Stöger man of the match

Fortuna Düsseldorf against Bochum from 20.30 LIVE

Kevin Stöger scored to make it 3:0.(Bild: AFP)

Thanks to the outstanding Kevin Stöger, VfL Bochum have pulled off a relegation "miracle" and escaped relegation from the German Bundesliga after all. 

Bochum made up for their 3-0 home defeat against Fortuna Düsseldorf on Monday with a 3-0 (1-0) victory and won the relegation second leg away from home 6-5 on penalties. Stöger set up the first two goals, scored the equalizer from the penalty spot and also scored in the decider.

The 51,500 spectators in Düsseldorf witnessed a Bochum side driven on by Stöger. Two crosses from the 30-year-old, both headed in by Philipp Hofmann (18th, 66th), gave VfL hope. Shortly after the final goal, another Stöger cross landed on Matthias Zimmermann's hand and the Upper Austrian converted the subsequent penalty (70').

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Penalty drama
In the penalty shoot-out, Stöger again scored confidently, but the twelfth penalty, which Düsseldorf's Takashi Uchino fired over the goal, was the decider. Bochum thus avoided the threat of a seventh relegation from the Bundesliga. ÖFB international Marlon Mustapha was only on the bench for Düsseldorf.