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Hardly four minutes were played when everyone involved caught their breath.

In the 0-0 game between Arminia Bielefeld and Union Berlin in the Bundesliga, a violent clash caused a long interruption.

After a free kick into the Berlin penalty area, Union goalkeeper Andreas Luthe collided with his teammate Julian Ryerson (4th).

The two professionals sagged and both were bleeding profusely on their heads.

Luthe was back in the Unioner's goal against Bielefeld instead of Loris Karius.

Referee Harm Osmers interrupted the game for almost eight minutes, during which the two players had to be treated on the grass.

Union goalkeeper Andreas Luthe (r.) And defender Julian Ryerson (No. 6) clashed violently in the air duel

Source: dpa / Friso Gentsch

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Ryerson had a bandage wrapped around his head.

At Luthe's, the supervisors taped a laceration on the nose with a large plaster.

Both Berliners continued to play for the time being after the crash.

Shortly thereafter, Sergio Córdova also had to be replaced after a collision at Bielefeld.

Kramer's debut

Bielefeld played for the first time under their new coach Frank Kramer, who had made some changes in the starting line-up on his debut with East Westphalia.

For example, the Japanese winter access Masaya Okugawa, who had previously been substituted twice by Kramer's predecessor Uwe Neuhaus, played for the first time in the relegation-threatened climber.

Ritsu Doan, who has always started so far, is not there.

Midfielder Arne Maier also played from the start.

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In the first half, which was characterized by injury interruptions, it was not possible to see which of the two teams would have to worry about staying in the class.

The Berliners tried again and again to come with combinations over the right wing in front of the goal of Bielefeld keeper Stefan Ortega.

But the guests didn't get a shot on goal in the first round and the Bielefeld defensive, which was recently so fragile, hardly embarrassed.

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The first good chance to score had Arminia's attacker Sergio Cordova, whose low shot Berlin goalkeeper Andreas Luthe was able to fend off with his foot (13th).

Luthe had obviously coped with a violent clash ten minutes earlier with Union defender Julian Ryerson.

The two professionals had been lying on the ground for minutes and had to be treated.

Sergio Córdova had to leave early after another collision with pain in his upper jaw, Kramer brought Andreas Voglsammer (29th).

The new coach, who had not made any fundamental changes in the starting line-up, paced the sidelines almost non-stop, spurring his team on and cheering.

"Get out!" He kept shouting to his defenders after winning the ball.

In the second half, Kramer saw how Ortega held Marius Bülter's header safely (51st).

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The favored guests built up pressure, but still found it difficult on the offensive - as has often been the case recently.

In the past eight games, the club from the capital had only scored five goals.

That is how many goals the team of coach Urs Fischer had in the first half of the season against Bielefeld alone (5-0).

Substitute Keita Endo missed the lead shortly before the end (82nd).

Bielefeld missed using the current offensive weakness of the Berliners.

The East Westphalia also remained too harmless in the second round.

In the catch-up game against Werder Bremen on Wednesday, they now have the opportunity to score important points in the relegation battle in another home game.