One day after Schalke’s defeat in Hamburg, the second Bundesliga team that had been relegated also lost their first game of the season in the 2nd Bundesliga. Hertha BSC lost 0-1 (0-0) at Fortuna Dusseldorf.
The fourth of the previous second division season came in front of 40,466 spectators in the Düsseldorf Arena to an opening victory with a goal by Daniel Ginczek (51st minute) and thus celebrated the first second division victory against the Berliners.
The promoted teams also remained without a win at the start of the season, even though league debutants SV Elversberg were very close. The Saarlanders were already two goals ahead at Hannover 96 on the first day of the game, but had to settle for a 2-2 (2-1) lead in the end. Newly promoted SV Wehen Wiesbaden started the season 1-1 (0-1) in their home game against 1. FC Magdeburg only to a limited extent. And VfL Osnabrück went completely empty-handed when it returned to the 2nd division and lost 2:3 (1:2) to Karlsruher SC.
Hanover and Wiesbaden show morale
In the first game of his second division affiliation in Hanover, Elversberg was already 2-0 up after goals from Marcel Correia and Wahid Faghir before the hosts were able to equalize with a penalty kick from Cedric Teuchert and Nicolo Tresoldis. “Of course we can’t be satisfied with that, but at least we showed a reaction in a difficult phase,” Hannover goalkeeper Ron-Robert Zieler told Sky TV.
Wehen Wiesbaden also showed morale, Ivan Prtajin’s equalizer against Magdeburg saved a point in the club’s return to the second division. The start of the season for fellow promoted team Osnabrück in the home game against Karlsruhe went less well. Led by returnee Lars Stindl, KSC was playfully superior and celebrated Dzenis Burnic’s winning goal in the 87th minute.
St. Pauli wins at the start in Kaiserslautern
In Saturday’s fourth game, FC St. Pauli won 2-1 (0-0) at 1. FC Kaiserslautern. “I’m satisfied with the result, but we can do a lot better in terms of play,” said St. Pauli coach Fabian Hürzeler, whose team is one of the promotion favorites.
At the start of the 50th second division season, the promotion aspirants Hamburger SV and FC Schalke 04 had already caused a goal spectacle on Friday evening: HSV prevailed 5: 3 (1: 2) thanks to two goals in added time.
