The East Westphalian miracle didn't materialize, Arminia Bielefeld was relegated from the Bundesliga for the eighth time.
RB Leipzig was enough at 1: 1 (0: 0) on Saturday at the Alm to play in the Champions League again in the coming season.
Willi Orban saves the weak Saxons in added time (90th minute + 3) the point.
For Arminia, on the other hand, even great commitment was not enough, the team of interim coach Marco Kostmann would have needed a big win and support.
In the end it was only enough for Janni Serra to score (70th), who in front of 22,179 spectators was not even enough for the first win under Kostmann.
After eleven games without a win, the East Westphalians have to return to the second division together with Greuther Fürth in seventeenth place after 34 match days.
Ultimately, Frank Kramer's leave of absence as head coach in mid-April had no effect.
For the Saxons, on the other hand, the change of coach paid off at the end of 2021: When Domenico Tedesco took over the club construct from the Red Bull empire from predecessor Jesse March, the financially lavish Leipzig eleventh.
Next Saturday in the cup final against Freiburg, Leipzig also has the chance to win its first title ever.
However, the performance on Saturday did not raise hopes.
The performance curve of Leipzig has been pointing downwards for weeks.
RB lost three of the last six competitive games and missed the final in the Europa League.
Also on Saturday only Bielefeld showed a passionate fight despite the almost hopeless situation before the kick-off.
"There is not so much room for dreams now," Kostmann said at Sky with little hope.
However, his Arminia started boldly and, cheered on by the loud audience, determined the game.
But there wasn't much going on for the Bielefeld team early on: An early goal didn't materialize because the last few passes to the top were too imprecise.
Whenever things had to be done quickly and there were gaps in the Leipzig defense, there was a lack of precision.
An old problem of the DSC: Only 27 goals in 34 games are far too few.
In addition, there was no good news from Stuttgart either.
Arminia should have caught up on VfB with three points and seven goals.
Every action, even halfway successful, was frenetically cheered by the Arminia annex.
The characterful appearance was only rewarded in the second round.
Leipzig's keeper Peter Gulasci was unable to decisively fend off Serra's art kick.
Even if the lead was deserved, it came too late.
Bielefeld could possibly have played themselves into a frenzy again if Masaya Okugawa had scored the possible 2-0 just a few seconds later.
But the busy Japanese put the ball past the far post.
Leipzig only switched to attack mode afterwards, but failed again and again due to the outstanding Bielefeld keeper Stefan Ortega, who will leave the club.
Only in stoppage time did Orban hit a header to make it 1-1.