Thanks to a passionate performance, the Offenbacher Kickers have successfully returned from the compulsory Corona break. In the 2-0 (1-0) win at VfR Aalen, the Kickers had to survive a few anxious moments in the first half. Lucas Herms (49th) and Philipp Hosiner (82nd), who was outstanding alongside goalkeeper David Richter, scored in the second half. The OFC is two games behind leaders Ulm (67 points) and is third again (60th).
On the 33rd day of the Regionalliga Südwest, Kickers Offenbach is a guest at VfR Aalen. We report on the game in the live ticker.
| VfR Aalen – Kickers Offenbach 0:2(0:0) |
| 0:1 Hermes (49.), 0:2 Hosiner (82.) |
| Kienle, Abruscia, Heckmann / Huseinbasic (5), Bojaj (5) |
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90. +2 Minute: Aalen again – but the last header goes by. Then it’s over. OFC wins after a significant increase in the second half and keeps up with Ulm and Elversberg.
90. Minute: Two minutes of stoppage time are displayed. And Ramaj has the 3-0 on his feet, misses a pass from Bozic.
90. Minute: Double change at OFC: Bojaj and the extremely strong Hosiner leave. Firat and Ramaj come.
88. Minute: Bojaj also sees yellow. Bitter: He, too, is absent from Bahlingen on Wednesday.
86. Minute: Heckmann frustrated Deniz. Yellow is correct.
84. Minute: The OFC is now getting out corner by corner. He now also leads 7:4 in this discipline.
83. Minute: The OCFC changes: Hermes goes, Tuma comes.
82. Minute: GOOOAAAL for the OFC! Hosiner does it outstandingly, dances out of an opponent after a pass from Deniz and hits the right corner in the left corner.
81. Minute: Another clever opening by Bojaj, Marcos crosses – blocked. Corner.
80. Minute: Counterattack by the Kickers via Bozic, who tries it alone, but is caught.
79. Minute: Aalen urges – and Richter stops again after a long-range shot.
77. Minute: Official number of spectators: 1481. But they create atmosphere for twice as many.
76. Minute: OFC again, Bojaj puts Marcos in the limelight – but his cross doesn’t come.
75. Minute: The next shower on the Ostalb. Nasty wind at that. But there is work going on in the field. The OFC is currently successfully keeping the ball away from its own penalty area.
73. Minute: The OFC twice quite dangerous, but in the end the Aalen team cleared it up.
72. Minute: The OFC frees itself, Hermes crosses – the Aalener clear the corner.
71. Minute: It’s slowly becoming a private duel between judges and Kienle. Again the Aalener shoots, again Richter holds strong.
70. Minute: First change at OFC: Fetsch, who has worked an awful lot, leaves the field. Dejan Bozic replaces him.
69. Minute: Corner Aalen – in the middle Kienle is free to head the ball, but Richter has the ball safely.
67. Minute: OFC goalkeeper Richter has to come out, but Volz is offside. All the excitement for nothing.
65. Minute: Double change at Aalen: Knipfer and Müller are out, Bux and Herrmann are coming.
64. Minute: Yellow for Aalen’s Abruscia, who stretches Offenbach’s right winger Hermes to the ground.
62. Minute: The OFC is now a little lower, against the ball it is a back four, in which Breitenbach (right) and Marcos (left) defend. It could also be a question of strength.
59. Minute: The OFC is in the game well now, Hosiner puts Marcos in the limelight on the left, whose cross is a little better but is blocked.
56. Minute: The OFC switches – and the Fetsch/Hosiner duo are involved again: Fetsch’s fine ball runs through Hosiner, but is then blocked.
54. Minute: The OFC goes forward again, Hosiner puts down the heel for Fetsch, whose shot is blocked. Made fine again from the Offenbach winter access.
49 minutes: GOOOOOOR for the OFC! Lucas Hermes hits the right corner after Hosiner put him in the spotlight. Directly in front of the Kickers attachment, the Kickers celebrate the lead.
46. Minute: And immediately OFC goalkeeper David Richter is required again. Against Steffen Kienle’s scissors, he parries a great corner.
46. Minute: The ball rolls again. Aalen has changed once: Seitz replaces Arh Cesen.
45. Minute: Halftime in Aalen. The OFC is struggling, the hosts have a clear advantage.
45. Minute: It gets poisonous for a moment, Kienle senst Deniz around – and rightly sees yellow.
43. Minute: Marcos on the left again, but his crosses are simply too imprecise.
42. Minute: Aalen stays on the trigger, has a throw-in. Positive for the OFC: The zero is – and the hailstorm has passed.
40. Minute: Basking again – dangerous again. Abruscia shoots – but Richter defends strongly to the side.
39. Minute: Breitenbach straddles the ball into the goal. Third corner for the hosts, with which Richter is unsure for the first time, the Aaleners cross again, but then he grabs it again safely.
38. Minute: The OFC comes from the left, but Marcos crosses too imprecisely.
35. Minute: Aalen switches quickly after Offenbach lost the ball – but Richter fends off Volz’s ball, then the Kickers clear it up.
34. Minute: Deniz brings the ball in sharply, but it sails out of the goal.
33. Minute: Free kick for the OFC after a foul on Fetsch. 34 meters central position. Deniz takes measure – Paterok steers to the first corner for the kickers.
31. Minute: The “Yellow Peril” is big at the Kickers. Ronny Marcos, Sebastian Zieliecki, Tunay Deniz, Florent Bojaj and Mathias Fetsch are also threatened with a break with the next warning.
30. Minute: First yellow for the OFC – and one with consequences: Denis Huseinbasic comes too late in midfield against Steffen Kienle – and sees his fifth card of the season. Forced break on Wednesday in Bahlingen for the midfielder.
