Hoffenheim’s Benjamin Hübner sees red against Düsseldorf after only nine minutes. He then accuses Ayhan of having beaten himself.
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An expert’s verdict on Fortuna Düsseldorf’s Bundesliga suitability was repeated on Saturday: “This team doesn’t play like a relegation team.” Now this expert is the coach of this team, and although Uwe Rösler is even a bit right in his thesis, the Bundesliga table tends to disagree, to his dismay. She leads the Fortunes after their 2: 2 (1: 1) despite 82 minutes outnumbered against Europa League contender TSG Hoffenheim in third last place and is therefore four games before the end of the view that this team is definitely for one Relegation to the second division could be appropriate. If you also consider that the Düsseldorf team will have to play against Borussia Dortmund at home next Saturday and at RB Leipzig four days later, then things won’t look good for them.
“We missed two points again,” complained Düsseldorf defender Kaan Ayhan. “We could have taken more with us, actually: we had to!” Said Fortuna double goal scorer Rouwen Hennings. His third goal in this game was taken back after video evidence. And while Hoffenheim coach Alfred Schreuder could live with the point well, that was not so much the case with Rösler in the relegation battle.
However, given the course of the game, he wasn’t exactly devastated. “A disaster would have been a defeat,” he said, “so it’s just a little too little.” For the tenth time this season, the Düsseldorf team lost an initial lead. This already cost them points 23 and 24. In the eleventh Bundesliga game under Rösler, it was the seventh draw.
From the eighth minute Düsseldorf played in the majority
In the eventful first 18 minutes of this game, it was a shame that no spectators in the stadium were allowed to witness this spectacle. One hit each, a highly controversial red card for Hoffenheim and a denied goal for Düsseldorf had created an extraordinary atmosphere.
In the fifth minute, Hennings gave Düsseldorf the lead with a header. Four minutes later, the hosts were also outnumbered. Referee Sören Storks showed the Hoffenheim Benjamin Hübner the red card after he had waved his hand in the face of the theatrically falling Ayhan in his own penalty area.
Ayhan had a significant part in this, however, because the slow-motion TV revealed that he pushed the arm that Huebner was holding out in anticipation of a corner kick to feel the opponent and pushed Huebner’s hand into his own face. Then it dropped. “On the ground, I noticed that it didn’t hurt so much after all,” said Ayhan afterwards, slightly caught, “but I still think that you can give it red.” Hübner, on the other hand, was beside himself: “My arm is on my body, he pulls my arm up into his face. It is a great shame what Ayhan does. It takes away the fun of football. What he does with it is for me a cheek, a shame. “
In the 16th minute Munas Dabbur scored the 1-1 equalizer for the Hoffenheimers, and Hennings’ alleged renewed lead goal for the Dusseldorf only 118 seconds later was canceled because Fortuna’s Kenan Karaman Hoffenheim’s Stefan Posch was previously pushed aside in a dogfight too rustic would have.
Fortuna coach Rösler sounds as if he thinks points against Dortmund and Leipzig are possible
Until the break, the Dusseldorf dominated the game clearly, no wonder – in majority. But suddenly, after the change of sides, there was nothing to be seen – despite being outnumbered. “We weren’t very smart at that,” Ayhan admitted. The Hoffenheimers were now better, left little room for the Fortunen and even went ahead in the 61st minute with Steven Zuber with 2-1.
To lose a 1-0 lead in a home game and even to lose even more could have given the Düsseldorf team a psychological crack in the relegation battle, but they were lucky: In the 75th minute, Storks whistled a dubious penalty for her because Havard Nordtveit had touched Erik Thommy in the penalty area, who was going down too easily. Hennings converted the penalty to equalize 2-2. The draw was okay, but was not enough for the Fortunes. “Now we just have to try to get one or two points against Dortmund and Leipzig,” said Rösler, not exactly sounding as if he thought it was impossible. The latest report remains valid for him: his team does not play like a relegated team. Given poor results, she could soon be one.
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