Second division football team Eintracht Braunschweig gave its new coach Daniel Scherning a perfect debut with a breakout and left the bottom of the table.
In the first game under the direction of East Westphalia, the Lions, who had previously won nine times in a row, celebrated the Lower Saxony derby against Scherning’s former club VfL Osnabrück with a lucky 3:2 (1:1) and gave the red lantern of the bottom team to the team that has been in the lead since then The promoted team continues to wait six rounds for success.
The Texan newcomer Johan Gomez (11th), Anton Donkor (71st) and Ermin Bicakcic 3:2 (90th + 8) scored for Eintracht. In contrast, Mikael Cuisance (61st) became a tragic figure for the guests after his equalizer with a penalty kick (45th + 4) due to his yellow-red card (61st/unsporting behavior). Afterwards, VfL managed to equalize again through Erik Engelhardt (87th hand penalty), but Bicakcic saved the hosts.
Eintracht got off to a determined start after four games in their stadium on Hamburger Straße (two points). After his lead, however, the former champion withdrew and left the initiative to the guests.
However, VfL coach Tobias Schweinsteiger’s team was unable to create any significant chances from its high share of possession until the lucky equalizer after a foul by Braunschweig goalkeeper Ron-Thorben Hoffmann on Florian Kleinhansl.
In the second round, the cellar derby increased in intensity. As competitive as the midfield was, scoring opportunities remained scarce on both sides. After Cuisance’s dismissal, the hosts tried to gain more traction towards the Osnabrück goal, but the Purple-Whites, who were still winless away from home, initially defended cleverly. Donkor, however, took advantage of one of the few gaps in Osnabrück’s defense.
After Engelhardt’s equalizer following a Donkor handball, Osnabrück’s defense once again failed to pay attention to Bicakcic’s goal.