Coach Jens Härtel of Erzgebirge Aue is hoping for an upswing in the third soccer league. The 56-year-old is banking on a "significantly better second half of the season and a more successful year overall than what we experienced in 2025", as he told the "Freie Presse" newspaper. Aue finished the first half of the season in 16th place, one point ahead of the relegation places.
The coach described his time at Aue so far as a "complicated year": "We haven't performed as we imagined." The coach sees the constant injuries as one reason for this. In addition, the team won more home games last season and drew fewer: "Now we've shared the points much more often and lost less. But in the end, there are hardly any more points."
