Dynamo Dresden hurries away: Aue with first defeat

Dynamo Dresden storms away with the fifth victory in a row in the 3rd league. Coach Markus Anfang's team also shook off previously undefeated rival Erzgebirge Aue in the standings with a 2-1 (1-0) win in the Saxony derby. "We played an exceptionally good game. Our shortcoming was that we didn't score enough goals. We have to take credit for that," said Anfang, who thought "the atmosphere was fantastic." His team already has six wins and 18 points on the account on the seventh matchday.

Dynamo took the lead thanks to an own goal by Niko Vukancic in the ninth minute, before Dennis Borkowski (85th) increased before 31 834 spectators in the sold-out Rudolf Harbig Stadium. Then it made Marcel bear (90.+3) with the connecting goal again exciting, because Dresden had to do without from the 88th minute on still Tom Berger after yellow-red card.

"Highly emotional, it was all in. The team from Dresden has made life brutally difficult for us. We had problems with the balls in the depth, behind the chain. The players from Dresden played themselves into a frenzy in the first half," said Aue coach Pavel Dotchev and added: "The second half was much better. At the moment when I thought we would get some momentum into the game, we scored the second goal. That broke our neck." Aue slipped to third place, level on points with Ulm.

Aue's veteran Martin Männel, who experienced his 26th Saxony derby, was proud of his team: "We did our job very well." But he already sees Dynamo a step ahead. "Dresden was the expected difficult opponent, they have their processes and a year ahead with their new coach to live the philosophy, you can see that."

However, no one wants to talk about promotion on the Elbe yet. "For this it is still a bit early," said the agile Tom Zimmerschied, who had "an exhilarating feeling" after the final whistle. Even if with him "a little bit the worm is in it. But I'm glad that it at least works with the assists". After all, he failed several times to the brilliant Männel.