Strugglers Duesseldorf, Earn Wins To Ease Relegation Fears
December 22, 2019
4:12 pm
Bundesliga bottom side Paderborn and fellow strugglers Fortuna Duesseldorf earned valuable home wins Sunday to boost their survival hopes.
A wonderful 90th-minute strike by substitute Erik Thommy gave Duesseldorf their first Bundesliga win since early November and sealed a 2-1 victory over Union Berlin.
Thommy came on midway through the second-half and with time almost up, the midfielder casually turned his marker and unleashed a fierce shot which crashed in off the far post.
His superb strike gave Union goalkeeper Rafal Gikiewicz no chance.
It was heart-breaking for the Polish shot-stopper who had produced a reflex save to deny
