FC St. Pauli Extends Lead at the Top of the Table with Thrilling Win Over Holstein Kiel

Who else is supposed to stop FC St. Pauli on the way to the Bundesliga?

In the top game at Holstein Kiel, the Kiez-Kickers celebrated a 4-3 win, as they did last March, and further extended their lead at the top of the table.

Goal festival in the North DuelThe crazy top game in the video

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St. Paulis head coach Fabian Hürzeler lets Connor Metcalfe play on the right for the suspended Elias Saad. Oladapo Afolayan storms down the left. Surprisingly, Johannes Eggestein is sitting out after ten goalless games. Marcel Hartel storms centrally.

St. Pauli wins top game in Kiel!

The number really works in the first half. Because Kiel is also sloppy with its chances. Finn Porath’s early lob could also have been possible (4th). Instead, Afolayan dribbled past the Holstein defense on the left and scored with Jackson Irvine as a deflection to make it 0-1 (11th). Huge excitement for St. Pauli when Tom Rothe’s Kuller ball hits the post and dances on the line. Nikola Vasilj stops the ball millimeters before it crosses the goal line (19th).

This is how it goes. Kiel messes up a lot – St. Pauli hits everything. Cross from Metcalfe, Hartel easily scores his twelfth goal of the season (34′). Only 90 seconds later, Holstein loses the ball after a sloppy Holtby pass. Hartel into the path of Afolayan, who hits the same corner again – 0:3 (36th).

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The crazy goal festival continues after the break. Shuto Machino shortens the score (53′), but St. Pauli responds with a counterattack goal by Metcalfe (57′). But the hosts don’t let up, this time Joshua Mees scores (65th) – because Pauli keeper Vasilj (like in the 1:3) doesn’t look good again.

Things get really tight when Alexander Bernhardsson makes it 3-4 (83′). Trembling in the last few minutes. Boukhalfa (90+3) and Hartel (90+4) only hit the crossbar. But it is enough. Final whistle – huge celebrations at St. Pauli.

Hürzeler was relieved afterwards: “As a coach, it was too much tension. I felt like we had everything under control. Then the connection comes out of nowhere. It would have been stupid if we had gotten 4:4.”

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2024-02-23 20:01:00
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