Cottbus weakening, Rostock is next, Aue in free fall

Referee Timon Schulz was at the center of criticism during Auer's defeat in Mannheim / Photo: Christoph Reichwein/dpa

A repeat of the pre-season dilemma for Cottbus?

1:4 in Aachen, now only 1:1 against Ulm: FC Energie Cottbus have slipped to third place in the third division table. And that's not all. The pursuers are catching up. The Lusatians are in danger of a deja vu. Last season, Cottbus missed out on promotion to Bundesliga 2 in the final quarter of the season. "At the moment, we have players who are not in the best form, especially in the final third of the match. That's not a criticism, it's a fact. I'm sure we'll get the problem solved again," said coach Claus-Dieter Wollitz.

Cottbus never found their stride against relegation-threatened Ulm in any phase of the game, with the Aachen defeat having clearly left its mark. "You have to create more scoring chances to win a game at home. You can call it sloppy," summarized Wollitz and put his finger in the wound: "If you don't meet your own expectations, you get hectic. When you get hectic, you make mistakes. Even if the situation in the table is as it is, they're not a bunch of dropped fruit, they're good players. Especially if they're not constantly put under pressure and worked on in this situation. We didn't manage that," said "Pele" on MagentaSport.

Rostock's jubilant aria after a shock win

Daniel Brinkmann literally freaked out after his FC Hansa Rostock's 1-0 away win at SV Wehen Wiesbaden. "When you have to survive for 25 minutes, you get emotional for a moment. That's when it came out of me, because it was a great win," the usually cool-headed Brinkmann said almost apologetically on MagentaSport.

He was referring to the 25 shaky minutes after Florian Carstens was shown a red card. "The red card was very controversial, which made the whole thing difficult for us. He pulls back completely, doesn't have an open sole and even plays the ball. That's never a red card," grumbled Brinkmann and did not give the referee a good mark overall. Wolfgang Haslberger (St. Wolfgang) had also shown the penalty taker a yellow card because he had cheered in front of the Wiesbaden block. "It's an absolute joke for me that he gets a yellow card for that. The goal was in the Wiesbaden corner and he runs to celebrate," said the Hansa coach.

Wembley goal causes Auer frustration and tirades of abuse

If you're not lucky, you're also unlucky. That's more or less how FC Erzgebirge Aue are feeling right now. Despite the increasingly hopeless situation in the fight to stay in the league, the team keeps pulling itself together week after week, plays some very respectable soccer - and still loses. The 1:2 at SV Waldhof Mannheim was significant. This time, it was not the performance of one of the two teams that decided the game, but the referee. And the lack of goal-line technology in the third division.

Timon Schulz (Hannover) gave away a goal from Terrence Boyd in the final minute, which belongs to the "Wembley goal" category. Nobody in the stadium, not even the television cameras, could tell whether the ball that bounced off the bottom of the crossbar had actually crossed the goal line. This infuriated Christoph Dabrowski. "I asked him how old he was and whether he was authorized to referee a third division match. I didn't get an answer. I have to be careful now that it doesn't become disrespectful," the Auer coach continued to rant on MagentaSport.

"I can see from 80 meters out on the line that the ball is never in the goal. I always hold back with comments against the referee, but I'm stunned. I have no understanding whatsoever. I don't need to watch this shit anymore. The referee should look at it himself and realize what it's all about," Dabrowski raged at the 29-year-old referee.

And the Auer players didn't mince their words either. "It's unbelievable to make such decisions. He's not behind the line, there's no need to talk. Let them send me a letter, but that's no good for me. I could give an incendiary speech, but I have to keep myself in check," raged Aue's goalscorer Marvin Stefaniak, while striker Marcel Bär could hardly contain himself. "With all due respect: Unbelievable! I get such a throat, a vomit collar!"

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A repeat of the pre-season dilemma for Cottbus?

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