In the 81. Minute, a murmur went through the 2406 spectators sparsely-filled Stadion an der Alten forsterei. Carlos Mané took the Ball on the halfway line, made a body of deception and playing with the hoe a Pass on Berkan Taz. The Cabinet pieces indicated, what you when 1. FC Union can soon look forward to.

The 24-year-old new arrival surprises the opponent with things that you don’t see that in the Second League so often. “It is fantastic that we have managed to get him,” said coach Urs Fischer. “He is a player who can make with his speed the difference.” Also Union captain Christopher Trimmel was pleased that the club has responded to the departures of Simon Hedlund, and Kenny Prince Redondo: “This is a great sign for us.”

Behind Mané nerves are grueling days

When 1. FC Union you gave up after the 2:2 (2:2) against FC Basel in the last Test before the big game against the 1. FC Köln on Thursday, however, all the effort not to push the expectations of Mané unnecessarily. Only on Friday did the Transfer had been made perfectly. Union lends Mané until the end of the season from Sporting Lisbon, then Berlin will have a purchase option. For the Second League, the Portuguese is an above average football player, he has shown already in the rise of the season at VfB Stuttgart. “I had the best time of my career in Germany,” said Mané. “I am very happy to be here.”

A certain amount of acclimatization is in need Mané, in spite of its qualities. “It was his wish that he plays 30 minutes, the team to get to know better,” said Fischer. The past days had been for Mané nerve-wracking. “We must leave him for the time to arrive.” After coming off the bench in the 61. Minute, was Mané, of course, still not entirely integrated into the game. After Fischer had once more completely changed, it was not only for the new arrival. Flow of the game was evident in the second passage.

So the meaningfulness of the General sample is restricted against Fisher’s former club in the first half. As the coach of the Berlin set, as far as possible to its root formation. For the set goalkeeper Rafal Gikiewicz, who was missing for family reasons, played Jakob Busk. In the centre of defence Florian Hübner got a break, it should replace Nicolai Rapp. The new arrival had, however, problems when Hot. So Fabian defended nice home next to Marvin Friedrich.

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After the early goal by Aldo Kalulu, at the Union defenses looked good, rose Berlin. A strong individual performance from Suleiman Abdullahi launched the compensation due to Sebastian Polter. The striker was also the 2:1 by Grischa Prömel. Just before half-time managed to the guests by Ricky van Wolfswinkel to equalise. “The goals were too easy,” said Fischer, who was otherwise satisfied with the Test – and not only for sporting reasons. “I spent two fantastic years in Basel. It was fun to see the old fellow again.“