Dhe 1. FC Magdeburg will also play in the second Bundesliga in the coming season. The newly promoted team made it perfect for staying in the class on Friday evening with a 2-2 (1-0) draw against 1. FC Nürnberg, for which the guests still have to worry.
Jannes Horn put the hosts ahead with an own goal after 34 minutes. Former Magdeburg Felix Lohkemper (54th) headed the equalizer. Jason Ceka (67th) scored the opening goal again, cheered by the 26,305 spectators, before Lohkemper (81st) scored the deserved equalizer after a VAR decision.
Nuremberg’s goal counts
After a courageous initial phase by the guests, Magdeburg increasingly took over the initiative after ten minutes and created several chances that ultimately led to the lead. Horn unhappily deflected a header extension into his own goal with a diving header, otherwise Mo El-Hankouri would have converted. After that, Magdeburg was clearly the better team.
That changed after the break. Magdeburg came out of the dressing room sleepily and gave Nuremberg several opportunities. Lohkemper used one of them with his head. After that, the “club” failed to turn the game in their favor and fell behind again with the first dangerous attack by the hosts. But the team of FCN trainer Dieter Hecking was rewarded for the good performance in the second half.
Hansa beats Sandhausen
Hansa Rostock is also very close to another season in league two. The team coached by Alois Schwartz won 2-1 (2-0) at the bottom of the game at SV Sandhausen on the 32nd day of the game and moved away from the relegation zone – the position in the class could also be mathematically certain as early as Sunday. In Sandhausen, on the other hand, hope could continue to dwindle by then.
Nils Fröling (17th) and Kai Pröger (37th, penalty kick) shot Hansa to victory, Janik Bachmann (54th) shortened for Sandhausen. Rostock (37 points) is now seven points ahead of Arminia Bielefeld (30), East Westphalia is in relegation place 16. Sandhausen (28) is getting closer and closer to relegation. Bielefeld and Jahn Regensburg (28) can distance the tail light during the weekend.
Hansa did not present themselves clearly superior in the first section, but more effectively than the hosts. Fröling’s solo run brought the lead, then Pröger was hit by Arne Sicker in the penalty area – and converted the penalty himself.
The second half was then shaped by SV Sandhausen. Bachmann scored the goal with a header, and a little later the stadium was already celebrating the supposed equalizer after Abu-Bekir El-Zein’s long-range shot (66′). However, Kemal Ademi deflected with his hand and the goal didn’t count.
