With a 1-1 draw at Hansa Rostock, SpVgg Unterhaching defended third place in the third division and expanded its winning streak to six games without defeat.
Unterhaching - This time the Hachinger booked the one point as a win in a game that was not very attractive over long distances. “We can live with that very, very well today,” said coach Claus Schromm, “Rostock took the lead absolutely deservedly, only then did we show a bit of our face. We then had more possession of the ball and struggled to equalize. "
The hosts felt more of the game in the first half, but without creating any noteworthy chances. Opoku's shot past the goal (39 ') was the best opportunity for Hansa. Shortly before half-time, Felix Schröter failed on the opposite side to Rostock's goalkeeper Kolke. Stephan Hain, referee Benen had hit the goal after 18 minutes but refused to recognize the goal because of an offside position. A wrong decision, as the television pictures proved, but Schromm did not want to be with: "It is just the same in the third division: if the referee whistles, it is offside."
The game got more momentum in the second round, and initially only through the home side. The SpVgg was initially lucky with Sonnenberg's header in the 58th minute, which narrowly passed from five meters. Two minutes later, however, the Rostock team then combined through the Hachingen defense, Neidhart spiked the ball into the goal 1-0. "If the 1-0 does not fall, the game will probably go 0-0," said Dominik Stroh-Engel, "but after the goal we woke up." The striker, substituted in for Hain in the 59th minute, scored in the 79th. Minutes after an attack worth seeing, the well-deserved compensation.
Substituted in Sascha Bigalke had initiated the goal with a fine steep pass in the penalty area, Jim-Patrick Müller put across, straw angel was right in front of the goal and pushed to 1-1. "That's what I'm here for as a striker," he said after the game. Even if the Hachinger clearly had more of the game after the Rostock lead goal, there was still one chance. "We also played football after the 0-1 win, which is why the 1-1 is okay in the end," said the Unterhachingen goal scorer, who scored his fifth goal of the season and equalized Schröter in second place on the internal goalscoring list.
In the end, the draw was by no means a step back for the 34-year-old: “We have now scored seven points from three games in the new year, which is almost the optimal result. In Rostock you can live with a point quite well if things don't go so well. ”Head coach Claus Schromm also saw it this way:“ No matter how the game went: in the end what counts is what is on the scoreboard. We got a point in Rostock, which is significantly better than last year. ”SpVgg had lost 0-2 in the first game after the winter break on the Baltic Sea, which meant the starting shot for a negative series of four defeats in a row. At the beginning of 2020, the Hachingers can be much more satisfied. And it could go on like this. On Saturday the SpVgg receives the table 16. Viktoria Cologne.