Cottbus and Dresden in luck - Hansa bounce back

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Cottbus benefit from goalkeeper blunder

The game of "change the tree" continues at the top of the 3rd division table and has flushed Energie Cottbus back to the top. Also with luck, because the 1:0 win at Viktoria Köln was due to a goalkeeper blunder. He had speculated a little on the goalkeeping error because he had already scored a similar goal in previous years, said goalscorer Maximilian Pronichev. In any case, the Lusatians deserved their success thanks to a cohesive team performance, which was required against Cologne's strong attack, especially after Dominik Pelivaan's traffic light card.

"We could have scored one or two more goals in the first half," said Pronichev on "MagentaSport". "In the second half, we missed the chance to score the second goal. After the yellow card, things got hot, of course. It was a team win," emphasized the goalscorer. Coach Claus-Dieter Wollitz is curious to see how the team will progress towards becoming a top team. "The next few weeks will show that. I think we played like a top team at times until the yellow card. We came out of the break and were determined to make it 2-0. We had a better identity again. Of course, a little bit of luck too," said the coach.

Dresden avoid fifth defeat in a row

David who? The name of the scorer of the acclaimed 1:1 against 1. FC Saarbrücken in stoppage time was difficult for Dynamo Dresden fans to pronounce. A feat, because David Kubatta has had a difficult time with coach Thomas Stamm so far. The 21-year-old defender moved to the Elbe from Viktoria Köln in the summer, but has so far only made a one-minute appearance in the 1-0 win against SV Wehen Wiesbaden. "It's not easy as a young player when you only train, train, train and don't play much," Kubatta said on "MagentaSport".

And he also languished on the bench against Saarbrücken until the 84th minute, before he was called up in stoppage time for a set-piece, partly due to his height of 1.95 meters, and was spot on. "With a set-piece, you somehow throw yourself into it and try to push the ball over the line. You have to do that first, even if it's only two or three meters," said the goalscorer on MDR. He thus prevented the fifth defeat in a row against Saarbrücken. "Of course I'm pleased, but from a team point of view we can't and shouldn't be satisfied," said Kubatta. Next weekend, the team in third place in the table will travel to second-placed Sandhausen for the next top match. And SVS lead the home table in the 3rd division...

Brinkmann celebrates successful home debut with Hansa

The home debut of coach Daniel Brinkmann at FC Hansa Rostock could not have gone better. Not only did the Rostock side celebrate their third win in their fourth game since parting ways with coach Bernd Hollerbach with a 2-1 victory over Arminia Bielefeld. They also defeated the team of the moment, who had not lost in seven consecutive matches. "We were very grippy from the first to the last minute, very compact and very stable in our counter-pressing," said Brinkmann, who admitted that he was a little tense ahead of his first home game.

"It's important to him that we show very intense soccer, that we press a lot up front, but still don't lose order and then play soccer from there," said Marco Schuster on "MagentaSport" about the new coach and was delighted with the success. "A home win like this is always good, we've now won three in a row. It's also good in terms of the table," said the midfielder, who had given the team a 1-0 lead. Finally, the Kogge are now in calmer waters, even if the gap to the relegation zone is still only three points.