7.
19:09
Kleinhansl beats one cross after the other in the early stages. José-Enrique Ríos-Alonso falls to the low ball, but the hand is not in play.
5.
19:07
The purple-whites remain in forward gear. Lukas Kunze pulls out a corner ball on the left.
4.
19:06
The fouled player takes the free kick himself and hits the cross on the far post. In the turmoil, however, the guests can clarify.
3.
19:05
There’s fire right at the start. Lawrence Ennali clears Florian Kleinhansl in the backward movement and owes a promising free kick for VfL.
1.
19:03
It starts with a kick-off for the guests dressed in red!
19:00
The usual great atmosphere at the Bremen Bridge while the teams arrive!
18:45
Tobias Schweinsteiger has made three changes compared to the 4-3 defeat against Oldenburg. Manuel Haas, Leandro Putaro and Marc Heider move out of the starting XI. Florian Kleinhansl, Lukas Kunze and Felix Higl are new. Essen’s starting XI remains unchanged.
18:39
A full crowd is expected for today’s game. By Thursday evening, 14,000 tickets had already been sold. Luckily, the Bremer Bridge is covered, because it could well rain again.
18:32
The last direct duels between the two teams took place in the 2005/2006 Regionalliga season. Essen won both games and ultimately rose to the 2nd Bundesliga as champions, while Osnabrück remained in the third division. RWE was even able to win the last encounter at the Bremen Bridge 4:1, with Arie van Lent and Danko Boskovic tying up double packs.
18:25
“Wins are like balm for the soul. It took us a long time to win and we’ve now improved our situation. We simply rewarded ourselves for the great effort and of course that’s good for the team, for all of us,” said a happy Essen’s head coach Christoph Dabrowski on the first three of the season.
18:23
Rot-Weiss Essen didn’t start the season optimally either, but they managed to win their first game with a 2-1 home win on the last day of the game and thus escape the relegation zone. With six points each, both VfL and RWE are currently just above the line.
18:17
“It was a wild game,” summed up Tobias Schweinsteiger after his debut on the Osnabrück coaching bench. His team was already 3:1 in the lead, but finally lost 3:4 in Oldenburg. After the defeat in the Weser-Ems area, the purple-whites have been waiting for a win for six games.
18:02
Have a nice evening and welcome to the Friday game in the 3rd division! For Tobias Schweinsteiger, the home game against Rot-Weiss Essen is the first on the VfL Osnabrück coaching bench. Kick-off is at 7 p.m.!