Third division side Rot-Weiss Essen travel to Viktoria Köln on Wednesday. Coach Christoph Dabrowski expects a courageous performance.

It’s blow by blow in the 3rd division, as the first English week of the still young season is on the agenda. For Rot-Weiss Essen, this week includes an away game and a home game.

First, head coach Christoph Dabrowski’s team has to prove itself at Viktoria Köln on Wednesday (23 August, 7pm) before Preußen Münster travel to Essen next Sunday (27 August, 7.30pm).

But first things first: The away game at Viktoria will be a difficult undertaking for the men from Hafenstraße. Cologne started with six points in the league and beat Bundesliga side Werder Bremen 3:2 in the DFB Cup. RWE, on the other hand – after the draw against Erzgebirge Aue (1-1) – are on one point from two games.

Centre-back José-Enrique Ríos Alonso knows how difficult the task is, but is nevertheless confident: “We have to stop making careless mistakes and score goals up front. That will be important. Then I think we’ll be in a good position. We are lacking the last bit of luck. But if we continue like we are doing now, we will still have good games. “

We can take a lot of positive things from the first three competitive games. The team is very lively, active and intense. That is also clearly visible from outside. We are doing a lot of good things. In the meantime, we already have a very good positional game and try to play forward with pressure.

Christoph Dabrowski

Head coach Christoph Dabrowski also looked directly ahead after the Aue duel – to the upcoming guest appearance at Sportpark Höhenberg. “We can take a lot of positive things from the first three competitive games. The team is very lively, active and intense. That is also clearly visible from outside. We are doing a lot of good things. In the meantime, we already have a very good positional game and try to play forward with pressure. The issue will be that we are even more consistent and create more scoring chances. In the moments that are decisive, we have to be clever. For example, when we conceded against Aue, we could have drawn a tactical foul,” explained the 45-year-old.

Dabrowski continued: “I will encourage the team to remain courageous and determined. On Wednesday, we have the next chance to deliver a good game. Of course, Viktoria Köln caused a sensation. But in the 3rd League, everything is doable, every game is very close. We’ll try to take our chance there. “