In the early morning of Beijing time on the 7th, the second round of the German Bundesliga promotion and demotion play off was contested. The away Bremen drew 2-2 with Heidenheim, and advanced by virtue of the advantage of scoring many goals away from home.
After the game, veteran Pizarro officially retired
The game was full of twists and turns. Heidenheim gave an own goal gift in the first three minutes, and Bremen took a 1-0 lead. After that, the score was maintained until the 85th minute, when Heidenheim equalized the score. Since then, in the injury stoppage time phase, the plot has changed again. First, Augustine Song scored after receiving Bartles' assist in the 93rd minute, and Heidenheim got a penalty in the last minute of stoppage time, the score was 2-2 again.
However, this score did not change in the end, because the score of both sides in the first round was 0-0, and Bremen won this round of series by virtue of the advantage of scoring more away goals.
Bremen's performance in this season can be said to be very bad. They were in the penultimate position almost in the whole second half of the race. Until the last few rounds of performance improved, they saw the hope of success in relegation. Finally, in the last round, they defeated Cologne 6-1, and Duesse lost to the Berlin United, so Bremen won the penultimate place in the last minute to overtake their opponents and came to the upgrade and demotion play off. In the play offs of this series, their lives were on the line, and they were finally saved from relegation.
In an interview after the game, Bremen coach Cofell was also relieved: "I'm sorry to have given everyone a shit like season, but the end was good."
After staying in the Bundesliga next season, Bremen also kept the title of the club with the most participation in the Bundesliga season. They only missed one Bundesliga season, one more than Bayern.
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