Football-Test-Match - St. Pauli wins at Blessin-debut only with effort
Football Bundesligist FC St. Pauli won the first test match under trainer Alexander Blessin only with difficulty. The promoted team won against Fourth Division team Bremer SV in Malente with a score of 3:1 (1:1). Blessin is the successor of promotion coach Fabian Hürzeler, who left the club in mid-June towards the English Premier League to Brighton & Hove Albion.
Johannes Eggestein put FC St. Pauli in the lead after ten minutes. The Regionalligist equalized through Nikky Goguadze (25). After the break, goals from Danel Sinani (64) and Andreas Albers (86) made the first test match success for the Hamburgers perfect. St. Pauli's captain Jackson Irvine had to leave the pitch after eight minutes due to injury.
Despite the injury to captain Jackson Irvine early in the game, FC St. Pauli managed to maintain their lead in the test match against Bremer SV. The successful return of Alexander Blessin as the new trainer was evident in FC St. Pauli's victory, as they displayed resilience even against the Fourth Division team. The win, secured with a score of 3:1, was a significant boost for the team before starting their preparations for the upcoming soccer season in Hamburg, with St. Pauli's reserve team, Malente, providing the opposition in this test game.
