FC St. Pauli has to go down to the 2nd league after two years in the Bundesliga. The Hamburg team showed dignity in the moment of relegation, but the disappointment is huge - and the questions about the new start are too. When it was all over, tears flowed - from captain Jackson Irvine, from defender Hauke Wahl, from the staff, from the fans. For a long time before it was finally over, it was already clear that the Hamburg Millerntor would provide a blueprint for how to descend with dignity. The brown-white scarves went up, 'You'll never walk alone' was sung, shortly after the final whistle 'St. Pauli' calls echoed through the stadium. A relegated team was celebrated by its supporters. In this moment, FCSP was once again 'the somewhat different club'. The 1-3 defeat against VfL Wolfsburg - the 20th defeat of the season - sealed the fate of Alexander Blessin's team, whose ten-game winless streak at the end of the season ultimately cost them relegation. He said he was 'as empty as the stadium', said the coach later in an NDR interview, giving an insight into his soul. It hurts him 'for the fans, for the club and for the team. I'm the smallest lamp in that moment.' The supporters were already on their way home - or busy with some kind of frustration and grief processing. 'We had so many chances in this season, we can't always blame it on luck or bad luck,' said FCSP player Hauke Wahl. Because the game against the 'Wolves' was a bit of a reflection of the season, as Wahl also said in an NDR interview. With missed chances, unfortunate actions, maybe also missing momentum in one or the other situation. Like Andreas Hountondji's missed great chance, which would have meant the equalizer just before the break. Or the own goal under pressure from goalkeeper Nikola Vasilj to 1-2. President Oke Göttlich said on 'Sky': 'It just wasn't enough. We weren't good enough this season and didn't reach our performance limit often enough.' Captain Jackson Irvine apologized to the fans: '26 points are not enough for the league.' Coach Blessin had sat down with his loved ones after the game and been comforted: 'At some point you're sitting on the tribune next to the family and you're talking a bit. And I don't even know what my wife said to me now. So it's difficult to grasp that now.' It hurts, 'but you have to accept it when you're in that position on the 34th matchday. It's a bitter moment for the club, but it goes on anyway,' said the 52-year-old.