With the third victory one after the other, Hertha BSC prevented the return of the 1st FC Köln to the top of the table of the 2nd Football Bundesliga and made the Rhineland in the promotion battle. After two defeats against the Rhinelanders, the third game won the third game on Saturday evening (0: 0) and got rid of the greatest descending Three times victorious in Cologne continues to be in second place with 50 points, the Berliners initially improved to eleven with 35 points. In front of 50,000 spectators in the RheinEnergieStadion, Fabian Reese (46.) achieved the winning goal for the guests. Maza only hit the post of the very intensive game from coach Stefan Leitl well -positioned Berliners from the start and, according to Martin Winkler (16th minute), who struck the ball completely free, through Ibrahim Maza. But the Algerian international failed after a fine pass from Reese to FC goalkeeper Marvin Schwäbe and the outdoor post. The previously in nine competitive games in front of their own audience undefeated Cologne residents had a hard time. Only a shot from Eric Martel (27th), who just put past the left post, brought greater danger in front of the Hertha goal. The strong Reese then achieved the deserved Berlin lead with a dream goal from the right edge of the penalty area into the left corner of the goal. It was his sixth goal in the past four games, his seventh overall in the twelfth season.
