Preparation time is test match time. Several second and third division teams were in action this Monday. The overview.
Less than two weeks to go before the 2nd Bundesliga and 3rd division get back on the pitch. Several clubs from these divisions also took advantage of today’s Monday and practiced under competitive conditions. It wasn’t just MSV Duisburg, who got the frustration off their chest with a 6-1 win against Dutch second division side FC Eindhoven, who came away with a clear victory.
Fortuna Düsseldorf were also in a scoring mood against a second division club from the neighboring country. Fortuna defeated FC Dordrecht 6:2 at the training camp in Marbella, Spain, with Christos Tzolis, Yannik Engelhardt, Vincent Vermeij, Jona Niemiec, Felix Klaus and new signing Christoph Daferner scoring for Daniel Thioune’s team.
Meanwhile, VfL Osnabrück gained a little self-confidence for the relegation battle. The team at the bottom of the table held FC Twente, third in the Eredivisie, to a 2-2 draw. The match was also played in Spain. Kwasi Wriedt and Niklas Wiemann even turned an early deficit into a 2:1 lead after the break. However, the team from Lower Saxony conceded the equalizer after just under an hour.
SC Paderborn were the third second-division team to play in Spain on Monday. However, their clash with Bundesliga promotion contenders 1. FC Heidenheim ended in defeat and without a goal of their own. The East Westphalians lost 2-0 – despite playing the last 20 minutes in superior numbers. Heidenheim talent Seedy Jarju was shown red for an emergency brake
Among the third-division clubs, Hallescher FC achieved a notable success alongside MSV. The seventeenth-placed team in the table defeated Turkish second-division side FC Karaman 5:1 in Belek, although HFC initially fell behind. But former Bochum player and new signing Tarsis Bonga equalized. The score remained 1:1 until the break, when Nico Hug, Tom Baumgart, Jonas Nietfeld and Erich Berko scored the clear result.
1. FC Saarbrücken suffered a defeat. The FCS lost 2:1 to the Swiss first division team FC Zurich. The final result was already on the scoreboard at the break. Rüdiger Ziehl’s team fell 2-0 behind and Kasim Rahibic was only able to reduce the deficit.
In the third division clash between Jahn Regensburg and SpVgg Unterhaching, the favorites retained the upper hand. League leaders Regensburg came from behind to win 3:1 against the promoted side. Maurice Krattenmacher scored for Unterhaching, then Jannik Graf, Noel Eichinger and Jonas Bauer turned the game around
