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Duisburg (dpa / lnw) - Fourth game, third victory: With coach Pavel Dotchev, MSV Duisburg has stabilized in the 3rd soccer league.
«The team went over the pain limit and managed to force victory.
I hope that such work victories give us even more security for the future, ”said Dotchev after the 1-0 (0-0) against 1860 Munich, through which the MSV was able to expand the lead in the relegation zone to five points on Saturday.
Duisburg scored three wins and nine points in the four games after Dotchev took over the post of head coach in early February as the successor to Gino Lettieri.
Only the game at 1. FC Saarbrücken (1: 4) last Wednesday was lost.
Dotchev was only given leave of absence from league rivals Viktoria Köln at the end of January after six consecutive games without a win.
In their next match, the Duisburg team will play on Saturday (2 p.m.) at Dotchev's former club in Cologne.
“It's going to be a very emotional game for me, but I'm not in the foreground.
Both teams need points, for my team it has to be a normal game in a relegation battle, ”said Dotchev.
Duisburg and Cologne are almost on par with 30 points each in the table.
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Around 1860, the MSV remained without conceding for the first time after seven games.
“Finally to zero, that's a good feeling for the team,” explained Dotchev.
"Commitment, willingness to run, will: We have cut out everything you need in the relegation battle and are on the right track to keep the class," said MSV captain Moritz Stoppelkamp, who scored the winning goal with a penalty kick (53rd minute).
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