0: 1 in the league leaders! Dream goal shocks FCN – Nuremberg

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KIEL – After only a convincing defensive performance, 1. FC Nürnberg must leave Kiel without points. Fin Bartels destroys Nuremberg’s hopes with a dream goal shortly before the end.

Recent trips to the Holstein stadium in Kiel turned out to be extreme for 1. FC Nürnberg, even by their own standards. In April 2018, after a 3-1 win, manager Michael Köllner announced the promotion three days before the end of the season (rightly so). In June 2020, after a 1: 1 drop to relegation place 16, everyone expected third division relegation (wrongly).

This time it was a pretty normal trip north, if you can speak of normal travel at this point. After three victories in four games, the club simply wanted to show its rising form with the best team in Holstein; only partially succeeded. After a decent performance on defense, the club had to admit defeat to the new leaders after a dream goal from Fin Bartels shortly before the 0: 1 final.

Beforehand, Nuremberg coach Robert Klauß wanted and had to change his starting eleven again. Wanted, because Fabian Nürnberger and Fabian Schleusner replaced Nikola Dovedan and Hanno Behrens on the offensive flanks for sporting reasons. I have to do it because Enrico Valentini missed with a hamstring. Instead, Noel Knothe defended on the right.

In the new formation, the club initially looked very good. The guests controlled the action for a long time in the first round and hopefully they could have rewarded early for this control, the one with a bit more of an overview of referee Thorben Siewer.

He had discovered a Felix Lohkemper foul on Stefan Thesker within nine minutes. Instead of a good counter-attack situation for the club, there was a free kick for the locals. It was a safe start for the Nuremberg team and they also scored a goal. Fabian Schleusener, however, was offside after a good pass from Johannes Geis (21st).

Mathenia on the spot

The Kiel favorite needed almost half an hour to get chances against a club that was also vigilant defensively. Joshua Mees headed in near the goal in the 26th minute and Christian Mathenia directed a long shot from Jannik Dehm over the crossbar (35th). An intensely played game was tied at halftime.

After the interruption, it was again Kiel who invested the most in total to change something about this situation. Obviously, the club had developed so much joy defending together, which had been a success so far, that it was hardly noticeable in the opposite direction. Nürnberg was down, Kiel combined, and still not getting very close to the first goal of the night for a long time. It was rarely really dangerous for Mathenia, on the other hand Schleusener and Lohkemper stumbled in the unfortunate duo, the first against second half chance (66th).

Bartels through the air

The fact that they are far from consolidated on their way back to a decent second division squad became more and more apparent to the Nuremberg squad as the game increased. Still, it took a dream goal to put Kiel in the lead. After a Fabian Reese cross, Fin Bartels was in the air in the 80th minute and in the penalty area, and in this position he carried the ball into the goal, passing the helpless Mathenia.

It was a deserved advantage for the hosts, but at the same time it was an undeserved deficit for Nuremberg. Robert Klauss’s team was unable to respond that night, although the manager wanted to provoke a sort of final offense on a late-shift defensive afternoon.

So sadly, they got on the bus that took them home. And you gained the knowledge that the path to more enjoyable table regions will be extremely exhausting.

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Holstein Kiel: Gelios – Dehm, Wahl, Thesker, van den Bergh – Meffert – Mühling, Lee (circumference 90) – Mees (Reese 59), Bartels – Serra (captain 70)

1. FC Nuremberg: Mathenia – Knothe (83th Behrens), Mühl, Sörensen, craftsman – Geis, Krauss (83th Shuranov) – Schleusener (88th Dovedan), Nürnberger – Lohkemper (88th Misidjan), Schäffler (70th Singh)

Tore: 0: 1 Bartels (80.) | Yellow cards: Thesker – Schleusener | Referee: Siewer (Olpe)