Heavy setback for Dynamo Dresden in the fight for promotion to the second division: After 12 games without defeat, the SGD lost 2-1 to Bayreuth, of all people, and slipped out of the promotion ranks.
Dresden came into play with Lemmer and Kammerknecht for the suspended Borkowski and Hauptmann. And with the warning from coach Markus Beginning: “Bayreuth comes through struggle and commitment. We have to face that if we want to play our game.”
From the kick-off, they show that the guests can also play football properly. In the third minute, Dynamo keeper Drljaca had to clear Ziereis in dire need. Despite four bankruptcies in a row, the climber is playing with the favorites.
Nevertheless, Dresden is increasingly taking over the reins. The only drawback once again: the exploitation of chances! Whether it’s Kutschke, Knipping or Arslan – the ball doesn’t go in.
Hair pulling is especially popular when Conteh is on the ball. The winger between genius and madness: With his acceleration and dribbling he plays the Bayreuth dizzy again and again, but the finishes are all too imprecise.
And the usury of chances is severely punished: after a counterattack, the guests score Will with the shin into his own goal (38th).. A very crooked thing at the absolute wrong time, no chance for Drljaca. Already the third Dresden own goal of the season.
The deficit goes into the break. And with the certainty that what was supposed to be a sure-fire success has suddenly become a very tough nut to crack.
In fact, the SGD finds it much more difficult to create chances after the change of sides. Wine the guests now stand very low. And because Dynamo plays too awkwardly in the game structure, makes many blatant bad passes (Kulke, Meier).
The disillusionment becomes even greater when Nollenberger runs away from two Dynamo captains Knipping during the first attack at half-time and scores to make it 0:2 (58th). Shock in the Harbig Stadium, 25,000 fans horrified!
The team is now also visibly knocked out, and there are hardly any sensible actions to take. Coach Beginning brings new offensive personnel with Vlachodimos, Gogia, Oehmichen and Schäffler, the yield remained poor.
Although Arslan still manages to score the first goal (86th), Dresden then pushes everything forward. But Schäffler and Oehmichen miss the last huge chances to equalize in injury time. The race to catch up just comes too late.
So the bitter and unnecessary defeat remains. And that before the difficult away game next Sunday at VfL Osnabrück. Now it will be seen whether Dynamo is really a top team that can take such a shock and quickly find their way back to success.
