Points saved at the last second and draw in the third division

Erzgebirge Aue: "Got one over on three occasions"

FC Erzgebirge Aue are being dragged further down the table after their third defeat in a row and just four points from their last six games. Although coach Pavel Dotchev's team had more of the play in the 3-0 defeat at Waldhof Mannheim, the home side scored the goals. "We don't concede very much, but what we do concede ends up in the net," said Anthony Barilla on "MagentaSport" about the goals from Terrence Boyd (32), Kelvin Arase (77) and Kennedy Okpala in the fourth minute of stoppage time.

The Erzgebirge side particularly missed the goalscoring threat of Marcel Bär, who was absent due to illness. Without their top scorer, the Violets generated virtually no goalscoring threat. Dotchev spoke of a "snapshot" that should not be despaired of: "I don't think we should throw everything away now and rediscover soccer." New fire within the team will be necessary, however, as Energie Cottbus will be visiting the Erzgebirgsstadion next Tuesday. "That's the only good thing about the 0:3: that we'll continue straight away on Tuesday," said Barilla, "now we've been beaten three times. And now we have to make sure that things go in a different direction again."

Hansa Rostock back below the bottom

In the duel between the relegated team and the promoted team, Hansa Rostock wanted to leave the relegation places with a win over Alemannia Aachen after the 2:1 away success at Erzgebirge Aue. But they failed to do so, as Aachen once again proved to be an extremely uncomfortable guest and won 2:1. "We can't manage to get any consistency in our performance. Even a point against Aachen is not enough. The defeat hurts incredibly. We have to bring this disgustingness, which also characterizes us, more consistently onto the pitch. That was a really shitty day," said Hansa captain Franz Pfanne.

Sasa Strujic became Aachen's match-winner when he scored from a corner in the 88th minute. "Standards decide tight games and we got one in," said Pfanne. Rostock had scored a similar goal in the 2-1 win before the international break and Pfanne had said: "Standards are one of our weapons." Not this time. Even the interim equalizer by Sigurd Haugen (42'), who had equalized Strujic's lead (16'), did nothing to change that. "If you don't take your chances, you end up conceding one. That's bitter, of course, because we invested a lot and dominated the second half," said Hansa coach Bernd Hollerbach, for whom things could now be getting tight. He was full of praise for the set-piece that led to the defeat. That was a sensationally good corner kick," said the coach.

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