Langkamp Wonderstrike Gives Hope to Karlsruhe

By: Laurie | April 26th, 2009

A nine-game winless streak ended like this.

Karlsruhe have been hanging out in the basement of the Bundesliga recently, trying not to think of ten-letter words beginning with “R.” (Or whatever the hell letter the word “relegation” starts with in German.) Leverkusen probably expected an easy match.

What they probably didn’t expect was a goal like this one, from Karlsruhe’s Sebastian Langkamp. I don’t think most people watching expected it either.

(I think there must be a mean streak in me, because I always love the look of panic on the faces of goalkeepers like Rene Adler as they’re desperately and fruitlessly trying to get back to stop these long-range shots.)

The goal, and the win, weren’t enough to pull the club out of the cellar. But with a huge cluster of teams hanging out at the bottom of the table, maybe it’s enough to give them hope?

(Thanks, Bennet!)

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diana

;)

While Karlsruhe's winless streak ended against Leverkusen, it was in their previous match against Hoffenheim which they ended their goal-scoring duck. Karlsruhe had not found the net for like, ages.

Okay to be precise, eight matches without even finding the back of the net. That is how long Karlsruhe's goal-scoring drought lasted until they faced Hoffenheim in the previous matchday. To see Karlsruhe finally notching up a win through a goal which not many had saw it coming against Leverkusen, that is quite a feat.
Laurie

Diana, that is so funny -- I thought as I watched the video, "That looks like a clearance, not a shot."

It's always nice to be proven right!! :-D
diana

Leverkusen through to the DFB-Pokal final in the same ground which they lost to Karlsruhe on Saturday, that is. Sorry for the typo.
diana

Laurie, considering Rene Adler has been considered as one of the biggest hopes in German goalkeeping...yeah.

Bayer Leverkusen sporting director Rudi Voeller was definitely not amused after the match. Not over the goal, considering Leverkusen have yet to win in their temporary home in Duesseldorf (their BayArena home is undergoing redevelopment at the moment to increase its seating capacity). What really made Voeller fuming was that just on Tuesday, Leverkusen was through in the DFB-Pokal (German FA Cup) final at the same ground which they lost to Karlsruhe.

As for Sebastian Langkamp, even he himself did not expect the goal to go into the net either. He was saying this, "I just wanted to clear the ball. The main thing was to kick the ball out of play and I had already turned round thinking it was going into the stands. I really did not imagine it would go in."

Voeller and Langkamp's reactions - http://www.sportinglife.com/fo...
Weston (@wpazzurri)

to score from a slide tackle is to have skills
Chris

There are some great goals flying in over at the Bundesliga at the moment. Unbelievable strike!
Cerberus

Wow. I think that may be the best strike of the season. Combination sliding tackle, perfectly placed shot.

Stunning.