Kaiserslautern back in the 2nd division: Team and Betze celebrate

Created: 2022-05-24Updated: 2022-05-25 06:28

Kaiserslautern's players cheer after promotion.

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After four years and eleven days, 1. FC Kaiserslautern is back in the lower house of football.

The victory at Dynamo Dresden released all inhibitions.

Even Coach Schuster had to slow down the party break.

Dresden/Kaiserslautern - drunk with joy, the Palatinate heroes ignited the next level of escalation in the team bus.

"Never again 3rd league" sang Zimmer and Co. after the promotion coup, while some dynamo firecrackers disturbed the starry sky of Dresden.

"The boys deserve it.

I asked my team to hold back the celebrations in the stadium a bit, we'll let the cow fly in the bus," said coach Dirk Schuster from 1. FC Kaiserslautern after the 2-0 (0-0) in the relegation second leg at the press conference during the disco bass from the FCK cabin could be heard clearly.

After the final whistle, the Red Devils ran into the fan corner, jumped and danced with their supporters and downed the first beer on the pitch at the corner flag, while the fans roared: "Lautern is the hottest club in the world."

And midfield player Mike Wunderlich made it clear where the club wants to go: "The club doesn't belong in the 3rd division and also not in the 2nd division.

At least we took the first step," said the veteran and thanked the ex-coach Marco Antwerpen, who was released shortly before the relegation.

"The coach did a great job.

And the new coach too.

The absolute highlight of my career when you move up to the second division at the age of 36.”

For the Palatinate, a four-year period of suffering ended in third division sadness.

Defender Kevin Kraus announced in the exuberance of emotions: "We'll celebrate until we lose our mother tongue."

“The team always believed in their chance.

I just want to thank the lads for the fantastic performance, for the fantastic season, Marco Antwerpen also made a contribution.

We accomplished what he prepared today," said new coach Dirk Schuster.

Daniel Hanslik in the 59th minute and Philipp Hercher (90+2) scored the acclaimed goals in front of 30,530 spectators for the Palatinate victory.

After FCK's second goal in injury time, the game was on the brink for a moment because flares and firecrackers were thrown onto the pitch from the Dresden fan block.

In addition, Dynamo club flags burned in the stands.

However, referee Daniel Siebert kept calm and brought the game to an end properly after an interruption lasting several minutes.

“The disappointment is of course huge.

I'm extremely sad," said Dynamo coach Guerino Capretti.

“It is difficult to go into analysis with these negative emotions.

That has to be processed first.” His future at Dynamo is uncertain after his nineteenth winless game.

After 2006, 2014 and 2020, the traditional club has to be relegated to the 3rd division again.

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