Dynamo Dresden won the first of two test matches at the winter training camp in Lara, Turkey. The team won 3:2 (1:0) against Swiss second division side FC Aarau. Vincent Vermeij (45') put coach Thomas Stamm's team ahead. After the break, Aarau initially turned the game around through Daniel Afriyie (63') and Berdan Senyurt (72'), but Dynamo struck back. Jakob Lemmer (77) and Luca Herrmann (79) secured the win.
Dynamo started with all four new signings from the winter transfer window Jason Ceka (Elversberg), Jonas Sterner (Hannover), Robert Wagner (Freiburg) and Thomas Keller (Heidenheim). Both the quartet and the Dresden team as a whole showed that they have not yet been able to coordinate their processes. There were numerous coordination problems in defence in particular, which allowed Aarau to create two or three good chances.
Dynamo harmless in attack for a long time
It was only in the closing stages of the first half that Dresden came into their own in attack. After initially failing to find the final pass, the Saxons almost made it perfect in the final minute before the break. Ceka found the incoming Vermeij with a dream pass into the deep, who finished into the top left corner.
A completely different Dynamo team played after the changeover and revealed two defensive weaknesses, which the Swiss exploited. However, Dresden came back quickly, capitalized on the visitors' mistakes and won a not undeserved victory.
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