Hertha BSC wins: Reese’s dream purpose shocked 1. FC Köln | EUROtoday

With the third victory one after the opposite, Hertha BSC prevented the return of the first FC Köln to the highest of the desk of the 2nd Bundesliga and made the Rhineland a damper within the promotion wrestle. After two defeats towards the Rhinelanders, the Berlin gained the third recreation on Saturday night with 1-0 (0-0) and removed the best relegation worries.

The Cologne staff, beforehand thrice victorious within the league, continued to be in second place with 50 factors, the Berliners initially improved to eleven with 35 factors. In entrance of fifty,000 spectators within the Rhine Energy Stadium, Fabian Reese (forty sixth) achieved the profitable purpose for the friends.

Maza solely hits the publish

In the very intensive recreation, the Berliners, properly -positioned by coach Stefan Leitl, have been on the lookout for their probability proper from the beginning and, after Martin Winkler (sixteenth minute), who struck the ball utterly freely, by means of Ibrahim Maza. But the Algerian worldwide failed after a wonderful cross from Reese to FC goalkeeper Marvin Schwäbe and the out of doors publish.

The beforehand in 9 aggressive video games in entrance of their very own viewers, however, had a tough time. Only a shot from Eric Martel (twenty seventh), who simply put previous the left publish, introduced higher hazard in entrance of the Hertha purpose.

The robust Reese then achieved the deserved Berlin management with a dream purpose from the proper fringe of the penalty space into the left purpose angle. The ball hit at a pace of 101 km/h.

It was his sixth purpose up to now 4 video games, his seventh general within the twelfth season. “We were the better team with the better chances. And in the end it was a deserved victory,” mentioned the match winner, who has lengthy since confirmed to be a life insurance coverage for the capital within the combat towards descent.

“This team has incredible potential. And victories are just good. Victories give confirmation, give confidence. I am simply happy for the boys,” praised coach Stefan Leitl.