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Visiting Bochum defeated Fortuna Düsseldorf 6-5 on penalties on Monday after a extraordinary comeback from 3-0 down after the first leg of a play-off tie to keep their place in the Bundesliga. Takashi Uchino fired Düsseldorf’s seventh penalty of the shoot-out over the bar after Bochum’s Maximilian Wittek had converted for Bochum. Düsseldorf had appeared in command of the relegation/promotion tie after winning the first leg 3-0 in Bochum on Thursday but Bochum roared back to level the tie at 3-3 from Philipp Hofmannn’s 16th and 66th-minute brace and a 70th minute penalty from Kevin Stöger. Ther…

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