Two own goals and open at the back like a barn door: Holstein Kiel was unable to build on the successes of the previous season in the DFB Cup.
At the Bundesliga club TSG 1899 Hoffenheim it was a bitter 1: 5 (0: 2) defeat and thus the early end in the 2nd round.
"Even if the result sounds strange, we played a good game," said Joshua Mees on Tuesday after the K.
Kiel - o for last year's cup semi-finalist and relegation participant.
"If we don't concede such unfortunate goals at the beginning and use our chances up front, things can turn out differently here," added the Holstein striker.
And not without good reason.
Because after the bitter hits in their own case by Johannes van den Bergh (3rd minute) and Hauke Wahl (31st), Phil Neumann (47th) provided new hope with the 1: 2.
Another Neumann goal was not recognized and several opportunities were missed.
On the other hand, Angelo Stiller (59th), Munas Dabbur (72nd) and Jakob Bruun Larsen (84th) in front of 5033 spectators for the too clearly failed 1899 success against the mostly on his own KSV keeper Ioannis Gelios.
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"We didn't use our chances, otherwise the game would have turned over", judged Holstein coach Marcel Rapp after his bitter return to the old place of work.
The Ole Werner successor, who came to Kiel from the Hoffenheim U19, consoled the unlucky van den Bergh and Wahl (“the boys didn't purposely shoot the ball into their own goal”) and hopes that it will be for the table 15.
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"We can take the moral with us that we will not give up until the end," said Rapp, whose team will face the next tough sporting challenge on Saturday (8.30 p.m. / Sky) at the north rivals Hamburger SV (6th).
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