Union Berlin suffers a defeat again despite catching up!

Union Berlin suffers a defeat again despite catching up!

Kiel, Deutschland - The 1st FC Union Berlin had to surrender 1-2 in the friendly against Kiel SV Holstein. The game took place in the old forestry and attracted 9,035 spectators, including about 200 guest fans. For coach Steffen Baumgart, who celebrated his 53rd birthday, it was a special occasion because he returned to Union gap after more than 20 years.

Union Berlin started with an offensive style of play and already had chances from Juranovic and Tousart at the beginning of the game. Nevertheless, Kiel managed to take the lead in the 34th minute by Armin Gigovic, whose goals were controversial due to a possible offside position. Despite several offensive actions, Union was only able to record two dangerous spacer shots from Jeong in the first half.

gaming and turning points

In the second half, Union increased the pressure, but repeatedly failed due to the Kiel goalkeeper Dähne or on the latte. The equalization was made in the 97th minute, when he was able to achieve the 1-1. This goal gave the Union new hope, but the team had to accept another setback at short notice: Jann-Fiete ARP scored in the 114th minute to 2-1 for Kiel for a counterattack. Union tried to turn the game again in the last few minutes, but could not have any other dangerous degrees.

The coach Steffen Baumgart was optimistic about the next competitive game against Heidenheim despite the defeat and expressed that the team had made progress. Captain Christopher Trimmel agreed and found that there was progress despite the defeat. Union had to accept the tenth in series with this defeat.

The installation of the 1. FC Union Berlin was as follows: Schwolow, Juranovic, Doekhi, Vogt, Rothe, Skarke, Tousart, Kemlein (43. Schäfer, 79. Khedira), Hollerbach (60th Setting), Jeong (60th Bénes), Volland (43. Siebatcheu, 79. Ilic). After the 60th minute, Klaus, Trimmel, Querfeld, Leading, Roussillon (90th Preu) were set up. For Kiel, Weiner, Rosenboom, Becker, Zec, Komenda, Porath, Bernhardson, Gigovic, Remberg, Harres and Machino

like the Berliner Kurier .

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