Travel as a favorite Erzgebirge Aue on Saturday for the cup’s last 16 tie against Lok Leipzig (kick-off 2:15 p.m.). Basically only third division teams are at risk of slipping. But the leaders of the North East Regionalliga also have their problems at the moment.
There was one time during summer vacation new upper lawn. However, recently it was seen that one or two players had difficulty standing and slipped several times. This can have fatal consequences in the game, including conceding unnecessary goals.
Lok Leipzig experienced a slip problem
Striker Stefan Maderer (29) also acknowledged this problem during training on the main field. He said: “The bottom is a bit hard and the top is a bit wet. You can slip easily because you don’t enter smartly. The place is good, very good, but the track at the top is a bit difficult at the moment. I don’t know why that is. I will definitely be wearing iron cleats at the weekend.”
Coach Jochen Seitz recognized the problem – and grinned: “It doesn’t matter if Aue slips. It doesn’t matter. We can’t slip, that’s important.” Sports director Toni Wachsmuth: “I think it’s more a matter of habit, you have to adjust to it a little bit. Now of course the season starts when pitch conditions in general are a bit worse, so even a new pitch will be worse in November than in August. I think every player will get used to it and wear the right shoes.”
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Then maybe it will be successful to reach the quarterfinals.
