We were also behind at half-time in the return leg. 0:1. Our good fortune was that the away-goals rule did not yet exist in the relegation playoff, otherwise we would have needed four goals. But even three against such a stubbornly defending side on a day like that felt about as easy as draining the Moehnesee with a beer glass.\n\nPhysically we were finished.
The legs got heavier, the circulation went haywire. At some point you kept going only on instinct because your body overruled your head.\n\nThere was only one thing you wanted: not to go down.