Bundesliga roundup: Heidenheim get 1st win, Monchengladbach stage comeback

Heidenheim’s on-loan midfielder Eren Dinkci scored twice in a 4-2 win against his parent club Werder Bremen on Sunday to give the promoted side their first ever Bundesliga victory.

Bremen-born Dinkci, who joined Heidenheim on loan from Werder in July, scored either side of half time as the Bundesliga newcomers prevailed in one of two six-goal thrillers on Sunday.

In Sunday’s late game, another promoted side Darmstadt threw away a three-goal lead to draw 3-3 with Borussia Monchengladbach.

“It’s a great feeling. My first brace in the Bundesliga, and it comes against Bremen of all clubs. My whole family is here today, so it doesn’t get much better than this,” Dinkci told DAZN after Heidenheim’s win.

The club’s first top-flight win came on a weekend when coach Frank Schmidt celebrated 16 years in the dugout, making him the longest-serving coach in German league history.

Schmidt took over Heidenheim in the fifth tier back in 2007, but he dismissed talk of a

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