Late double turns the derby

Nordtal won the derby 3–1, and for an hour that looked unlikely. Weststadt led through Brandt’s goal just before the hour and had most of the ball. The bus home was louder than anything in the Talstadion all season.

Kessler had put us ahead after 23 minutes, a header from Reuter’s corner that he did not seem to know much about. After that Weststadt pressed us back towards our own goal and kept us there. Pohl saved twice from Brandt before the break, the second with his face.

The equaliser had been coming for twenty minutes when it came. Brandt again, a low shot through Sander’s legs, and the away end behind the south goal sang about it until Amari’s first.

That one was a mistake by their keeper, who let a cross from Falk bounce in front of him. The second was not. Amari took the ball on the halfway line, ran at three defenders, and put it in the far corner while Wendt was still shouting at him to pass.

Goals

Ratings

Attendance 1,140, the biggest crowd at the Talstadion since the cup tie in 2023. The kiosk ran out of sausages at half time.