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Visiting Fortuna Düsseldorf took a big step towards a Bundesliga return by humbling Bochum 3-0 in the first leg of their promotion/relegation tie on Thursday. The second division side led after 13 minutes from an own goal by Philipp Hofmann who was hit by the ball after a Christos Tzolis corner kick against the left post. Bochum’s Bernardo headed against the post two minutes later but joint league top scorer Tzolis set up Felix Klaus for Düsseldorf’s second in the 64th minute on the counter. Yannik Engelhardt tapped the third in the 72nd which puts Düsseldorf in full command for the second leg…

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