SV Meppen are only a few minutes away from a respectable win against leaders 1. FC Magdeburg in the 3rd soccer league.
With a goal conceded by Alexander Bittroff in the 87th minute, the Emslanders lost 2: 3 (1: 2) on Saturday.
Meppen - “There was passion and fighting spirit.
We kept up with a top team very well.
So in the end the defeat is just bitter, ”said Meppen's coach Rico Schmitt.
"We would have deserved at least one point today."
In front of 8,739 spectators, his team took the lead in the 24th minute through Ole Käuper.
Only two minutes later, after Bittrof's first goal, it was 1: 1 again (26th).
The Magdeburg leadership by Jason Ceka (34th) equalized David Blacha (63rd) in the second half.
After the late 2: 3, Meppen did not come back.
“We were too careless in the crucial situations,” Schmitt quarreled.
dpa
