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Fürth (dpa) - After two previous wins, FC Erzgebirge Aue ended the English Week in the 2nd Bundesliga with a clear defeat.

At SpVgg Greuther Fürth, coach Dirk Schuster's team lost 0: 3 (0: 2) on Friday.

Branimir Hrgota (15th minute / 34th) and Julian Green (60th) scored the goals for the Franks, who are in the top flight of the league.

With 28 points, Aue is still in the middle of the table.

Schuster made three changes to the line-up compared to the 2-1 home win against Würzburg: Louis Samson, Calogero Rizzuto and Ben Zolinski replaced Steve Breitkreuz (sick), Dimitrij Nazarov (family reasons) and Jan Hochscheidt (bank) in the starting line-up.

The Saxons, who this time acted with a three-man chain, skillfully narrowed the space in the initial phase and were initially able to prevent the hosts' dreaded combination game.

When Fürth had a little more space for the first time, the backlog promptly followed.

Hrgota ran with the ball at his foot from the left into the middle and was only half-heartedly attacked by Aue's defenders.

Florian Ballas faked his shot to make goalkeeper Martin Männel 0-1 from the Ore Mountains' point of view.

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Even with the second goal in the 34th minute, the "violets" helped again involuntarily.

Samson was the last man to lose the ball to Sebastian Ernst in the build-up in his own penalty area.

The Fürth then ran alone to Männel and fitted across the even better positioned Hrgota, who effortlessly pushed the leather over the line.

The Schuster team had little to offer offensive before the break.

Fürth's goalkeeper Marius Funk only had to parry a Pascal Testroet (44.) shot from around 20 meters in the first round.

Schuster reacted and brought in Hochscheidt for Zolinski at the beginning of the second half.

After the break, the Saxons pushed for the quick connection goal and gave away another opportunity through Testroet in the 49th minute.

The striker was staged by Florian Krüger, but shortly before the end of the game, opponent David Raum was able to block the ball and defuse the situation.

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After an hour, Green made the preliminary decision with his goal to make it 3-0.

The midfielder used a cross from Marco Meyerhöfer with a touchdown, although the Auer defense did not look good with this goal either.

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