FC Energie Cottbus is slowly gaining momentum in the 3rd division. Energie won 5-0 against the U21 reserve team of European Cup participant VfB Stuttgart.

Effective Cottbus knocking on the door at the top of the table! Energie Cottbus celebrated a 5-0 victory against VfB Stuttgart II, which is also the highest win in the club’s history in the 3rd division.

It was their third win in the last four games. Claus-Dieter Wollitz’s team jumped to third place, at least for one night.

“I believe the team is starting to develop unity again! And that’s important for this location here,” Wollitz said happily in an interview with “Magenta Sport.”

The Energie coach said of hat-trick hero and match winner Tolcay Cigerci: “To deliver like that in such a situation – his wife has been expecting a baby any minute, any hour for some time now. Hats off to him!”

Nico Willig, coach of VfB Stuttgart II, was fed up: “The game was over early on. We’re quickly finding ourselves on the losing side, which doesn’t play into our hands. We were just sparring partners, that’s all we managed to be. We made an insane number of easy turnovers in the final third and one counterattack after another ran. We were still well served with the 0-2 at halftime. The second half actually started well, but with the 0-3 it was over. That’s just how it is, and then the better, clearly more mature team won against what was, today, a youth team. We definitely need to improve.“

On Tuesday, Cottbus has a tough away game at Hansa Rostock. ‘Pele’ Wollitz was confident: ”I’ve never lost with Energie Cottbus against Rostock. I’m also sure that we have what it takes to play a good game on Tuesday.“

The Ostseestadion will also see an explosive reunion with former Cottbus player Maximilian Krauß, as reported by RevierSport. Wollitz: ”Everything has been said about the person. I have principles that are above everything else for me.”