0: 2 in Cologne: Kaiserslautern must be promoted to relegation
Created: 05/08/2022Updated: 05/08/2022 17:44
Robin Krausse from Eintracht Braunschweig leaves the pitch.
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In the season finale, 1. FC Kaiserslautern weakened.
The return to the second division only leads via a detour and Dynamo Dresden.
Cologne – promotion candidate 1. FC Kaiserslautern has to go into the relegation games against the second division 16.
Dynamo Dresden.
With the 0:2 (0:2) defeat at Viktoria Köln on Sunday, the third division team of coach Marco Antwerpen missed their last chance for direct promotion - showed a weak game in the third defeat in a row.
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The relegation first leg will take place on May 20 (8.30 p.m.) in the Fritz Walter Stadium, the decision for the last place in the 2nd Bundesliga will then be made on May 24 (8.30 p.m.) in Dresden’s Rudolf Harbig Stadium.
In Cologne, FCK were deservedly behind at the break thanks to goals from Moritz Fritz (27 minutes) and David Philipp (38 minutes).
"If we had wanted to put Braunschweig under pressure, then we should have played football more passionately and fought better," Antwerp criticized.
"The first half passed many players.
We definitely wanted to see something different on the pitch.” Rival Braunschweig lost in Meppen on Saturday, but Lautern couldn't capitalize on that.
After the restart, the FCK team improved and also created some good chances to score, but the goal did not succeed.
The Red Devils now have twelve days to prepare for the decider against Dresden.
Because Türkgücü Munich withdrew his team from playing in mid-March, the Palatinate have no play on the 38th matchday.
After the disappointment in Cologne, striker Terrence Boyd had a fighting look at the two duels with the Saxons: “We have more than earned the relegation games throughout the season and are now playing against an opponent who has something to lose.
Dresden wants to keep its place in the second Bundesliga.
All we can do now is win,” said the 31-year-old.
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