Bundesliga: The conference to read

Only three points from four games and no home win since February put Swiss Gladbach coach Gerry Seoane under massive pressure. Sports director Roland Virkus recently said: “I don’t care if people say after the final whistle that it was a dirty win.” The main thing is that we get it.” And yes, what can you say? Gladbach’s horror series ended against Union. The Seoane team, with Nico Elvedi in the starting line-up, scored 1-0 shortly before the end. The cheering was huge. The horror series? Over.

The Leipzig team ended their small negative series on Saturday afternoon. The East Germans recently had three winless games in a row across all competitions. But there was another 4-0 win against Augsburg. Thanks to a double strike from Benjamin Šeško, the efficient home team was already leading 2-0 against FC Augsburg at the break.

FC St. Pauli did it. After three defeats and one draw, the promoted team achieved their first success in the young Bundesliga season on Saturday afternoon. Hamburg won 3-0 against Freiburg, who had been so strong recently – away from home. The joy at FC St. Pauli was huge. Bitter: Freiburg missed a penalty and two goals were not counted because of offside.

Nati youngster Fabian Rieder was in the starting line-up for VfB Stuttgart after a very convincing performance recently. The young Swiss failed to score or provide an assist against Wolfsburg. And even if Rieder didn’t perform any tricks, the game was certainly entertaining. The Wolves took the lead, completely unexpectedly, with their first shot on goal.

But Stuttgart managed to equalize through Enzo Millot with a follow-up shot after a missed penalty. There was turmoil in the second half when Stuttgart’s Atakan Karazor was sent off with a yellow-red card. Being outnumbered, VfB then conceded the decisive 1:2. In the final phase, the referee withdrew a red card against Wolfsburg. The Stuttgart fans couldn’t believe it. On X there was talk of a “farce” and a “tragedy”. Despite or precisely because of this anger, Stuttgart managed to equalize.

Heidenheim was the surprise team last season and is currently also in the current one. There was a 2-0 defeat against Mainz and former FCZ coach Bo Henriksen.