What Dabrowski says and what the plan is until the match

Third-division football club Rot-Weiss Essen is looking for its second win of the season against 1. FC Saarbrücken. But the task will be anything but easy.

After the game is before the game. In keeping with this old football saying, Rot-Weiss Essen continues its preparation for the next league match. Only on Wednesday evening, coach Christoph Dabrowski’s team was a guest in the Lower Rhine Cup in Velbert at 1. FC Wülfrath and solved this compulsory task with a commanding 9:0 (5:0).

Immediately after this cup duel, the Essen players and managers focused on their upcoming opponents in the 3rd division, 1. FC Saarbrücken. A real challenge awaits the Red and Whites. The Saarlanders are still unbeaten after the first eight games, are in third place in the table and have the best defence in the league with only four goals conceded. In six of the eight games, keeper Daniel Batz kept his box clean.

Anything is possible in every game. We are above the line and want to stay there. Saarbrücken is an experienced, seasoned team. They have one of the strongest squads across the board. Saarbrücken are robust and have a good mentality.

Christoph Dabrowski

For RWE, it’s all about staying unbeaten against 1. FCS in the third home game in a row. “Every point – no matter how – helps us,” Essen midfielder Niklas Tarnat had already stressed after the 0:1 in Osnabrück. Regardless of the opponent, the Hafenstrasse eleven wants to score. Coach Dabrowski is hoping for the second treble of the season: “We want to put in a stable performance there. Anything is possible in any game. We are above the line and want to stay there. Saarbrücken is an experienced, seasoned team. They have one of the strongest squads. Saarbrücken are robust and have a good mentality. They play pragmatically, result-oriented and effectively. “

Until this match on Monday evening, Essen – after a Thursday off – will have a total of four more training sessions. “It’s a brutally long week, but that’s why we deliberately did the two games. We’ve made good use of the last three days in terms of workload, take Thursday off and then have three more days of training,” explained Dabrowski.