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SSV Jahn Regensburg: Unexpectedly at the top – sport

SSV Jahn Regensburg had a disastrous second division second half in the spring: the team of coach Mersad Selimbegovic scored only twelve points in 17 games, luckily for the Upper Palatinate they had brought a sufficiently thick cushion of points into their building before the winter, so that it was possible to Remaining in the class was enough. When many deserving players like Max Besuschkow (Hannover), Erik Wekesser (Nuremberg), Sarpreet Singh (back to Bayern II) or goalkeeper Alexander Meyer (Dortmund) left the club during the summer break, quite a few observers identified Jahn as a relegation candidate .

But after two matchdays in the new season, everything looks very different: Regensburg followed the 2-0 opening win against Darmstadt with the second exclamation mark on Sunday, a 3-0 (1-0) away win at Bundesliga relegated Arminia Bielefeld. Now the Upper Palatinate are even enthroned at the top of the table. The result was “a bit too high in the end,” said Selimbegovic. “But we’re happy to take that because we know every goal in this league can mean something.”

Bielefeld misses two good chances – and Regensburg counters successfully

On the Alm, too, people mourned before the game, not only for Uwe Seeler, but also for Ole Wolff from the Bielefeld fan project, who also passed away. After that, Arminia in particular found it difficult to get into the game, while Regensburg had their first chance with Leon Guwara’s shot, which went just wide of the target (6′). Less than two minutes later, Andreas Albers almost profited from a major mistake by Arminia goalkeeper Stefanos Kapino, but shot wide of the empty goal. Both teams then neutralized each other before Jahn snapped coldly in injury time in the first half: Captain Benedikt Gimber headed a perfect cross from Nicklas Shipnoski from the right, high over Kapino and into the goal.

After the break, Bielefeld was about to equalize, but Janni Serra missed two good chances within 60 seconds (52/53). And Regensburg successfully countered, after a pass from Benedikt Saller, Maximilian Thalhammer increased the lead to 2-0 (56th) with his shot through the legs of defender Oliver Hüsing. Like the 1-0, this goal came “just at the right time”, said Selimbegovic. Substitute Minos Gouras, who used a failed back pass from Guilherme Ramos, put the end in added time.

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