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Darmstadt (dpa) - VfL Bochum has missed a huge opportunity in the intended return to the Bundesliga after eleven years of second-rate status.

The front runner could not take advantage of the overwhelming mistakes of the competition on the weekend and received a 1: 3 (0: 0) defeat at SV Darmstadt 98 on Monday.

Christian Clemens (79th minute) and Serdar Dursun (81st / 86th) scored the goals for South Hesse.

For VfL, Robert Tesche (73.) had just scored the opening goal and thus aroused hopes for a preliminary decision.

«We have lost individual duels and have thus come to the losing route.

Now we've got a setback, ”said Bochum's coach Thomas Reis.

Three game days before the end of the season, VfL's advantage over the second Greuther Fürth, who played one game less, is still six points.

On the relegation place, which the Hamburger SV occupies with one game less, there are nine points more.

The fourth Holstein Kiel lurks eleven points behind the Bochumers with four fewer games played.

“It's hard to understand when you take the lead here.

You can't explain why we gave it away, ”said Bochum's Gerrit Holtmann.

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The hosts from Hesse not only cracked the 40-point mark with their victory, but also mathematically secured their stay in the 2nd division.

Eintracht Braunschweig (30 points) can no longer catch up with the lilies with three outstanding games.

«We shot it in two minutes - and rightly so in my eyes.

We did a great series, we're grateful for that, ”said coach Markus Anfang at Sky.

Bochum can now watch from the couch what the pursuers are doing until the 32nd matchday, which will only take place after the cup semi-finals in two weeks.

Fürth will receive Sandhausen on Wednesday, HSV will host Karlsruher SC, and after being quarantined twice, Kiel will have two catch-up games to play in Nuremberg and against Sandhausen.

Only after the change did the hosts get stronger.

Dursun (47th) had a direct chance to take the lead, but failed because of the strongly reacting Riemann representative Patrick Drewes.

Bochum didn't have much to offer, but then took the first real chance: But the opening goal by Bochum veteran Tesche was the wake-up call for the lilies - three goals followed within eight minutes.

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