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Made the late 2:2 for St. Pauli: David Nemeth (left), here against Julian Justvan
Photo: IMAGO/Stephanie Zerbe/ Eibner-Pressefo / IMAGO/Eibner
FC St. Pauli was rewarded for a strong performance with a late equalizer.
In the home game against table leaders Paderborn, Hamburg still managed to draw 2:2 after being behind for a long time.
Two goals came in overtime.
SC Paderborn remains the front runner.
Darmstadt and Heidenheim also stay on top after the 2:2 (1:0) in the top game.
Meanwhile, Karlsruhe continues to play lively attacking football, a week after the six-pack in Regensburg, KSC won 2-0 (2-0) against weak Rostock.
In the hard-fought top game, Darmstadt and Heidenheim drew 2:2 (1:0).
A flattering win for Heidenheim.
Darmstadt was the better team, Braydon Manu appeared in the penalty area after a quick combination and gave SVD the lead (36th minute).
After that the game flattened out, but Darmstadt was the more active team.
In the second half, however, Heidenheim hit back, Patrick Mainka nodded in after a corner from close range for a somewhat surprising equalizer (70').
Darmstadt wasn't shocked, the fans kept pushing the team and Frank Ronstadt took the lead again (76') after a spectacular ball relay.
But this didn't last long.
Tim Kleindienst equalized with a header in the 82nd minute.
In a crazy game, FC St. Pauli scored a late 2-2 (0-1) win against Paderborn, but a point that was appropriate given the course of the game.
The Hamburgers had a lot of ball possession, but it was rarely really dangerous.
The best chance was missed by Lukas Daschner, whose harmless shot rolled wide to the right (33').
Shortly before half-time, Paderborn switched quickly, the ball came through Felix Platte to Marvin Pieringer, who put the SCP in the lead (44th).
Fabian Wohlgemuth, Managing Director Sport in Paderborn, spoke of a "lucky leadership" for his team during the half-time break at Sky.
The luck of Paderborn continued in the second half.
Five minutes after the restart, Leart Paqarada missed a penalty kick.
Shortly before, Paulis Manolis Saliakas almost scored an own goal when trying to clear, but the ball hit the crossbar (46').
Pauli continued to be the better team after that, Etienne Amenyido then scored the overdue 1-1 in the 84th minute before things went crazy.
The supposed 2:1 for Paderborn by Sirlord Conteh (85th) was not given after video evidence because of offside.
But in the second minute of added time, Conteh scored to make it 2-1 for the guests, 107 seconds later David Nemeth (90+3) equalized for the home side.
Karlsruher SC beat Jahn Regensburg 6-0 in his own stadium last weekend.
This time there were a few goals fewer in the 2-0 (2-0) win against Hansa Rostock, but the win was not in jeopardy.
From the start, KSC was the more active team - and rewarded themselves early on.
Rostock didn't get the ball cleared, left-back Philip Heise intervened up front and scored with a remarkable long-range shot (18').
Rostock didn't come into play after that either and made one mistake after another in the back.
The Karlsruhe team punished this just before half-time when the guests frittered away the ball in defense and Malik Batmaz made it 2-0 (40').
Rostock then tried a lot, but continued to play only a little creatively.
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