Braunschweig now last: Promoted loses at home

Created: 08/07/2022Updated: 08/07/2022 16:41

Braunschweig's Lion Lauterbach (l) in a header duel with Darmstadt's Christoph Zimmermann.

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Three games - no win, no point, no goal.

At a reunion with a club legend, promoted Eintracht Braunschweig fell back to last place in the 2nd Bundesliga.

Braunschweig - Only a week after the spectacular cup success against Hertha BSC, Eintracht Braunschweig was sobered.

The promoted team lost 0-1 (0-0) against Darmstadt 98 on Sunday and is therefore still pointless and goalless in the new season of the 2nd Bundesliga, even after the reunion with their long-time coach Torsten Lieberknecht.

The winning goal by Swede Oscar Vilhelmsson did not come until the 86th minute.

The "Lilies", who were clearly better in terms of play, had previously missed several big chances.

In the 49th minute Phillip Tietz failed with a penalty kick on his former teammate Jasmin Fejzic.

14 minutes later, the native of Braunschweig shot over the goal from a similarly short distance (63rd).

Magnus Warming, who had just come on as a substitute, hit the post (68th).

"The 0-0 would have been great for us," said Braunschweig coach Michael Schiele.

But "the precision going forward was definitely lacking." New striker Anthony came on as a substitute in the 68th minute and made his debut for Eintracht.

"We didn't play that bad.

We have to keep our heads up," he said.

In front of 16,731 spectators, the harmless Braunschweiger only kept up in the first half.

For this they received their record coach Lieberknecht with applause and posters.

The 49-year-old coached Eintracht from 2008 to 2018 and led them from the 3rd division to the Bundesliga during this time.

"It's a very, very special game," said Lieberknecht on Sky.

“I can't hide the fact that my heart beats a little harder when I drive to Hamburger Strasse.

I wish Eintracht good luck for the next games.” dpa