Dynamo Dresden fought their way to a 3:2 (2:1) win at Hannover 96 II and underpinned their lead in the 3rd Football League. Dominik Kother had put the Saxons ahead with a brace (20th/28th). Christoph Daferner (55) converted a penalty to make it 3-1 in front of 11,980 spectators.
The talented Hannover side, who never let up, pulled a goal back through Valmir Sulejmani (40) before the break. Eric Uhlmann (86') then managed to tie the scores again.
Lead gives no security
For half an hour, only Dynamo played - supported by up to 8,000 fans. However, the visitors only created a few chances. But Kother made consistent use of them. For the first goal, he was played in by Niklas Hauptmann on the left wing and slotted the ball home with the help of Hannover goalkeeper Leon-Oumar Wechsel. Goal number two was set up by a dream pass from Mika Baur, with Kother smashing the ball under the crossbar in his 90th third division match.
After that, there was a break in Dresden's play. Sulejmani's strong finish changed everything before the break. The Hannover man almost equalized in stoppage time, but Dynamo goalkeeper Tim Schreiber reacted magnificently.
17th goal of the season from Daferner
Those who thought that Dresden would regain control of the game after the break were mistaken. Hannover piled on the pressure and embarrassed the Dynamo defense on several occasions, but failed to make the most of their opportunities. Dynamo relied on counter-attacks. During one of these counter-attacks, Wechsel fouled Daferner in the penalty area and the SGD striker was lucky to convert the resulting spot-kick to score his 17th goal of the season.
The hosts were shocked and failed to produce anything worth seeing for a long time. But in the final phase, Hannover mobilized all their strength once again. Dynamo again looked sleepy at the back, and the foul before the 2:3 was an expression of this. In the end, it was a deserved, albeit fortunate victory for the Saxons.
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