Bundesliga Promotion/Relegation Playoffs 2024

[Tommy]

1st leg in Bochum: Thursday 23rd May 2024 (20:30 CET)

2nd leg in Düsseldorf: Monday 27th May 2024 (20:30 CET)

[Rucksackfranzose]

Good Luck! Hope you'll be promoted.

[Tommy]

32 minutes ago, Rucksackfranzose said:

Good Luck! Hope you'll be promoted.

Thanks, I hope so too. I think I like playing Bochum better than Mainz or Union, but still, anything could happen. I'd say the momentum is on our side though. 

[Rucksackfranzose]

Just saw, the 1st leg is being shown on free TV. (SAT 1) Nice. Chances there will be a stream for free for those not leaving in Germany, who're interested.

[Coma+]

All Düsseldorf are we!

[Tommy]

Line-up looks good! I hope we'll put up a good fight. I'm nervous. 

 

 

[Rucksackfranzose]

Düsseldorf leading 1-0 at half time at Bochum. It's been a while, since it has been the 2.Liga side leading at the Buli sides stadium during the relegation/promotion- playoffs.

Edited May 23 by Rucksackfranzose

[Rucksackfranzose]

Düsseldorf leading 3-0 now.

[Tommy]

I did not expect that. Wow. We were even so close to scoring the 4-0. 

 

But we still have 90 minutes at our hands. Granted, our home form has been amazing this season, but if Bochum scores an early goal on Monday, it could be a close encounter after all. But l'm carefully optimistic. 

Ao Tanaka was so good today. He was everywhere on the pitch and worked his socks off. Well Tzolis just did Tzolis things. What a player. I hope we can somehow keep him. 

[Whiskey]

Yes @Tommy! Up the Dorf

[Stan]

Must be feeling very confident now @Tommy going into the 2nd leg.

Good luck!

[Coma+]

Masterclass by Fortuna and Thioune.  Just need to be solid in the return leg and you're there.  

[Michael]

Great performance by Dusseldorf, @Tommy you must be delighted with that performance. I am sure they will give just as good a performance at home in the return leg. 

[Tommy]

11 minutes ago, Michael said:

Great performance by Dusseldorf, @Tommy you must be delighted with that performance. I am sure they will give just as good a performance at home in the return leg. 

Thanks! And I hope so. I'm kinda go through all scenarios in my head about what could happen on Monday. Possible that Bochum come out guns blazing because they have nothing to lose, or as Stefan Kuntz put it "Sometimes your biggest chance is that you have no chance." But yea, I hope we can put in another great performance. Daniel Thioune will certainly prepare the players right. 

[Michael]

On 23/05/2024 at 21:34, Tommy said:

I did not expect that. Wow. We were even so close to scoring the 4-0. 

 

But we still have 90 minutes at our hands. Granted, our home form has been amazing this season, but if Bochum scores an early goal on Monday, it could be a close encounter after all. But l'm carefully optimistic. 

Ao Tanaka was so good today. He was everywhere on the pitch and worked his socks off. Well Tzolis just did Tzolis things. What a player. I hope we can somehow keep him. 

Allofs doesn't sound optimistic about Tzolis staying from what he has said. But hopefully you guys can afford the option to buy him. Because if Dusseldorf don't buy him with that first option you have on him, there are plenty of Bundesliga clubs who will try and buy him on a long term contract themselves.

[Tommy]

20 minutes ago, Michael said:

Allofs doesn't sound optimistic about Tzolis staying from what he has said. But hopefully you guys can afford the option to buy him. Because if Dusseldorf don't buy him with that first option you have on him, there are plenty of Bundesliga clubs who will try and buy him on a long term contract themselves.

Yea, our financial situation sounds dire. There's a good chance that we get promoted and we still lose Tzolis, Johanesson and Tanaka.  I know we are still paying off a dodgy loan from the early 2000's, and the stadium owners doubled the rent, but we got the DFB Pokal money, we get like 30 Mio Euros if we get promoted, I think. So it's still very weird to me that we got so little money for transfers apparently.  

[Stan]

When is the return leg? 

[Rucksackfranzose]

22 minutes ago, Stan said:

When is the return leg? 

Monday 20:30 CET

[Rucksackfranzose]

@Tommy Wish your team success for the return leg this evening. Would be an unwelcome surprise, if luck were needed after first match's result.

Edited May 27 by Rucksackfranzose

[Tommy]

11 minutes ago, Rucksackfranzose said:

@Tommy Wish your team success for the return leg this evening. Would be an unwelcome surprise, if luck were needed after first match's result.

Thanks! Yea, I'm hoping we continue where we left off on Thursday. 

[Michael]

Bochum took the lead in the 1st half thanks to a goal by Hofmann. This 2nd half should be interesting.

[Rucksackfranzose]

Now, it has the potential to become heated Düsseldorf 0-3Bochum. Bochum have now equalised the 1st leg deficite.

[Michael]

8 minutes ago, Rucksackfranzose said:

Now, it has the potential to become heated Düsseldorf 0-3Bochum. Bochum have now equalised the 1st leg deficite.

Unbelievable how they've scored 3, but to be fair Bochum have played very well today. Hoffman has scored 2, with Stoger scoring the 3rd from a penalty. This is an incredibly dramatic play-off, @Tommy must be very nervous right now.

[Michael]

If the sub Asano connected to that cross, that would likely have been the 4th goal. Hoffman, Stoger, Bero and Ordets have been excellent and stood out today, but all the Bochum team have done very well.

Edited May 27 by Michael

[Rucksackfranzose]

0-3 full time. Match goes to extra time.