BY OLIVER GRISS AND IMAGO (PHOTO)
0:2, 2:2 – and in the end a 3:5 defeat against VfL Osnabrück…
SSV Ulm 1846 suffered their next setback in the third division on Friday evening and clearly lost their last home game in 2025 – so it is clear: the second division relegated team will spend the winter in a relegation zone.
What a low blow for the new coach Pavel Dotchev: Has the coaching effect already fizzled out? “We scored three goals at home – and still it’s not enough to take at least one point,” explained the third division record holder at “MagentaSport” – and added: “What wasn’t good were the individual mistakes and the fact that we lost so heavily. We have to become more efficient and defend better. We’ll keep going. We won’t tear ourselves apart. I’m sure we’ll still have stability. We won’t give up.”
While the Swabians, for whom ex-Lion Dennis Dressel was captain, have to worry about staying in the league, VfL Osnabrück is back in promotion mode. The Schultz team (59 percent won duels) temporarily jumped to third place with this away three in the Donaustadion and now have a good 32 points after 18 match days.
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The Lions will be playing in the Upper Bavaria derby in Ingolstadt on Saturday (2:03 p.m., db24 ticker). Can you get your fourth win in a row? In the best case scenario, the Sixzgers could jump to fifth place, but that would require a clear threesome for the Schanzer and perfect results in the other places. Kauczinski about the opponent: “This is a team that has an idea and is well adjusted and will definitely want to surprise us with their switching game.” The 55-year-old attests that the opponent has a “certain style and handwriting. But we also know that if we are patient and face Ingolstadt accordingly, then we will have our chances.”
Coach Markus Kauczinski’s team is accompanied by more than 6,000 fans to the Audi Sportpark – the Lions have to do without the sick ex-Ingolstadt player Maxi Wolfram.
The third division steno at a glance:
SSV Ulm 1846 – VfL Osnabrück 3:5. Tore: 0:1 (2nd) Lesueur, 0:2 (16th) Wiemann, 1:2 (34th) Chessa, 2:2 (48th) Besong, 2:3 (57th) Kehl, 2:4 (58th) Kehl, 2:5 (74th) Meißner, 3:5 (87th) Löder. Viewers: 8.913.
