Oldenburg (dpa / lsw) – SV Waldhof Mannheim has ended its negative series of six away defeats in a row, but it wasn’t enough for the first win of the season abroad even for promoted VfB Oldenburg. The third division football team did not go beyond a 1-1 (0-1) draw with Lower Saxony on Sunday. At least Bentley secured a point for Baxter Bahn with a headed goal in the 87th minute. The Mannheim team ended the first phase of the season before the World Cup break in the upper middle of the table.
In front of 5521 spectators, Oldenburg took the lead shortly before half-time when Waldhof captain Marcel Seegert deflected the ball into his own goal (40th). SVW then pushed for an equalizer throughout the second half and were rewarded for their effort shortly before the end. For a long time, Oldenburg had only defended deep. “But we wanted to win and that would have been possible,” said Bahn. Mannheim had bad luck when an early goal by Dominik Martinovic (9th) was not recognized because the shooter was allegedly offside.
