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Kiel (dpa / lno) - The next step towards the Bundesliga has been taken: Holstein Kiel has overtaken major north rivals HSV by 2-0 (1-0) in the catch-up game in the 2nd division over SV Sandhausen and is on the rise -Regation rank three advanced.
It was the Storks' fourth home win in a row - if this streak continues, nothing can go wrong.
Because four of their five outstanding matches are played by the Kielers, who are actually thrown far back after two corona quarantines, in the Holstein stadium at home.
Even at the break of the Sandhausen game, the currently injured Stefan Thesker gave the optimist and leaned unusually far out of the window for Kiel standards. "We have five home games that we all want to win, then let's see ...", said the 30-year-old defender when the score was 1-0, which Fin Bartels had scored (22nd minute) with his sixth goal of the season. When Janni Serra (69th) increased goal of the month with a lob mark and shortly after the three was sealed, Holstein's jubilation was great.
The starting position before the next home game against FC St. Pauli on Friday (6.30 p.m. / Sky) is indeed excellent.
Holstein has played two games less than all promotion competitors.
Behind leaders VfL Bochum (60 points) and Greuther Fürth (57), Kiel (53) is already following with the best prospects.
They are followed by Hamburger SV and Fortuna Düsseldorf (52 each), who have to hope that the top trio will slip three rounds before the end of the season.
Only the Kielers, who caused a sensation as a semi-finalist in the DFB Cup, have two more games up their sleeves to take advantage of their chance of promotion.
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