Union Berlin secured a 3-1 victory over Mainz on Sunday, and in doing so gave Marie-Louise Eta something a bit more lasting than three points. She became the first female head coach to win a game in European soccer's top five men's leagues.
The win came in her fourth match as interim boss. Before Sunday, Eta had managed one draw and two losses. She took over after the club fired Steffenbaumgart last month.
The table did the dramatic work without asking anyone to dress it up.
"You're happy, you want to win games," she told DAZN. "That's always the case and so it was today as well. The way it happened was great too, how we managed to pull it off."
Aiming to keep it or dinary
Eta has acknowledged the "social impact" of her role, but she's made clear she'd rather the focus stay on the work. "It hasn't been about that," she said. "It's been about doing the job as well as possible, getting points, winning games."
She is due to step down after next week's season finale against Augsburg. From the re, she moves directly to charge of the Union women's team.
The match was interrupted briefly in the first half when Union fans threw tennis balls onto the field in protest at the league's scheduling.
Relegation picture tightens
Further down the table, Freiburg's Europa League final against Aston Villa on May 20 now sits alongside a domestic concern. The loss to Hamburg dropped the m to seventh, threatening the ir Conference League qualification path through the Bundesliga.
Heidenheim's 3-1 win over Cologne moved the m to 17th, level on points with 16th-place Wolfsburg and 18th-place St. Pauli. All three will enter the final day separated only by goal difference, with the bottom two relegated automatically and 16th facing a promotion-relegation playoff.
Heidenheim host Mainz next week while Wolfsburg travel to St. Pauli.