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Author Topic: The Wurst is yet to come : generally jaundiced jottings from German jaunts.  (Read 5468 times)

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Tuesday saw the second leg of the play-off for promotion to the 3. Liga. Lok Leipzig took the lead before referee Arne Aarnink,having issued 7 yellows in the first 51 minutes, had to be replaced, the injury being to his right leg, rather than his card-raising arm. Verl eventually equalised and won promotion on away goals, Lok having to remain in the Regionalliga Nord-ost.

Wednesday saw the penultimate round of fixtures, all played simultaneously as is the German custom at this point, in the 3. Liga and made for intriguing watching as scores were posted. Eintracht Braunschweig secured promotion; Würzburg unexpectedly were soundly beaten by Viktoria in Cologne, but nevertheless need only a point in their final match at home to Halle to ensure promotion and at worst would be in the play-off spot. Ingolstadt currently occupy that position, but inexplicably lost 0-2 at home to Magdeburg and face a difficult trip to TSV München at the weekend - a win for the hosts would see them move ahead of their visitors. The vet seemed to have worked his magic on the Limping Zebras, who twice led at leaders Bayern, only to be pulled back by a very late equaliser. Should Ingolstadt slip up, victory against Unterhaching in Duisburg would see the Zebras take the play-off spot ... unless ...

At the bottom of the table Münster were relegated, while Zwickau and Chemnitz were yoyoing to escape the fourth relegation spot. Zwickau won the match, and go into the final game at Mannheim two points ahead of Chemnitz, who must win at home to Hansa Rostock to have any chance of staying up. Hansa, though, still have irons in the fire, being level on points with Duisburg and needing a biggish win to wipe out their three goal deficit. It all makes the Premier League seem tame.

Thursday saw the first leg of the Bundesliga "Relegation" contest, small-town team Heidenheim emerging from their visit to Werder Bremen with a goalless draw. It is hard to know whether that favours them or not. We shall find out on Monday.
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