Women’s Football Bundesliga: On Russ’s debut: Turbine loses again

The footballers of 1. FFC Turbine Potsdam remain pointless in the Bundesliga under their new coach Kurt Russ. In the first game of the Austrian, who succeeded Marco Gebhardt on Tuesday, the promoted team lost 0:3 (0:2) against SGS Essen.

In front of 702 fans in Potsdam’s Karl Liebknecht Stadium, Annalena Rieke (34′) headed the guests into the lead before Laureta Elmazi (35′) later increased the lead with an attack. Natasha Kowalski (60th) made the decision in the second half. With their sixth defeat, the Brandenburg women are still in last place in the table without a goal on the sixth matchday.

Lots of failures, few chances

With nine absences – including ex-national player Bianca Schmidt, who broke her pinky toe last weekend in the first game after her retirement was canceled – Russ was at the maximum in his debut on the Potsdam sidelines. However, the impulse he had hoped for largely failed to materialize.

Potsdam started well, but wasn’t able to create enough chances. Meanwhile, Essen was stronger on the ball and more effective in finishing. After the break, the Turbines came back energetically, but were unable to break the previous goal drought.