He Bochum will continue, for the fourth consecutive season, at Bundesliga after saving the category by winning 5-6 in the penalty shootout against a Fortuna Dusseldorf who do not know how to defend the three-goal advantage (0-3) they gained in the first leg of the promotion/relegation tie when they lost this Monday by the same result in the second leg.
An amazing comeback with two names, the name of the forward Philip Hoffmannauthor of the double, and, above all, of the Austrian playmaker Kevin Stöger who actively participated in Bochum’s three goals.
Yes in eighteen minutes Stöger He showed all the precision of his left leg in that one free kick Hoffman headed to the net (0-1), in the sixty-sixth minute the Bochum forward converted another superb pass from Stöger to make it 0-2 for the visitors.
Two blows that seemed to knock a Fortuna Düsseldorf team down just four minutes later, in the 70th minute, Bochum leveled the first leg at 0-3 with a penalty goal from Stöger converting the highest penalty taken neither Mathias Zimmermann after clearing a center from the Austrian with his hand.
Goals that did not dampen the ambition of a Bochum team that had several clear-cut chances to surely favor a tie before reaching extra time.
An extra hour in which, surprisingly, Fortuna Düsseldorf, who bore little or no resemblance to the first leg match, had the best chance with a last shot from Jonah Niemec which was miraculously saved by the visiting goalkeeper.
An occasion to remember and how the local team narrowly escaped promotion with the final penalty taken by the Japanese Takashi Uchino that goes over the crossbar.
Source: La Verdad
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