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Leo Scienza of 1.FC Heidenheim 1846 celebrates with the fans following the team’s victory in the … More Bundesliga playoffs second leg match between SV Elversberg and 1. FC Heidenheim 1846 (Photo by Alex Grimm/Getty Images) Getty Images Elversberg’s run from the fourth division to the Bundesliga has been stopped. In front of 9,970 fans at the Waldstadion an der Kaiserlinde, Bundesliga side Heidenheim beat 2. Bundesliga Elversberg 2-1 (4-3 on aggregate) to win the Relegation Playoffs. Heidenheim secured its spot in the Bundesliga most dramatically. Dominated on the pitch by the lower division team, Heidenheim forward Leonardo Scienza scored with just seconds remaining. It was Heidenheim’s only opportunity in the second half. The Bundesliga team had taken the lead thanks to a goal by Mathias Honsak (9’). But from then on, it was all Elversberg, and in the 31st minute, Robin Fellhauer finally scored the equalizer. Then, within seconds of the second-half kickoff, Elversberg thought they had the lead. Fisnik Asllani thought he had given the Saarländer the lead, but VAR intervened correctly—Lukas Petkov was offside in the buildup. “I was praying that it would be a goal,” Asllani said in the mixed zone after the game. “But I think it is the correct decision. After all, that’s what VAR is for: to make correct decisions. Otherwise, it would be pointless.” It felt like the decisive moment of the game because even though Elversberg dominated, the club coached by Horst Steffen didn’t generate enough dangerous situations. Although they dominated possession and encircled Heidenheim in their own end, opportunities to score goals were lacking. “Fortune wasn’t on our side,” Steffen said. “A few centimetres decide whether you win or lose the game. It is really sad. It is a sad moment. We thought we had a big opportunity and fulfilled…

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