Ostheim at last, and under lights

Nordtal won 2–1 at Ostheim, in the match postponed from September.

Their pitch was under water then. On Wednesday it was merely wet. Forty-three of us made the trip on a work night, and all forty-three will be tired tomorrow.

Demir scored first, from outside the box, after nine minutes. Ostheim equalised before half time through a penalty that looked soft from the far end and softer on the replay somebody had on their phone. Vogt won it with a header from a corner in the 84th minute, then ran the length of the pitch to celebrate in front of us, which earned him a booking.

It was not pretty. Ostheim had more of the ball and two shots off the post. But a month ago we lost 2–0 to this side at home and played like strangers, so this felt like a different team.

Goals

The bus was back at the Talstadion at 23:50. The chip shop by the station had closed at 23:30, and Ole has asked us to say he is still upset about it.