Energie lose unluckily, Hansa hope, Aue score

Hansa still in the promotion race

With a look at the result and the current table, coach Daniel Brinkmann was in a good mood. His FC Hansa Rostock defeated basement side SSV Ulm 5:1 as expected, are in fifth place with 59 points with five match days to go and still have their sights set on promotion. The gap is currently five points. A year ago, they needed 70 points to jump into the Bundesliga 2.

"Last year, we had 60 points. I strongly assume that we'll get a corner above that. That means we have a development. You can define a positive trend. Now we have to hope a little. Something will happen next week. We have to do our homework, like today," said the coach on MagentaSport in view of the fact that some of the teams ahead of Hansa are still playing each other.

Against Ulm, his team got themselves into trouble after taking a 2-0 lead and scoring the equalizer. They had to fight for a long time until the final score was clear. "For me, 5:1 is too high. I'd like us to play down something like that more confidently and not have that momentum of trembling again," said Brinkmann. And Maximilian Krauß emphasized: "After the 3:1, especially from the 60th minute onwards, the game was a bit dead. There was little movement, few goal-area scenes. But then we flipped the switch again. That shows the character of the team."