Picture this… You’re named after the Roman goddess of fortune and good luck. You’re three goals up after the first leg of the Bundesliga promotion playoffs. You’re playing the return leg in front of 50.000 passionate fans of yours. And you bottle it!Freu Dich, Fußball 🤬🤬🤬Krieg das einfach nicht verpackt…#f95 | 🔴⚪️ | #F95BOC pic.twitter.com/vBL98jCWzu— Fortuna Düsseldorf (@f95) May 28, 2024 Imagine that. Well, that’s what happened to the ill-fated Fortuna Dusseldorf on Monday night, as the Bundesliga 2 side managed to fail to reach the top tier after a penalty-shootout defeat to Bochum. Previously, the regular 90 minutes ended in Bochum’s sensational 3-0 win, which tied the overall score to 3-3 since Fortuna battered them the same way at Bochum last week.##NAJAVA_MECA_8130213##Fortuna players entered the shootout with shaken confidence, which was obviously crucial to the final result. Not even the fact their keeper, Florian Kastenmeier stopped Erhan Masovic’s shot in the third series wasn’t enough for the hosts to celebrate the victory. It was goal after goal until the seventh series, and then the unlucky Takashi Uchino fired high over the crossbar as the visiting players flew towards several thousand of their supporters, who believed that a miracle in Dusseldorf was possible. And the miracle happened!
