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My German team, Fortuna Düsseldorf (used to work in Düsseldorf for a short time) are one game away from being promoted to the Bundesliga. They are in the relegation play off where the 3rd bottom team from the Bundesliga plays two games, home and away, against the 3rd placed team in Bundesliga 2 which this season is Düsseldorf.
Fortuna Düsseldorf, on a 14 game unbeaten run in Bundesliga 2, went to VFL Bochum and beat them 3-0 at their place. The second leg is at home for F95 on Monday and Fortuna Düsseldorf just need to not lose by more than 2 to get promoted.
Not too sure if this sort of play off would work in England where the 3rd worse team in the Premiership plays the 3rd best team in the Championship - that would have been Luton vs Leeds this season. I like our format better and it's great when it works for us like 10 years ago....
Fortuna Düsseldorf are like QPR in many ways in that they spend most of their time in the second tier and have the odd skirmish in the top tier. Perennial underdogs where I expect them to do the unexpected. Normally the Bundesliga team wins the relegation playoff but F95 might just buck that trend.....
Anyway, hope Düsseldorf does it on Monday as I plan to be in Munich for an American Football game in November (New York Giants v Carolina Panthers) so hope to catch Düsseldorf the same weekend for a Bundesliga game. It's on my bucket list to see Fortuna Düsseldorf play live so that'll be a great opportunity. Hope QPR aren't playing at home that weekend...
To me over the last few years (and 1967) the 3-2 scoreline conjures up some memorable games for me.
1967 The League Cup final Sep 2004 - Leicester at our place. 2-0 down and then we go on to win 3-2 - all our goals from headers Nov 2011 - Man City at our place. We lost but it was a great game Nov 2011 - Beating Stoke at their place. Because it's Stoke Mar 2012 - Liverpool at our place. 2-0 down with 13 minutes to go. You know the rest May 2012 - Man City at their place. They win the title and we stay up.
There are quite a few 3-2 games that I like to forget but those 6 I list here are remarkable each for different reasons.
There have been one or two memorable 1-0 wins in recent years too...
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