Overview
- The team lost a preparation match 2:4 to FK Mlada Boleslav, a setback that has intensified concerns about the quality of the camp and team sharpness.
- Training in Oberndorf has been repeatedly disrupted by thunderstorms, forcing at least one session to be abandoned and limiting planned load and tactical work.
- Several expected starters are absent or recovering from injury, including Fousseny Doumbia, Lucas Copado, Axel Borgmann, and Tolcay Cigerci, reducing coach Pele Wollitz's options.
- Cottbus has arranged a closed‑door test with RB Salzburg and is accelerating transfer plans, with reports that up to five signings are being pursued to bolster the squad quickly.
- Wollitz publicly demanded urgent improvements, warning that continued low intensity risks poor early results in the 2. Bundesliga and citing recent relegation examples as a cautionary precedent.