Less than a month after what seemed a deeply underwhelming appointment, it has begun to seem a brighter future is possible
The fabled ‘new manager bounce’ is one thing. Stuttgart winning away, though? That’s something else entirely and after a first victory on the road since winning promotion back to the top flight, Tayfun Korkut is earning the right to be taken seriously.
As the final whistle went on Sunday’s victory at overachieving Augsburg, there was a genuine sense of achievement. Stuttgart’s players celebrated not so much, it seemed, for getting one over near neighbours in Swabia but for the sensation that maybe a corner really has been turned. It has long been received wisdom that only maintaining their strong home form would keep Stuttgart up. That’s a fair theory on which to base a campaign for survival but giving up hope of ever getting anything from away games was somewhat less so.
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Hertha Berlin 0-2 Mainz, Cologne 1-1 Hannover, Hamburg 1-2 Bayer Leverkusen, Freiburg 1-0 Werder Bremen, Wolfsburg 1-2 Bayern Munich, Schalke 2-1 Hoffenheim, Augsburg 0-1 Stuttgart, Borussia Mönchengladbach 0-1 Borussia Dortmund. Monday fixture Eintracht Frankfurt v RB Leipzig.
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