ankle and will be out at least a couple of weeks.
Düsseldorf has looked pretty lame recently, but there was nothing lame about Fortuna as they administered a severe bitch-slap to Karlsruhe. KSC has been looking better, but ran into a wall, running around like chickens with their heads cut off. Meanwhile, Fortuna was waltzing through the meager KSC defense and scoring at will.
Paderborn also had an impressive outing, as dumping Aachen in the Tivoli is never an easy task. American Matt Taylor scored a double, but he was only in the match because league leading scorer Nick Proschwitz left with a face injury early in the match.
Eintracht Frankfurt struggled at home to break down Cottbus. The Eagles dominated the match, but Energie was solid in defensive and engaged. Especially in the 1st half, it didn’t look like the home side would be able to get much out of this match, as they looked dazed and confused. In the 2nd period, Eintract raised their game, and eventually got the goal. Cottbus came out of their shell, but ruined any chance of a comeback when Adlung got his ass tossed. This is what Germans like to call an “Arbeitssieg”…
Wild shootout in Ingolstadt. Union looked the technically superior squad, and seemed to have the edge. They also had the lead, but the “Schanzer” never gave up and came storming back. It looked like FC04 would get a needed win, but in injury time Union saved the match and a point.
Hey Bochum, you suck! (As a WSV fan, I had to get that off my chest). But it’s true, Bochum has been a terrible disappointment this season, and they were completely lame and outplayed by a Dresden squad that has started to show some life. Dynamo isn’t going anywhere, but I suppose that’s the point, having just got promoted this season.
A wild shootout in Aue ended with a crucial relegation win for Erzgebirge against FSV Frankfurt. Both teams threw caution to the win, and the fans were treated to an offensive spectacular.