Residence favorite Bernd Ritthammer pushed deep to keep his title but joined robert MacIntyre.
The Scot took a 65 on Friday to begin the round with a four-shot advantage at 11 under par, but he found that lead vanish in the turn as he carded just two bogeys while playing spouse Ritthammer rolled in two birdies.
The Nuremberg indigenous and MacIntyre bogeyed the 10th below before Ritthammer showed nerves of steel to bounce straight back and birdie the 11th and 12th to surge to drop.
However, Ritthammer let MacIntyre and Ryder Cup star Paul Casey back at eight below following bogeys.
However, the group that was final regathered his or her composure move 1 shot before world and to birdie the past No 17 Casey at Green Eagle Golf Courses.
“Things didn’t go my way now,” MacIntyre said. “I fought until the finish. It isn’t important where I am on top, bottom or the leaderboard, every point counts.
“Today I only showed my fight and to birdie the past was enormous to get a tie for the lead.
“It’s practically the belief. I will go out there on Sunday and play with my very best golf.
“If it is enough, it is enough. It’s not, if it’s not. We are always going to understand and now was a massive learning experience.”
Casey, who led after the first round at Hamburg, rolled in five birdies but blotted his card to take a seat solo third, whereas Spaniard Pablo Larrazabal and Austria’s Matthias Schwab are one back on seven under par.
Watch the closing of the Porsche European Open live on Sky Sports Golf on Sunday from 11.30am.
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