Hoffenheim pressed and sought to score a winning goal, but coach Sebastian Hans chose to bring Mons Dabour off the bench only in the 90th minute today (Sunday) in a 1-1 draw against Union Berlin. After the super disappointing relegation in the Europa League, the striker did not get a real chance even though it was clear that his teammates needed him up front.
The hosts started the match better and came on their pay very quickly, with Max Cruza sent to the penalty spot with a justified decision after a wide foul and easily accurate in the ninth minute. Hoffenheim’s reaction came in the 29th minute with an own goal by Nico Schluterbeck. The guest did not stop missing in the second half and was better, but in the end was content with just a point.
Precisely it seemed that Dabour was recovering, he did not get significant minutes this time and will hope to get back to business in the meeting against Wolfsburg on Saturday. Hoffenheim has not yet scored enough points to allow her to be calm when it comes to survival struggles.
first half
Gate! In the 9th minute, Union Berlin went up to 0: 1 over Hoffenheim: The host got a justified penalty after a clear foul on Florian Grilich and Max Cruza Dyke easily from the penalty spot.
20th minute: Hoffenheim increased the pace in the last minutes and reached a number of situations, but Elas Babo was not accurate enough in the front.
Gate! 29 minutes, Hoffenheim equalized to 1: 1: Andrei Krameric put in a good ball from the left to the middle and the last touch on the way to the net was from Union Berlin defender Nico Schluterbeck.
second half
65 minutes: Hoffenheim managed to reach the dangerous area several times, but the attacking part players were inaccurate. Mons Dabour has yet to get off the bench.
75 min: Great opportunity for the visitors – Ilas Babo got an excellent ball in the box and missed the frame of Carius just slightly from the left.
83 min: What a drama. Pavel Kadrabak has already celebrated a makeover with a bomb out of a lot, but in VAR identified a different even earlier in the course and the gate was disqualified.
90th minute: Mons Dabour came up to play for Hoffenheim instead of Andrei Krameric, but it seems too late and both teams will settle for a point.
Union Berlin: Loris Carius, Christopher Trimel, Marvin Friedrich, Robin Knosh, Nico Schluterbeck, Christopher Lenz (Marius Bolter, 46), Grisha Promel (Christian Gantner, 63), Robert Andrews, Marcus Ingvarsten, Max Cruza (Cedric Tocher, 74) and ‘Val Poianflo (Peter Musa, 63).
Hoffenheim: Oliver Bauman, Pavel Cadrabeck, Kevin Vogt, Florian Grilich, Chris Richards, Marco John (Ryan Cessnion, 67), Sebastian Rudy, Dyadia Samisco, Christophe Baumgartner, Ilas Babo (Sergis Adamian, 91) and Andrei Kramrich ( Dabour, 90).
In another match, Bayer Leverkusen surrendered at home 2: 1 to Freiburg. Peter Boss’ team continued its less-than-good period and failed to cling to the top-flight bunch, finishing sixth in the table for at least one more round, but the teams above it are starting to run away. Armadin Demirovic (50) and Lucas Holler (61) scored for Freiburg, which is nearing the top of the table, while Leon Bailey has just shrunk. Augsburg also beat Mainz 0-1 from a goal by Andre Hahn (25) and complicated it even further below the red line.