Kult & Punk: St Pauli keep in touch with the top

With the boys busy with the Zoes Bar October beerfest, we only have a short report on the game. If we’re honest there was more, but by the time you took the bad language and slurring out – not an awful lot left. Sports Pulse have contacted the boys today, their OK but tired and emotional.

FC St. Pauli 2-1 FSV Frankfurt

St. Pauli ensured they kept in touch with the top three by claiming in all three points in what turned out to be a tricky encounter at home to FSV Frankfurt.

Die Kiezkicker set a positive tone early on as Max Kruse opened the scoring just three minutes in. The midfielder's powerful left-foot strike did have an element of fortune about it, however, taking a considerable deflection off of FSV defender Gledson on its way past Patric Klandt. Deniz Naki doubled the advantage on the half-hour mark, sweeping Kruse's pass into the corner.

FSV unfortunate

Despite the one-way traffic, FSV could easily have got back into the match but for some serious misfortune. First Karim Benyamina curled the ball against both posts and out, before Zafer Yelen again smacked the upright before the half was out.

After the turnaround Kruse had a wonderful chance to extend his side's lead but was foiled superbly by Klandt after tearing through. It looked like that miss might prove costly when Marcel Gaus pulled one back with a nice volleyed finish on 76 minutes, but Philipp Tschauner's save from Yelen's late free-kick ensured Pauli held on for a fourth home win of the season.