2nd league
Thriller finale: Heidenheim snatches direct promotion from HSV at the last minute
The top scorer of the season scored the winning goal for Heidenheim in the 9th minute of added time: Tim Kleindienst
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Highly dramatic minutes in the season finale of the 2nd league: After the win against Sandhausen, HSV thinks they are promoted for a few minutes. But competitor Heidenheim turns his game against Regensburg in injury time. The Hamburgers now have to go into relegation.
1. FC Heidenheim made it into the Bundesliga for the first time in an unbelievable promotion final, while Hamburger SV has to go into relegation again. Heidenheim won with an own goal, a penalty and a goal in the ninth minute of added time after 0: 2 with 3: 2 (0: 0) at Jahn Regensburg, ousted the already celebrating HSV from the promotion ranks and accompanied the SV Darmstadt 98 ins house of lords Despite the 1-0 (1-0) at relegated SV Sandhausen, HSV has to play in the decisive games against the Bundesliga-16. VfB Stuttgart. Regensburg is the second relegated. Heidenheim even snatched the championship from Darmstadt, which lost 4-0 (0-0) at SpVgg Greuther Fürth.
In the relegation relegation against SV Wehen Wiesbaden after the 0: 4 (0: 2) at 1. FC Magdeburg Arminia Bielefeld has to fear the direct crash from the first to the third division. 1. FC Nürnberg, who finally won 1-0 (1-0) at SC Paderborn, and Eintracht Braunschweig despite the 1-2 (0-0) loss at Hansa Rostock secured relegation and can breathe a sigh of relief.
HSV celebrates too early
In the fight for promotion, HSV set an example, as announced by coach Tim Walter, and took the lead in the third minute with a goal from Jean-Luc Dompé. And at the beginning of the second half, Hamburg celebrated again, because Heidenheim fell behind through a goal by Prince Osei Owusu (51st). Owusu followed up six minutes later, an own goal by Benedikt Saller kept Heidenheim in the game (58′).
At the final whistle, the Hamburgers were already cheering, Sandhausen’s stadium announcer congratulated them on their promotion. But the game in Regensburg went on for almost ten minutes and FCH equalized with a penalty from Jan-Niklas Beste (90’+3′) and actually managed to win through Tim Kleindienst (90’+9′). There was shock in Sandhausen. After 15 minutes of added time it was over in Regensburg and Heidenheim celebrated.
Bielefeld has to go into relegation
In the table basement it quickly became apparent that it would run against Arminia. East Westphalia would have had to win to still have a chance of direct rescue. But goals from Amara Condé (38′) and Baris Atik (45′, penalty kick) put Arminia 2-0 down at half-time. Nuremberg already led through a goal by Lukas Schleimer (20th). Braunschweig was outnumbered in Rostock after the yellow-red card against Anton Donkor from the 22nd minute. When Condé again made it 3-0 for Magdeburg immediately after the break (51st), almost everything was decided in the basement, regardless of the other places. Jason Ceka followed up for FCM (67th).