VfL Bochum won 4:3 at Union Berlin. Not a game for gamblers, as seven goals were just as unlikely as a Wittek brace. But he also put his finger in the wound.

What a wild ride in Berlin. VfL Bochum triumphed 4:3 at Union Berlin in the relegation battle in the Bundesliga. Nobody thought at the break that things could get tight again, with Bochum already leading 3:0.

But Berlin came back, but were unable to turn the game around completely. This was of course due to the first half, which Union player Rani Khedira gave a “six”.

He looked straight ahead: “We knew that Bochum would ease off towards the end of the game. We couldn’t take advantage of that. We’ll now go all out in Cologne and Freiburg. Maybe in the last four games, too, we should go into relegation.”

For Union, the first 45 minutes resembled a horror movie, with Maximilian Wittek, who scored twice, playing the leading role. His conclusion was correspondingly positive: “We finally didn’t let a game slip from our grasp. It was the same against Cologne last time, so it’s all the more important that we didn’t let it slip out of our hands now.”

However, the scorer of two goals also had some criticism to offer, as a 3-0 lead at the break should have been enough to allow him to take things more calmly. “There’s a lot to work on here too, because we were leading 3-0. That wasn’t good for the hearts of the Bochum fans. “

However, the change in VfL’s game was a good one, with Wittek playing in a more attacking role in the last two games. He was rewarded in Berlin. His conclusion: “I’m a trained defender, but I’ve played up front in the last two games. It’s all the nicer when you then score two goals. That was a big step and now we have two difficult matches ahead of us. We’ll give it everything we’ve got to stay in the league.”

Union’s Benedikt Hollerbach, who brought some excitement back into the match with the 3-4, is pursuing the same goal. His sobering conclusion: “We played too wildly before the break. It was far too hectic, we lost the ball too often. We were so motivated, maybe that was the problem. In a game like that, you have to calm the ball down and let Bochum run. Because that’s how they get into the transition moments, where they’re strong. “