On Monday, Bochum made up for his or her 0-3 dwelling defeat towards Fortuna Düsseldorf with a 3-0 (1-0) win and received the relegation second leg away on penalties 6-5. Stöger arrange the primary two targets, scored the equalizer from the penalty spot and in addition scored the deciding objective.
51,500 spectators in Düsseldorf noticed a Bochum crew taking part in nicely, pushed by Stöger. Two crosses from the 30-year-old, every of which was headed dwelling by Philipp Hofmann (18th, 66th), gave VfL hope. Shortly following the objective, one other Stöger cross landed on the hand of Matthias Zimmermann, and the Higher Austrian safely transformed the ensuing penalty (seventieth).
Within the penalty shootout, Stöger once more scored confidently, the twelfth penalty, which Düsseldorf’s Takashi Uchino shot over the objective, introduced the choice. Bochum thus averted the specter of a seventh relegation from the Bundesliga. For Düsseldorf, ÖFB legionnaire Marlon Mustapha was solely on the substitutes’ bench.
