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Marvin Ducksch decided the game in Hanover
Photo: Joachim Sielski / imago images / Joachim Sielski
Werder Bremen remains on the road to success in the 2nd Bundesliga under his new coach Ole Werner.
Werder won at Hannover 96 at the beginning of the second half of the season. SV Darmstadt consolidated second place with an away win in Regensburg.
Werder Bremen is still on the upswing under the new coach Ole Werner.
At Hannover 96 the Bundesliga relegated won 4: 1 (1: 1) on the 18th matchday of the second division and made contact with the top group.
It was the third win in the third game under Werner.
In a game played offensively by both teams, the goals worth seeing stood out in the first half.
Werder's Romano Schmid (22nd) hit the corner.
Hanover's Sebastian Kerk made it even more spectacular: The 27-year-old duped with a direct free kick from almost 40 meters from Werder goalkeeper Jiri Pavlenka (34th).
He had stood too far in front of the gate and was surprised by Kerk.
The ex-Hanoverian Marvin Ducksch (51.) increased for Bremen.
Anthony Jung (72nd) and Marco Friedl (84th) made the decision.
Ducksch had played for 96 at the first round of the season at Hannover’s 1: 1 in Bremen and scored the only Hannoveraner goal.
He later moved to Werder shortly before the end of the transfer window and has since scored eight times for the first division relegated team.
Darmstadt 98 has made the connection to the front runner FC St. Pauli in the promotion campaign.
The lilies won thanks to goals from Emir Karic (70th) and Tobias Kempe (90th + 2) at Jahn Regensburg 2-0 (0-0) and are only one point behind the Hamburgers.
It was Darmstadt's first win against feared opponents Regensburg after seven games with two points.
Darmstadt started really strong in the ghost game, after 25 minutes there were 6-0 shots on goal.
But there was no more than one shot from the post by Tim Skarke (1st).
There was excitement after half an hour after a handball by Jahn professional Max Besuschkow.
However, after verification by the video assistant, there was no penalty.
The lead for the guests fell late, but was deserved given the amount of play.
Double goalscorer Pascal Breier saved Hansa Rostock an important point in the relegation battle.
The 29-year-old center forward scored 2: 2 (1: 2) in the guest appearance at Karlsruher SC, first to lead (7th), then later to equalize (82nd).
After the first game of the second half of the season, promoted Rostock has three points ahead of the relegation place.
KSC had initially turned the game through Daniel Gordon (13th) and Philipp Hofmann's ninth goal of the season, but then missed the chance to move up to third place with a win to just three points.
With 25 counters, the people of Baden are rather in the no man's land of the table during the winter break.
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