Despite being behind, 1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig didn’t show any weakness when they won Greifswalder FC in the Regionalliga Nordost.
Leipzig – Despite a temporary deficit, the 1. FC Lokomotiv Leipzig on Friday evening there was no nakedness and his home game in the Regional League Northeast won against Greifswalder FC 3:1 (0:1).
Everyone can only look afterwards: Jannik Bandowski (in front, #27) pushes the ball under the bar after a corner to give Greifswald the lead. © IMAGO / Ostseephoto
In the Bruno Plache Stadium, Jannik Bandowski scored to make it 1-0 for Greifswald (40th minute), Sascha Pfeffer equalized with a penalty kick (50th), Riccardo Grym (64th) turned the game around and also scored the final point (84th minute). ).
After the 4:3 thriller on Tuesday against SV Babelsberg 03, there were two changes: Eric Voufack, Farid Abderrahmane and Theo Ogbidi were allowed to work with Lok coach Almedin Civa and pushed Maik Salewski, Grym and Dombrowa onto the bench.
GFC coach Danny König only made two changes compared to the 0-1 draw against FC Carl Zeiss Jena: Jonas Brendieck and Aleksandar Bilbija started in place of first-choice goalkeeper Matti Kamenz and Fabio Schneider (both on the bench).
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After a 450 kilometer (!) long journey from the Baltic Sea, the king squad first had to put their defensive skills to the test. Three days after the last home win, the Probstheidaer started strong, Djamal Ziane put a flat Ogbidi template over the bar (6th).
The climber, who went into the match with two bankruptcies in a row, also had his little problems afterwards and was lucky with the shots from Mike Eglseder (8th), Ogbidi (14th) and Djamal Ziane (23rd).
Sascha Pfeffer brings 1. FC Lok Leipzig back against Greifswalder FC with a penalty, Riccardo Grym turns the game
Inside the thing! Sascha Pfeffer (left) scored from the penalty spot. © IMAGO / Ostseephoto
Despite the superiority of the home strong blue and yellow, the guests, who were getting stronger towards half-time, managed to take the lead: After a corner kick, ex-Dortmunder Bandowski was spot on at the far post and scored – 0:1 (40th).
However, the hosts came back a few minutes after the break. After a foul on Osman Atilgan in the penalty area, Cap’n Pfeffer grabbed the ball, pocketed it and celebrated “Bruno” – 1:1 (50th).
Another standard situation also led to a goal: Grym, who came on for Abderrahmane in the second half, scored a direct free kick to make it 2-1 (64th). His first booth for the FCL!
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20 minutes later he even increased the result and, after a great solo, tied his brace to make it 3-1 (84th).
It stayed that way until the end. An important threesome, since leaders FC Rot-Weiss Erfurt won at the same time at the Berlin AK and the gap is still five points – more than the Thuringians in one game.
Riccardo Grym (front) is jumped by Osman Atilgan after his 2:1. © IMAGO / Ostseephoto
Here’s how it goes: Next Sunday (1 p.m.) Lok will be a guest at last year’s champions BFC Dynamo. Greifswald already has home rights in the catch-up game against ZFC Meuselwitz on Wednesday (3 p.m.).