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Aue (AP) - FC Erzgebirge Aue continues to lose touch with the top group of the 2nd Bundesliga.
Coach Dirk Schuster's team lost their home game against Fortuna Düsseldorf with 0: 3 (0: 1) on Saturday.
Dawid Kownacki (24th minute), Kenan Karaman (82nd) and Thomas Pledl (89th) scored the goals for the candidate for promotion.
After the second defeat in a row, the Saxons are in eighth place in the table with 22 points.
Light snowfall and temperatures below zero caused difficult ground conditions in the Erzgebirgsstadion.
Aue's midfielder Philipp Riese slipped after just 95 seconds and lost the ball to the Düsseldorf team.
However, goalkeeper Martin Männel was able to safely parry Karaman's subsequent long-range shot (2nd).
On the other hand, Florian Krüger missed the Auer lead shortly afterwards.
The U21 international appeared after a pass from Clemens Fandrich alone in front of Florian Kastenmeier, but the Fortuna goalkeeper remained the winner in the duel with Krüger (4th).
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Despite the adverse conditions, the game remained varied afterwards.
After winning the ball, both teams looked for the quick way in front of the opposing goal, so that at least in the beginning dangerous situations arose again and again.
In the 24th minute, a quick switchover movement brought Fortuna the lead.
Alfredo Morales asserted himself in midfield against Clemens Fandrich and chipped the ball towards Auer penalty area.
Kownacki, who took off, lurked around Mannel and pushed in to make it 0-1.
The guests remained superior until the break, while coach Uwe Rösler's team led some duels very robustly.
The main victim was Riese, who was hit in the head by Kevin Danso (34th) and injured his knee in the 42nd minute after a foul by Felix Klaus.
Aues midfielder then had to be replaced.
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After changing sides, the picture initially remained unchanged.
The Rhinelander acted more determined and missed the second goal through Kownacki (51st) and Danso, whose header hit the crossbar (52nd).
The Schuster team, on the other hand, had big problems in the offensive game and found it difficult to create their own chances.
In the closing stages, a header from Düsseldorf's Karaman brought the decision.
Before that, Mannel was able to clarify against Kristoffer Peterson.
The best chance of the game for the "Veilchen" missed in the 84th minute Steve Breitkreuz, who headed the ball after a corner against the crossbar.
Shortly before the end of the game, Pledl closed a Fortuna counterattack to make it 3-0.
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