The sovereign league leaders Dynamo Dresden suffered a serious setback on the eighth matchday of the 3rd football league.
Coach Markus Beginn’s team lost 1:3 (0:1) to the midfield team Rot-Weiss Essen. Felix Götze (25′) with a header, captain Felix Bastians (80′) and Moussa Doumbouya (89′) ensured Essen’s important home win. Panagiotis Vlachodimos (90+7) scored late for Dynamo.
Dresden remains at the top of the table with 18 points from eight games – pursuers Erzgebirge Aue were unable to make up any ground. Coach Pavel Dotchev’s team lost their second game in a row on Sunday evening 0-1 (0-0) at relegated Jahn Regensburg and slipped to third place (14). Second is now the second team from Borussia Dortmund, which is not eligible for promotion and played 2:2 (2:1) against SpVgg Unterhaching.