Wuppertal once again never ceases to amaze. They get into a pattern of crappiness, and then suddenly turn out a good result. This one was a shock, as WSV blasted leaders Borussia Mönchengladbach II 3-0.
And it was a deserved win. WSV was unrecognizable from the team that has stunk up the league in the last few outings, and thoroughly dominated the Regionalliga West leaders. Christian Knappman was in form again, notching two goals (17 and 18). Gladbach started brightly, but WSV quickly seized the initiative and launched strong attacks against the visitors. A header from Knappmann was the reward, after a perfect cross from Maciej Zieba. The 2nd half proved more of the same, as Wuppertal amazed the miniscule crowd (remember even the revised Zoo Stadion holds around 26,000 and in old days you could pack in 35,000), but in the end even the suffering fans were impressed and gave a standing ovation. Gladbach II had been on a good run, but this loss forced them to cede leadership back to Lotte.
Of course, the season is beyond salvation, but it’s nice to get a win, probably the best performance of the season. Let’s hope it carries over into next week, for the traditional derby against Rot-Weiss Essen.
Wuppertaler SV - Borussia M'gladbach II 3:0 (1:0) Attendance: 916 (Stadion Am Zoo) Scoring: 1:0 Knappmann (38.) 2:0 Zieba (48.) 3:0 Knappmann (70.) WUPPERTAL: Semmler - El Hammouchi , Fleßers, Schlieter , Flottmann - Landers, Zieba, F. Haas , Moosmayer - Quotschalla , Knappmann Subs: Meier (75., Fleßers) Zimmermann (75., Landers) Herzenbruch (83., Zieba) Trainer: Bruns GLADBACH II: Blaswich - M. Zimmermann, Dams, Heubach, Odenthal - Bastürk, Korb - Dowidat, Cigerci, Bieler - Podszus Subs: Platzek (46., Korb) Tobor (60., Bieler) Schumacher (77., Bastürk) Trainer: Demandt Regionalliga West 1 Sportfreunde Lotte 24 15 7 2 46:20 +26 52 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 2 Borussia M'gladbach II 24 15 5 4 47:30 +17 50 3 Borussia Dortmund II 22 12 4 6 43:24 +19 40 4 Eintracht Trier 22 12 4 6 33:20 +13 40 5 1. FC Kaiserslautern II 24 9 9 6 37:35 +2 36 6 Fortuna Köln (N) 23 10 6 7 35:34 +1 36 7 1. FC Köln II 25 9 8 8 40:35 +5 35 8 Wuppertaler SV Bor. 23 9 6 8 37:30 +7 33 9 1. FSV Mainz 05 II 25 8 5 12 34:33 +1 29 10 SC Wiedenbrück 2000 22 8 5 9 28:33 -5 29 11 SC Verl 23 8 4 11 25:29 -4 28 12 FC Schalke 04 II 22 8 4 10 29:37 -8 28 13 VfL Bochum II 24 7 7 10 30:43 -13 28 14 Rot-Weiss Essen (N) 22 8 3 11 32:40 -8 27 15 SV Elversberg 23 7 6 10 26:34 -8 27 16 Bayer Leverkusen II 26 6 9 11 26:35 -9 27 17 Fortuna Düsseldorf II 25 4 11 10 27:34 -7 23 18 SC Idar-Oberstein (N) 22 5 5 12 23:44 -21 20 19 TuS Koblenz (A) 23 3 10 10 21:29 -8 19