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Second division, relegation: Ingolstadt gives Osnabrück a heavy blow

Soccer Relegation to the second division

Ingolstadt dealt the favored Osnabrückers a heavy blow

Stand: 9:11 p.m.

Ingolstadt's Robin Krauße, Stefan Kutschke and goal scorer Fatih Kaya celebrate the goal to make it 2-0

Ingolstadt’s Robin Krauße, Stefan Kutschke and goal scorer Fatih Kaya celebrate the goal to make it 2-0

Source: dpa / Matthias Balk

In the past two years, third division club FC Ingolstadt had suffered the full force of sporting disappointments in relegation to the second division. The third attempt in a row is promising. VfL Osnabrück was completely overwhelmed.

JNow only a relegation curse can stop FC Ingolstadt! One year after their last-minute trauma, the Schanzer are about to return to the second division. Cheered on by 250 spectators in the home arena, the Ingolstadt-based team defeated the harmless second division VfL Osnabrück in the relegation first leg with 3: 0 (2: 0).

“If you perform like us, then you don’t deserve to take more with you,” said Ulrich Taffertshofer from Osnabrück in an interview with ZDF. “But anyone who thinks it’s over now is very much mistaken. There is definitely still something going on. Scoring an early goal, taking the spectators away: Then everything is still possible. “

After the stoppage time drama 2020 against 1. FC Nürnberg and the failure in 2019, coach Tomas Oral’s team, which has now been undefeated for 18 home games, can make the return to the lower house perfectly in the second leg on Sunday (1.30 p.m.). The Ingolstadt team delighted with a lightning goal from Tobias Schröck (2nd minute) and hits from Fatih Kaya (35th) and substitute Dennis Eckert Ayensa (81st).

A small fireworks display burned off outside the stadium before kick-off, in their arena the Ingolstadt team were immediately hot and made a dream start. After a corner from Marc Stendera, Robin Krauße extended with a head and Schröck straddled the ball over the goal line. The fans cheered.

Osnabrück’s offensive actions fizzled out

The Osnabrückers were puzzled – but after this short shock phase they got better and better into the game and had more possession of the ball. More than one shot at the side netting from an acute angle by Kevin Wolze (13th) made clear the harmlessness of the second division team. The Schanzer, on the other hand, showed their absolute will and quickly bridged the midfield again and again. Oral, meanwhile, screamed warm on the sidelines. “Go on, go on,” or “come, come,” he called.

After a tough entry, Ingolstadt’s captain Stefan Kutschke doubled over on the ground, but Kaya (19th) continued to play and only just missed the left post. He later made it better: he only had to poke into the goal a template from Filip Bilbija, who was newly added to the team, on the right.

The Osnabrückers came out of the cabin with anger in their stomach – but the offensive actions fizzled out. The bottom line was that they seemed overwhelmed. Coach Markus Feldhoff stood calmly on the sidelines. The Ingolstadt were closely spaced and hardly let the opponents slip through. Osnabrück’s Etienne Amenyido (72nd) missed the connection with a bar crash. Joker Eckert Ayensa then even set the acclaimed FCI final point when he coolly lifted the ball into the goal to make it 3-0.

Second leg in front of 2000 spectators in Osnabrück

For the Osnabrückers now threatens to take revenge that they gambled away the direct relegation on Sunday in the last second division matchday in their 1: 2 defeat in Aue.

However, they are allowed to play their relegation second leg against Ingolstadt in front of 2,000 spectators. The state of Lower Saxony granted the club and the city permission to do so on Wednesday evening. A model project for the opening of cultural and leisure facilities is to start in Lower Saxony on May 30th. The prerequisite is that only seats are allocated when the spectators are partially admitted and each ticket holder must show a negative corona rapid test when entering the stadium.

The Ingolstadt are not only warned about this – the lost relegation duels in the past two years are still in the back of their minds. “We know from experience over the past few years how such a relegation can work. The 3: 0 doesn’t mean anything, ”said her goal scorer Schröck.

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