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- Hertha BSC won 2-1 against Greuther Fürth in their final home match of the season
- The Berlin side played with ten men for sixty minutes after Josip Brekalo saw a red card
- Sixteen-year-old Kennet Eichhorn and Michael Cuisance scored the goals for the hosts
- The defeat pushes Greuther Fürth into the automatic relegation spot before the last round
- Noel Futkeu scored for the visitors and remains linked with a summer move to Eintracht Frankfurt
Greuther Fürth will start the final day of the season in the automatic relegation zone. They suffered a 2-1 defeat away to Hertha BSC on Sunday. The loss damages their hopes of avoiding the drop.
Hertha played with ten men for one hour. Josip Brekalo received a red card early in the match. He fouled Branimir Hrgota as the last defender. The foul stopped a quick counter-attack. Hrgota will leave the club at the end of the season.
Despite the disadvantage, the hosts found the net twice after half-time. Kennet Eichhorn opened the scoring. The sixteen-year-old midfielder scored his first goal in the 2. Bundesliga. He had just returned from a suspension. Top scouts are watching him closely. FC Bayern Munich are considering him as a future replacement for Leon Goretzka.
Michael Cuisance sealed the win with five minutes left. He struck a powerful shot from outside the box. The French midfielder once played for Bayern Munich. This was his third goal of the campaign.
Greuther Fürth scored late to create a tense finish. Sayfallah Ltaief provided an excellent cross from the wing. Noel Futkeu headed the ball into the net. The striker will join Eintracht Frankfurt next season. He has now scored eighteen goals this term. He has found the net in each of the club’s last seven matches.
The result leaves Fürth in eighteenth place. They are three points behind both Eintracht Braunschweig and Fortuna Düsseldorf. They trail sixteenth-placed Arminia Bielefeld by just one point. They must beat Düsseldorf next week to keep their survival hopes alive.
Hertha climbed to sixth position after this victory. The win ended a run of four games without a victory for Stefan Leitl’s team. Hertha face Arminia Bielefeld in their final match. This fixture could decide which club enters the relegation playoff.