Metal talisman: Fans of “Essen” stole a bar from “Düsseldorf” and won the match.

Metal talisman: Fans of “Essen” stole a pole from “Düsseldorf” and won the tiebreaker match. In the decisive match of the Third League, the battle for the third place, which grants a right to a tiebreaker match, became extremely intense. The fate of the ticket to the tiebreaker match was decided in the match between “Düsseldorf” and “Victoria” from Cologne. In the last minute, the defender of the hosts, Rasim Bulić, got caught in a turnover, which deprived the team of winning and securing a place in the table. “Rot-Weiss Essen” took advantage of this mistake and finished third. The fans of the red-and-white team decided to commemorate this important moment in an unconventional way. They secretly took the pole from the opponent’s stadium and displayed it on the stands during the first tiebreaker match against “Großheide Fürt”. This improvised talisman worked perfectly: the team won by a narrow margin, thereby securing a place in the next division.