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From Bundesliga club to third division in just twelve months: Arminia Bielefeld’s brutal crash has been sealed after a year full of bankruptcies, bad luck and breakdowns. East Westphalia lost 1-2 to SV Wehen-Wiesbaden in the relegation second leg and, as before, only their neighbor SC Paderborn was passed in 2016. Wehen, who triumphed 4-0 in the first leg, are well deserved as they enter their fourth season in the second division thanks to double packer Benedict Hollerbach.
After all, after the riots of Bielefeld fans in Wiesbaden, it was initially largely quiet on the Alm. Captain Fabian Klos (4th) gave Arminia hope for the football miracle with his 171st goal in the 420th game for his heart club. But Hollerbach (35./45.+2), who is about to move to Cologne, set the course for Wehen’s return to the second division after three years in the third division.
hostile mood
The mood among the 24,000 spectators was initially hostile and directed against their own team. “We are Arminen and not you!” the pros said as they warmed up. A flute concert followed when the team line-up was read out.
Coach Uwe Koschinat stressed that the team had to nibble on the goal of direct promotion from day one. There was never a clear hierarchy behind Fabian Klos”, the fan idol was “put aside”.
The coach, whose future is open, brought five new players to Klos, “fresh forces that are fresh with the overall situation”. The goal: “To win back in small steps the fans who are ready for reconciliation with the absolute will,” he said on Sat.1.
16 year old hope?
The lead after a goalkeeper error by Florian Stritzel was a start. Bielefeld stayed up to date, Oliver Hüsing (26th) headed on the crossbar. But with the counter-attack going to 1:1, the last faith was gone, the mood soon became eerily calm. “You can all go, except Fabi,” the fans chanted in the closing stages.
In the second half, 16-year-old striker Henrik Koch gave a glimpse of Arminia’s possible future on his professional debut. But whether the appointed new sports director Michael Mutzel will succeed in retaining him is, like many, an open question. (AFP)
Source : Blick
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