Aue under pressure: Härtel is looking for the first win in the six-point game!

Aue under pressure: Härtel is looking for the first win in the six-point game!

Aue, Deutschland - The FC Erzgebirge Aue is currently in a severe crisis. Under the new head coach Jens Härtel, who joined the team on January 2, 2025, the team was unable to win in the first five games. Today, on February 17, 2025, Aue had to take a narrow 1-2 loss to Arminia Bielefeld and thus only achieved two out of 15 possible points, which further increases the concerns about relegation.

With just five points from the relegation places, Aue is facing a decisive duel against the bottom light SpVgg Unterhaching, which will be seen as an important six-point game. Marcel Bär, who has contributed ten goals and five templates so far this season, expressed that the team is in a result, not in a performance crisis. Nevertheless, he emphasized that the ball simply did not want to go into the goal in the past few weeks and that there were several chances of how post shots of him and the playing Stefaniak.

Härtel's challenge and progress

Jens Härtel, who led over 400 games as head coach in German professional football and previously successfully led teams such as 1. FC Magdeburg and Hansa Rostock out of the 3rd league, sees progress in the team's style of play despite the current results. However, he remains concerned about the results. Härtel firmly believes that hard work is ultimately rewarded, which is why he continues to work on the improvement of team performance.

Aue had to accept two decisive mistakes in the defense against Bielefeld. A misunderstanding led to the second goal of the guests, while Maxim Burghardt scored the goal. According to the bear, the team is willing to work on the chances and to minimize the mistakes in order to get the points required so much.

Change of trainer and perspectives

The situation in the club warns in a hurry in improving the services. Compared to the previous coaches, such as Timo Rost and Aleksey Shpilevski, who were released after nine or seven winless games, Härtel is currently under pressure to bring about the turn. FC Erzgebirge Aue President Roland Frötschner and sports manager Matthias Heidrich have spoken out their full trust and emphasize the support for his work.

For more information about Jens Härtel and his coaching career, interested parties can look at the official website of the FC Erzgebirge Aue. More details on the current situation in the 2nd Bundesliga and the various coaches can also be found on Transfermarkt

Read more about the current crisis at Aue in the reporting of tag24 and learn how future perspectives for the club could look on the official page of the fc Erzgebirge " Aue .