28. Minute: Strong action by Okungbowa. The Kickers defender pulls out his long bones and thus prevents Aalen from counterattacking.
25. Minute: Now it comes down really hard, it even hails fine grains.
23. Minute: April lives up to its name again. The sun has gone, it’s raining.
21. Minute: Good phase of the OFC, which pushes the game forward, very useful combined. Only the last pass does not come.
18. Minute: Again the OFC on the right: Deniz finds Hermes, whose cross from the right grabs Paterok. There would have been more.
14. Minute: First really big chance for the OFC: Hermes comes through on the right, but in the middle Fetsch doesn’t really put pressure on it from a short distance and in distress. On the other side, Aalen had his first big chance: After Kienle was put down, Müller was free, but failed because of Richter. The OFC was really lucky there.
11. Minute: The OFC acts like last time in 3-5-2. Jayson Breitenbach moves into the defensive line on the right.
9. Minute: The VfR on the right, the flank is blocked. Again corner. It brings nothing.
7. Minute: First corner for eels. But the OFC clarifies first. Aalen has a throw-in.
6. Minute: Both fan camps are in the right mood. Meanwhile, the OFC is trying to control the field, which is currently working well.
4. Minute: Bojaj crosses from the left – Deniz heads relatively unchallenged but clearly over the goal.
2. Minute: The OFC is in the game right away, first a ball doesn’t quite reach Fetsch, then Bojaj chips the ball into the penalty area, but Aalen’s goalkeeper Paterok claws it in front of Fetsch.
1. Minute: The ball rolls, the OFC have an impetus, and initially have their fans behind them.
1:59 p.m.: The teams come onto the field. Referee Philipp Reitmayer (Karlsruhe) brings the ball with him. The OFC fans make themselves felt in the stands behind the goal.
1:57 p.m.: The teams are still in the dressing room, and there are an estimated 1,500 to 2,000 spectators in the stadium. An estimated 200 to 300 should carry the OFC in their hearts. The weather is quite usable compared to yesterday: cold (6 degrees), but the sun is coming through more and more.
1:54 p.m.: The hosts, who are coached by Christian Demirtas, who was born in Offenbach and comes from Nieder-Roden, rely on this eleven: Paterok – Knipfer, Heckmann, Arh Cesen, Elfadil, Abruscia, Windmüller, Odabas, Müller, Kienle, Volz. Bank: Layer – Stanese, Seit, Herrmann, Bux, Schaupp, Botic, Gucciardo, Schmidt. The OFC has to pay special attention to the Aalen offensive: Abruscia (11 goals) and center forward Steffen Kienle (10) belong to the top shelf of the league with their qualities.
1:52 p.m.: The hosts, who defeated FC Homburg 4-0 in their last home game a week ago, ending a run of nine games without a win. During the week, a good performance at SV Elversberg (1:3) followed for a long time.
1:48 p.m.: And this is the eleven that coach Sreto Ristic sends into the race: Richter – Breitenbach, Zieleniecki, Okungbowa – Hermes, Huseinbasic, Deniz, Bojaj, Marcos – Fetsch, Hosiner. Bench: Tramontana – Andacic, Firat, Ramaj, Tuma, Mesanovic, Moreno Giesel, Bozic
1:46 p.m.: The Kickers can compete with an almost complete squad today. Only Paul Milde is missing from the tribe of the last few weeks. The squad also includes Dejan Bozic and Serkan Firat, who were recently missing with torn ankle ligaments. Somewhat surprising in the squad: Vincent Moreno Giesel. The right-back was absent for a long time due to a torn syndesmosis ligament.
1:45 p.m.: Hello from the Ostalb Arena in Aalen. The OFC is playing in the Southwest Regional Football League for the first time since its compulsory Corona break. In twelfth place in the table, the Kickers are under pressure after the victories of their rivals Elversberg (2-0 in Gießen) and leaders Ulm (2-0 in Balingen). Today’s game marks the start of a tight program until May 1st with seven competitive games.
Offenbach – The 33rd match day is coming up in the Regionalliga Südwest and Kickers Offenbach is a guest at VfL Aalen. The match kicks off on Sunday (April 10th, 2022) at 2 p.m. in the Ostalb Arena in Aalen.
OFC visiting VfR Aalen
The last two OFC games have been canceled and postponed to another date. The game at Bahlinger SC did not take place due to the weather, in the duel with TSG Balingen the game committee of the Regionalliga Südwest GbR approved a request from Kickers Offenbach to cancel the game. The basis for the decision is the order of the Offenbach city health department, according to which the entire OFC squad is prohibited from entering the stadium from April 6th, 2022 to April 8th, 2022.
However, the game at VfR Aalen will take place and is the beginning of intensive weeks for the OFC, who have to play numerous games. In the table of the Regionalliga Südwest, Kickers Offenbach is in fourth place with 57 points and is seven points behind leader Ulm. However, the SSV has already played two more games.
OFC still in the middle of the fight for promotion
The fight for promotion to the 3rd league continues to escalate. Five clubs have the chance to leave the regional league up. In addition to SSV Ulm and Kickers Offenbach, there are SV Elversberg, TSV Steinbach Haiger and FSV Mainz 05. Only the champions of the Regionalliga Südwest will be able to celebrate promotion in the end.
VfR Aalen, Kickers Offenbach’s next opponent, is in twelfth place in the Regionalliga Südwest and still needs points to ensure they stay up in the league. The lead over the first relegation zone is only four points. The first leg on the Bieberer Berg between OFC and Aalen was a clear thing for the hosts. In the end it was 4-0 for Kickers Offenbach, who even awarded a penalty kick. Goal scorers for coach Sreto Ristic’s team were Denis Huseinbasic, Dejan Bozic, Maik Vetter and Mathias Fetsch. (smr)
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