Dynamo Dresden threatens to gamble away the return to the 2nd Bundesliga.
At the end of the 37th matchday in the 3rd division, the team coached by Markus Anfang lost 4-1 (1-0) to SV Meppen, who had already been relegated, and missed the jump to third place, which entitles them to direct promotion.
The Saxons now go into the season finale on Saturday one point behind VfL Osnabrück and SV Wehen Wiesbaden. Leader SV Elversberg has already secured promotion, second-placed SC Freiburg II is not allowed to go up.
If they won in Meppen, Dresden would only have had to win the home game against relegated VfB Oldenburg to make their return to the second division perfect a year after relegation.
Dynamo took the lead through Ahmet Arslan (24′, penalty kick). But after yellow-red against Kyu-Hyun Park (68th), the guests gave up the game. Bruno Gabriel Soares (69th), Sascha Risch (78th), Jonas Fedl (82nd) and Marek Janssen (90th + 2) scored for Meppen.