BY OLIVER GRISS AND STEFAN MATZKE (PHOTO)
After just two match days, a first trend can be seen at the top of the third division: the favorites Dynamo Dresden, Arminia Bielefeld and SV Sandhausen are at the top with the maximum yield – and are surprisingly joined by Erzgebirge Aue, who also have six points after their 1-0 win at second division relegated team VfL Osnabrück and are playing very maturely. “We mustn’t start exaggerating now,” said Aue coach Pavel Dotchev after the away win: “This is a marathon. We still have a long way to go.”
Rot Weiß Essen secured their first win of the season with a 3:1 victory over second division reserve team Hannover 96. Lucas Brumme scored a brace. This triumph was also important for former Löwen manager Marc Pfeifer in another position for the old champions.
1. FC Saarbrücken, which started the season with a 1-0 win at 1860 Munich, suffered an unfortunate 0-1 defeat against SV Sandhausen yesterday. The goal of the day was scored by former Nuremberg player Dominic Baumann with a powerful header in the 64th minute.
The VfB Stuttgart youth team, who are by no means playing out of this world, gave the ambitious Lions a lesson with their 3-1 victory, and they are now under a lot of pressure. The Blues have never had a worse start to their third league campaign: after the first two games they have zero points on their account. That has never happened before.
Stuttgart captain Dominik Nothnagel, whose 3-0 goal from 60 meters was a “sensational” goal, described his historic goal to MagentaSport as follows: “I wouldn’t say that the goal was intentional. But we knew that the 1860 goalkeeper really wanted to play. He definitely has his footballing qualities, but it also carries risks.”
The third division steno at a glance:
VfB Stuttgart 2 – TSV 1860 Munich 3:1. Tore: 1:0 (37.) Malanga, 2:0 (53.) Kastanaras, 3:0 (57.) Nothnagel, 3:1 (83.) Schubert. Viewers: 6.200.
Hannover 96 II – Rot Weiss Essen 1:3. Tore: 0:1 (27.) Brumme, 1:1 (38.) Chakroun, 1:2 (47.) Brumme, 1:3 (53.) Vonic. Viewers: 4.400.
1. FC Saarbrücken – SV Sandhausen 0:1. Tor: 0:1 (64.) Baumann. Viewers: 12.749.
FC Ingolstadt 04 – FC Augsburg 2:1. Tore: 1:0 (38.) Cutting, 1:1 (45.+1) Testroet, 2:1 (65.) Stiefler. Viewers: 7.566.
Arminia Bielefeld – Borussia Dortmund II 1-0. Tor: 1:0 (88.) Mizuta. Special feature: Dortmund’s Mogultay was shown the red card in injury time after a foul. Viewers: 19.914.
Wehen Wiesbaden – Hansa Rostock 1:0. Tor: 1:0 (30.) Flotho. Viewers: 12.000.
Alemannia Aachen – SC Verl 1:1. Tore: 0:1 (45.) Stöcker, 1:1 (51.) Scepanik. Special feature: Aachen’s Benschop receives a red card in the 11th minute after a serious foul. Viewers: 25.000.
Waldhof Mannheim – Viktoria Köln 1:2. Tore: 1:0 (41.) Shipnoski, 1:1 (54.) Lobinger, 1:2 (67.) S. El Mala. Viewers: 15.000.
VfL Osnabrück – Erzgebirge Aue 0:2. Tore: 0:1 (57.) Clausen, 0:2 (87.) Tashchy. Viewers: 14.000.
Dynamo Dresden – Energie Cottbus 4:2. Tore: 0:1 (8.) Halbauer, 0:2 (12.) Cigerci, 1:2 (27./penalty) Kutschke, 2:2 (31.) Menzel, 3:2 (78.) Meißner, 4:2 (91.) Heise. Viewers: 30.795.
