Before relegation
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After coach Daniel Schering, the second division club Eintracht Braunschweig also ongo two professionals before the two relegation games against 1. FC Saarbrücken. The Finnish international Robert Ivanov and the former Tunisian international Mohamed Dräger will no longer belong to the squad at the first leg in the Ludwigsparkstadion and when it comes to the second leg on Hamburger Strasse.
While the Finn Treaty is already expiring in June, that of Dräger in the Lower Saxony is dated until 2026. “We deliberately decided to reduce the squad a bit and only go into the last eight days with players who also have a realistic chance of coming to the starting eleven or in the squad,” said sports director Benjamin Kessel.
Ivanov and Dräger were “sent on vacation early”. “But I would like to emphasize: This is not a suspension or anything else. You have not been guilty of anything,” continued Kessel.
After the separation from Scherning on Monday, the previous assistant coach Marc Pfitzner took over the team for the relegation games. “I am 100 percent convinced that we have the quality and will make it,” said long-time Eintracht professional. Co-coach Marcel Goslar added: “The main thing is to really be in the mood for Friday and to adapt the mindset. At the beginning, the focus was also on making clarity in the analytical areas, so that the boys also know what they are expecting in Saarbrücken.
Above all, the opponent is expected to be physically strong. “It is a team that comes very much about the physical duels. We will defend ourselves and have to take on this way of playing. It can certainly be heated. All of Germany, his eyes have directed this game and we want to use that as an opportunity to show ourselves and everyone else that the past games are not what we stand for,” said Goslar.