Sinsheim --
1899 Hoffenheim has stopped its Negativserie after four defeats and Hannover 96 pushed even deeper into the relegation whirlpool.
The team of coach Ralf Rangnick celebrated with a 2-1 (2-0) in a duel of the worst so far back the first three rounds of teams after seven games without a win and added to the Lower sixth defeat in series.
Carlos Eduardo scored the lead against the impetuous Hoffenheimer Lower Saxony in the 35th Minute with a noteworthy Direktabnahme after handing in of Chinedu Obasi. Hoffenheim to finish its 352 minutes continuous Torflaute.
Eduardo prepared before the second goal when he was in the 39th Hanover Christian Schulz minute from the penalty area was stopped only by a foul. The subsequent foul penalty turned Sejad Salihovic sure (40.). Hanover's new signing Arouna Kone shortened to pass from Elson's 57th Minute to 1:2.
Before 28,100 spectators in the Sinsheimer Rhein-Neckar-Arena, guests from the beginning acted anxiously. Many playback error made it impossible for an orderly structure, but also Hoffenheim initially showed little ball to safety in the game forward. In the 19th Minutes forgave Vedad Ibisevic the best chance so far when he detached a free header from six-yards fixers not accommodated in the gate.
The only significant opportunities for Hanover were Jiri Stajner with a shot from six meters (25.) and Leon Andreasen, whose free-kick Hoffenheim goalkeeper Timo Hildebrand was able to draw just over the crossbar (28.). However Hoffenheim remained the better team, even if a difference in quality was apparent only after the Hoffenheim lead. Hanover was now even more uncertain, culminating in a penalty mature Foul by Schulz.
In the second pass, saved 96-Keeper Morten Jensen only toward Ibisevic before his own husband Sergio Pinto considered (52.). Shortly afterwards forgave Ibisevic again after two with the possible Maicosuel 3:0. The result was the port matches the guests. But 1899 was in charge. Ibisevic awarded more good opportunities.
The ratio of the two coaches other hand, has apparently not suffered. Rangnick and Mirko Slomka refuted all reports of their supposed friendship shattered before kick-off with a warm hug. "We were four and a half years, close friends, that was a cool time," said Rangnick, and Slomka added: "I do not want to miss a second of our friendship - we are very good colleagues."
Slomka brought with Elson and Kone both winter purchases from the beginning, with Kone presented as hard-working asset to the attack. For Hoffenheim Eduardo and Maicosuel protruded.
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