SVWW vs. Rot-Weiss Essen @ 2026-08-29

0:0 Before yesterday’s home match, I was already a bit worried, as Essen had knocked out second-division team St. Pauli in the DFB-Pokal at the weekend, whereas we, as everyone knows, lost 0:4 to Leverkusen. Either a win like that gives a team a boost, or they’ll be too tired for their next league match. The last one seemed to be the case, and you could tell our boys were really wanting to win today. That was also down to Marcus Müller, our new signing this week, whom the manager, together with Flotho, fielded straight away as a striking duo from the start. A 4-4-2 … that’s rare for us too. And how that guy was running! He was clearly intent on making a good impression on the fans straight away, and he accomplished that. I almost felt sorry for one or two of the Essen players when he burst past them. The rest of the team certainly tried just as hard, but there were simply too many mistakes to benefit from their undoubted determination. Essen were clearly the better team, but still…