Hanover Christian Schulz pulls © SID-IMAGES/Getty Images /.Hanover is 96 hard to take the right to start in the European Cup. The team of coach Mirko Slomka prevailed over Challenger FSV Mainz 05 2-0 (1-0).
Hanover (SID) - Hannover 96 is hard to take the best Bundesliga finish in the Club's history and the right to start in the European Cup. The team of coach Mirko Slomka was against Challenger FSV Mainz 05 2-0 (1-0) by and can start being squeezed out in five outstanding games and eight points only still theoretically from fourth place.
The best placement was the Lower Saxony, which were represented last before 19 years international, fifth in the season 1964-65. In addition, 96 thanks to the eleventh way of season set an another club record.
Scorer Didier ya Konan brought the reds with a transformed penalty for a foul in the first half injury time (45 + 1) on the road to victory, after guests Defender Nicolce Noveski brought the Hanoverian Lars Stindl in the penalty area to case and had seen the red card for this emergency. It was already the 13th goal of the season for the Ivorians. Sergio Pinto scored the 2-0 (59.) after a short running corner.
Before 48,000 spectators had 96 in the first round of the game more and the better scoring chances. 96 Coach Slomka had zusammengestaucht his players in the final training for seven minutes because they were unkonzentriert and overbearing. The stand kettledrum has obviously helped.
The hosts took control in the game more and more after careful and would already need to go in the 16th minute lead, but ya Konan graduated a counterattack itself and failed to guests-keeper Heinz Muller, rather than to fit his laid striker Mohammed Abdellaoue. Eleven minutes later, the Ivorians, who had to be sewn during the week due to a Risswunde by the hand, after a strong contribution in Muller found his master. The goalkeeper was however founder at the penalty spot.
The Mainz were hardly in the game. 96 Goalkeeper Ron-Robert Zieler, who was again after almost four weeks injury break between the post was virtually inactive in the first half. 34. Minute 96-Captain Steve Cherundolo had to rescue Malik Fathi for his beaten keeper on the line but after an opportunist goal of Mainz.
In power play the Lower Saxony had run sent the enemy after the break, without the great pressure on Mainz. FSV was not on and went out and again dangerous counterattack. In the 55th minute, striker ran to Sami Allagui even alone on goal, but failed on the out sturmenden Zieler.
