With a 1-0 win at 1. FC Köln, Union Berlin took the lead in the Bundesliga on matchday six. Against Gladbach, there is a risk of losing the lead in the table for a long time. But then the mentality giants of the league swing up and score the winning goal with the last touch of the ball. what a drama
The acclaimed goal scorer Kevin Behrens was beaming after the last-minute win despite his big bump, the Union Berlin fans happily sang about the German championship: With a crazy final sprint, the high-flyers from Köpenick also defeated Borussia Mönchengladbach 2-1 (0 :1) sent home, brought the Alte Försterei to a boil and, above all, claimed the lead in the table again.
"We just have a great mentality, everyone is hot," said Behrens, who initiated the turnaround with the equalizer in the 79th minute - and felt the fist of Gladbach's substitute keeper Tobias Sippel in the face. "He hit me properly. It doesn't matter. It's great that he went in," said Behrens. Because Danilho Doekhi also headed the winning goal deep in added time (90.7), Union continues to greet from the top, with 26 points the surprise team is one point ahead of champions Bayern Munich. Borussia, who was still without a win away from home, even took the lead through Nico Elvedi (33rd).
The master chants from the fans wrested a smile from coach Urs Fischer. "I'll never get used to it. But it's great when the fans celebrate it. For us it's a snapshot - a great snapshot," said the Union coach. Gladbach's Marvin Friedrich, on the other hand, believed his ex-club to be able to create a sensation: "Why not? I'm sure they will play up there to the end."
In front of 22,012 spectators, the injury-plagued Gladbach team struggled against the compact Union defense at the beginning. At the first dangerous ball from Lars Stindl, Marcus Thuram could only be stopped by a foul, the due free kick from Alassane Plea (23rd) scratched Union goalkeeper Frederik Rönnow just out of the corner. And then it got wild. After consultation with VAR, referee Harm Osmers first called off a Unioner goal because Sheraldo Becker (29th) had deflected a long-range shot from Rani Khedira with his hand into the goal, before just three minutes later Elvedi headed in a corner from Stindl to give Gladbach the lead . Meanwhile, the foals could have led even higher. Free in front of the goal, Thuram (35') first lifted the ball over Rönnow, but then headed the ball from a tight angle onto the goal net.
In the last quarter of an hour, Union turned up the heat: Behrens equalized with a header, Gladbach's substitute keeper Sippel looked anything but happy. A little later, substitute Christopher Trimmel even headed the supposed 2:1 (86th), but the goal was withdrawn due to an offside position. Deep in stoppage time, Doekhi was also successful with a header - and started the party.
