Union Berlin celebrated a hard-earned victory against Borussia Dortmund on Saturday afternoon. The opening goal from a penalty was something special for several reasons.
Celebrations around and with Kevin Vogt (2nd from left) after his penalty against Dortmund. picture alliance/dpa
“We were in a good mood today, but we also suffered,” said Kevin Vogt Sky after the prestigious success against BVB. “They have a very good team. But what they don’t like so much is when you go into duels with a lot of passion,” the Berlin defender further analyzed. What pleased him just as much as the good first half was the second half, in which the Westphalians scored the next goal, but Union “didn’t allow anything more” after that.
“I saw five or six faces looking at me”
The fact that Vogt not only played a defensive role but also secured the victory with a penalty was a special story of this game. The defensive player had not been known as a goalscorer or penalty taker so far in his career. “We often took penalties in training. Somehow the boys were happy with me. When we got the penalty, I saw five or six faces looking at me,” explained the 33-year-old.
Luckily the penalty was too good, even Gregor Kobel couldn’t save it.
Vogt actually didn’t like having to take the penalty against his former teammate Gregor Kobel: “I had already told him that I wanted a different game, because he had already fished away one or two penalties, “Even in training. But luckily he was too good, even Gregor Kobel couldn’t hold on to him,” said the defensive player with a grin.
Nobody had to wait longer than Vogt
His fourth Bundesliga goal in the 341st game was also a very special, even historic one. Never in the history of the league has an outfield player had to wait longer for his next goal than Vogt, whose last goal came after almost ten years and 275 games. Curiously, the goal back then – on matchday 8 of 2014/15 in the 1. FC Köln jersey – was also a goal to make it 1-0 in the first half of the game against Borussia Dortmund.
Only three other players in league history have waited longer than 200 games for a goal: Dietmar Schwager (266 games), Reinhold Zech (211) and Dennis Diekmeier (203). Vogt waited longer, but his wait is now over.
