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Lukas Schleimer (l.) with an acrobatic interlude
Photo: IMAGO/Sportfoto Zink / Wolfgang Zink / IMAGO/Zink
Schalke 04 lost, FC St. Pauli lost - the mistakes of two competitors have maneuvered 1. FC Nürnberg into a good position in the battle for promotion.
You only had to use them against SV Sandhausen.
But the guests, who were still fighting relegation, didn't feel like standing in line: In the 4th minute, the SVS took the lead with a header from Jannik Bachman.
But Nuremberg reacted and had several good chances to equalize.
The third was used by Tom Krauss, who scored with a great shot from the edge of the box (25th minute).
Taylan Duman missed the Nuremberg 2-1 with a shot at the post before the break (32nd).
FCN's superiority was finally rewarded after the break: Asger Sörensen scored from inside left distance (54').
That's it?
Are you kidding me? Are you serious when you say that.
Again Sandhausen came back after a corner.
FCN goalkeeper Christian Mathenia misjudged completely, Tom Trybull headed into the empty goal (59th).
Enrico Valentini missed the great opportunity to make it 3-2 for the promotion aspirant, who failed to take a penalty from Patrick Drewes (76').
And it got even worse: Trybull scored his second header after another corner (84') and Pascal Testroet's 2:4 – you guessed it – came after a corner kick (88').
Hannover 96 missed the liberation in the relegation battle.
After the defeat in Paderborn, the club is only six points ahead of the relegation rank occupied by Dynamo Dresden three games before the end of the season.
For Paderborn, who are currently playing a strong season with 47 points, 96 had no chance from the start.
Philipp Klement made it 1-0 early (2nd), Florent Muslija, who only switched from Hanover to Paderborn during the winter break, increased the lead to 2-0 (17th) with a shot into the far corner.
Kelvon Ofori made it 3-0 late (90+1).
In an intense game, the hosts took the lead through an own goal.
A free-kick cross from Soufiane Messeguem pushed Lukas Fröde under pressure over his own goal line (8th).
Hansa responded with a penalty: John Verhoek safely converted a penalty kick and followed that up with a finger-on-mouth gesture towards the home fans (25').
Hanno Behrens had previously been fouled.
Hansa now dominated, Aue scored: Dimitrij Nazarov put a flick into the right corner (45th).
Behrens made it 2-2 (52nd).
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