Kult & Punk: St Pauli suffer a set back

The boys could not believe it. They took their Mums to watch St Pauli and what a shocker. The chaps were concerned about possible trouble and bad language, but thankfully their Mothers behaved - unlike last year.

FC Erzgebirge Aue 2-1 FC St. Pauli

Aue dealt FC St. Pauli's promotion prospects a major blow with a last-gasp victory over the Hamburg outfit on Sunday. A 91st-minute goal by Enrico Kern earned the hosts three more points towards Bundesliga 2 survival, and gave third-place Fortuna Düsseldorf the opportunity to pull four clear of St. Pauli with a win on Monday.

The guests from the north set out their stall from the off and Patrick Funk found the first chink in the Aue defensive wall after seven minutes, cutting in from the left and sending a bouncing shot just wide of home custodian Martin Männel's post. With the midway mark in the first half fast approaching, St. Pauli got the goal their early dominance had merited when Aue defender Dominic Rau, on his starting debut, totally misjudged a long kick-out from guest keeper Benedikt Pliquett. Florian Bruns gratefully took advantage, running through unmarked on Männel for an easy finish.
St. Pauli let it slip


For all their superiority on the ball, St. Pauli failed to capitalise further on that opener over the run of a one-sided first half. Ten minutes after the restart, they paid for that lack of punch when the hosts hauled themselves level on one of their rare forward forays. Halil Savran did well to shield and lay the ball off for Ronny König, and the striker scrambled home his eighth goal of the season despite the best efforts of Markus Thorandt and Patrick Funk to thwart him.

St. Pauli set off in search of the win all over again and Kevin Schlitte and Max Kruse had back-to-back chances blocked in the 72nd minute and with ten minutes remaining Deniz Naki, fresh off the bench, should have done better than fire Marius Ebbers' nod-down straight at Männel from well inside the box. The last word fell to another late sub however, as Kern nodded a Skerdilaid Curri free kick beyond Pliquett in added time to secure Aue an upset win.