“1. FC Kaiserslautern suffer 0:3 defeat to Fortuna Düsseldorf in final match of the season”

Decimated early with a red card, in the end without a chance in front of a home crowd: 1. FC Kaiserslautern lost 0:3 (0:1) to Fortuna Düsseldorf at Betzenberg.

When it’s basically about nothing: Neither hosts Kaiserslautern nor Fortuna Düsseldorf had anything to do with questions of promotion or relegation before the last game – accordingly, both were able to approach the game easily. They did that too – both let the ball run happily through the ranks. Which was also possible because you weren’t standing too tightly on your feet.

FCK had the first good chance of the game in the 7th minute when Kenny Redondo didn’t handle a pass from Aaron Opoku centrally in front of the goal – Fortuna keeper Florian Kastenmaier got the chance to block the ball for a corner. A little later the impact on the other side: In the 17th minute, Dawid Kownacki played a fine solo on the edge of the Lauterer penalty area. Three opponents couldn’t stop the Fortuna attacker, who will leave the club – he finally sank from ten meters to the top left to make it 0:1.

Red for Lautern’s room

A little later, the game was almost over for the hosts: Jean Zimmer frittered away the ball in front of his own goal against Felix Klaus and then had to hold the fortune. The receipt: the red box. The FCK had only ten men on the pitch.

It was an easy game for Fortuna – FCK hardly had any more opportunities to go forward in the game. And Düsseldorf played thoughtfully and patiently. In the 39th minute, Emmanuel Iyoha should have made it 2-0, but shot wide of the far post from the left-hand position.

Kownacki with a brace to 0:2

Fortuna caught up on what they had missed late in the second period: in the 76th minute, Kownacki scored the 0:2 with his second goal of the day from ten meters after a pass by Klaus. And three minutes before the end it hit a third time: Substitute Daniel Ginczek received a pass from below and scored from 13 meters to make it 0:3.

With the success, Düsseldorf climbed to fourth place in the final table. 1. FC Kaiserslautern slipped down to ninth place.