In the second round, Holstein Kiel had little to oppose the Wolfsburg power play. Nevertheless, the KSV won a point in the Lower Saxony. Thanks to the “virtues, scratching, biting”, as captain Timo Becker found.
Timo Becker and Holstein Kiel did not give up and won a 2-2 draw in Wolfsburg.
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Even in the ninth attempt, it didn’t work out with the first away win of Bundesliga history for Holstein Kiel. Despite the temporary leadership, the storks in the final accounts had to be happy to have brought the third draw in a foreign place at VfL Wolfsburg.
After the not undeserved 1-0 break lead, the Kielers were overrun after the restart and were lucky that VfL was only able to score two goals in the first 20 minutes of the second round. After almost 60 minutes, it was finally granted Steven Skrzybski after almost his own conclusion to take care of the 2-2 draw with his first seasonor from an acute angle, with a good portion of luck with the tunnel against Wolfsburg’s goalkeeper Grabara was.
We were often there in the first half of the season, played well, but lost. Now we have supposedly happily got a point.
“We started to win. We are glad that we got a point,” explains coach Marcel Rapp DAZN. “We were often there in the first half of the season, played well, but lost. Now we have supposedly happily got a point.” Five Kiel goal shots are 22 of the VfL, which failed twice on the crossbar and left out other good opportunities. “We were very efficient with our chances,” says Rapp.
-Efficiency is one thing, the constant in itself believes the other, as captain Timo Becker underlined. “We never get up. Our team knows that we have to fight hard for every point. Today was such a game. It wasn’t our best game with the ball, but we thrown everything against the ball,” said the 27-year-old . “Then you wait for a attack and in the end you reward yourself with a point. I’m just happy.”
For Becker, Becker was obvious that the Kielers of withdrawing their match plan to withdraw after the lead and rely on relief attacks. “As an underdog, you have no choice,” the defender justified the way of playing, which may have caused little enthusiasm for the neutral viewer. “The others are so good on the ball, also play at home and have a great carpet here. Then as a promoted it will be difficult to keep up at eye level here. But then you just come over the virtues, scratch. shown today. ”
Bochum will come to Kiel in two weeks
Nevertheless, the storks still have a lot of work in front of them, the point win in the relegation battle simply does not help for big springs in the tableau. The gap to the relegation place is two points, at the weekend with Augsburg and Heidenheim as well as St. Pauli and Union, four competitors in the basement are in direct duels.
While Becker demanded that he had to become “robust”, Rapp made it clear: “It goes on and we will continue to score.” Next Saturday we will go to leaders Bayern Munich (3:30 p.m.), then Bochum will come to the fjord (9.2., 3.30 p.m., both live! At kicker).
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