FC St. Pauli

Midway through a busy week the Boys in Brown go to VfL Bochum on Wednesday (18.30 CET). In the run-up, head coach Alexander Blessin spoke to journalists at the pre-match news conference.

The Boys in Brown suffered a narrow defeat at the hands of Eintracht Frankfurt in the year's opening fixture but could easily have come away with a point. The consensus in the camp afterwards was one of satisfaction with the performance but not with the result.

FC St. Pauli slipped to a 1-0 home defeat against Eintracht Frankfurt in the first league fixture of 2025. Former Millerntor favourite Omar Marmoush notched the only goal of the game on the half-hour in front of a sell-out crowd. The Boys in Brown improved strongly after making a slow start but were unable to convert any of their chances for a point that was well within the bounds of possibility.