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Rostock's Alexander Rossipal (M) and Jasper van der Werff (l) fight for the ball against Hannover's Andreas Voglsammer. © Carmen Jaspersen/dpa
Fan protests, game interruption and a winning goal scorer who has to leave the field: Hansa Rostock suffered a bitter defeat in Hanover.
Hanover - FC Hansa Rostock lost a turbulent away game in the relegation battle of the 2nd Bundesliga.
Due to the 1:2 (1:1) at Hannover 96, Mersad Selimbegovic's team remains second to last in the table.
An own goal from Kevin Schumacher gave Hannover the lead in the 4th minute.
A serious mistake by 96 goalkeeper Ron-Robert Zieler led to a lucky equalizer by Kai Pröger (45th + 4).
After Marcel Halstenberg made it 2-1 (78'), Zieler ironed out his mistake with two strong saves against Dennis Dressel (81') and Sveinn Aron Gudjohnsen (83').
Afterwards, the winning goalscorer Halstenberg was shown a red card for kicking (89').
Due to fan protests against the planned investor entry into the German Football League, this game was also interrupted several times.
96ers supporters threw tennis balls onto the field eight times from the 14th minute of the game.
Every time the stewards cleared the penalty area and the game briefly resumed, the next wave flew.
In the 25th minute, referee Alexander Sather sent both teams off the field for eight minutes.
In total, the first half lasted 65 instead of 45 minutes.
Through Nicolo Tresoldi (29th), Kolja Oudenne (27th), Sebastian Ernst (45th+8) and Marcel Halstenberg (45th+11), the 96ers missed numerous opportunities in this first round.
However, after the many interruptions and the unnecessary equalizer, Hannover's attacks lost their power.
After the break, Rostock became braver, more self-confident and hardly allowed any chances - until Halstenberg made it 1-2.
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