Late Aue goals gild Emmerich's farewell

FC Erzgebirge Aue gave their outgoing interim coach Jörg Emmerich a victorious farewell at the end of the first half of the 3rd soccer league. On matchday 19, the Saxons, who will have Jens Härtel on the sidelines from January 1, won 3:1 (1:1) against 1860 Munich. The goals for the hosts were scored by Kilian Jakob (7th minute) and former Lion Marcel Bär with a brace (88th and 90th) in front of 12,914 spectators at the Erzgebirgsstadion. Maximilian Wolfram had equalized in the meantime (40').

A week after the brilliant 6-4 win at SV Sandhausen, the hosts seemed to want to continue where they had left off in the Kurpfalz. A long ball from Aue goalkeeper Martin Männel landed with Omar Sijaric, who crossed directly into the penalty area, where Jakob finished. Marcel Bär should have added a minute later, but the goalscorer just missed the ball.

Bär with a lob

The visitors, who had lost 4-0 at home to SC Verl the previous week, came out stronger and deservedly equalized through Wolfram five minutes before the break. Like Aue before them, the visitors also missed a potential double strike.

The Munich side created a number of chances in the second half, but Aue goalkeeper Martin Männel always prevented them from conceding a second goal. Löwen keeper Marco Hiller also saved Bär's penalty, but then had no chance against Bär's header. Two minutes later, Bär lifted the ball over Hiller from 16 meters to decide the game.