Pavel Dotchev calls for spirited performance in Saxony derby

Pavel Dotchev is calling for a spirited performance from his team in the Saxony derby at Dynamo Dresden on Sunday (7:30 p.m./Magentasport). "We're going to Dresden to annoy the Dresdeners," the Erzgebirge Aue head coach said ahead of the top-of-the-table third-division match between first and second. He stressed that the only chance of getting through the game was to show some initiative of our own. "We must already appear cheeky."

As already feared, Anthony Barylla and Joshua Schwirten can not be on the pitch for the chaser. Schwirten had pulled himself last Sunday at the 3:1 against Halleschen FC an injury to the right ankle. Barylla was already absent against Halle due to a muscular injury in his left thigh. According to Dotchev, all other players are available to him. To what extent he would make personnel restructuring, he still left open. "Of course, it would not be bad if we surprise the opponent with one or the other personnel," he said.