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Aue (AP) - Dirk Schuster struggled with empty phrases and protests in order not to lose his composure after the 3: 8 against SC Paderborn.
“We're on the ground now, that's for sure.
We'll have to listen to a lot, that will have its justification, "said the FC Erzgebirge Aue coach after the debacle and was already exercising cautious optimism:" Nevertheless, we will get up again and hope for a defiant reaction on Sunday in Düsseldorf . "
It was a historic defeat that will certainly keep the people of the Erzgebirge busy for a while.
An Auer team had never conceded eight goals in a competitive game.
President Helge Leonhardt, who followed the team's complete break-in after the early 2-0 lead in the stands with a serious expression, was unusually taciturn afterwards.
«I can only apologize for the performance to our fans.
We will process and analyze everything else internally.
The development gives food for thought, ”said the entrepreneur, referring to the fact that the 3-8 defeat against Paderborn was the third home defeat in a row.
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Leonhardt did not want to say on Sunday whether the gossip will also lead to consequences. The fact is, however, that the Erzgebirge have a lot to work on internally. «After a 2-0 lead you think you are on the right track. After that we made such simple mistakes that you are not allowed to make in any league, ”said offensive player Ben Zolinski. The defensive behavior of the Saxons was at no time suitable for the second division on Sunday. Almost without resistance and sometimes with the active help of the Auer, the Paderborn came between the 10th and 82nd minute to their eight goals.
There will be enough time in the coming days to express your opinion, to correct the mistakes and to commit to the end of the season.
Because from Wednesday the Auer team will move into its quarantine training camp in neighboring Bad Schlema.
However, out of sequence team activities are neither planned nor permitted.
"We are there to prepare for the rest of the games," emphasized Schuster.
«We have to grit our teeth and accept these circumstances.
It's a quarantine hotel where everyone has to be in their room.
In the dining room we eat together at long intervals, then we go back to the room, ”says the 53-year-old coach, describing the rather monotonous everyday hotel life that awaits the team.
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The fact that the German Football League (DFL) has ordered quarantine training camps for all 36 clubs in the 1st and 2nd Bundesliga in order to better protect the players from corona infections has met with a mixed response at FC Erzgebirge.
«I think it makes perfect sense.
We are there so that we don't run the risk of any of our players being exposed to the risk of coming into contact with the virus through outside contact, ”says Schuster.
Club president Leonhardt holds against it.
"I see this only as a political message to the outside world, not as a practical measure," said the entrepreneur of the "Free Press".
Leonhardt points out that in the event of a possible corona case in the team hotel, the entire team may have to go into quarantine for 14 days: "So far, this has mostly only affected individual players."
© dpa-infocom, dpa: 210510-99-536135 / 2
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