Match Report


Borussia Mönchengladbach Borussia Mönchengladbach      Eintracht FrankfurtEintracht Frankfurt
Steve LowerySteve Lowery Jan Van Tegelen Jan Van Tegelen
Leonardo VillegasL. Villegas85
G
captain1
G
74Yuri KolyvanovY. Kolyvanov
Lennart SchumacherL. Schumacher85
D
2
D
75Bogdan Van VossenB. Van Vossen
Simon ArendtS. Arendt75
D
3captain
D
80Eddie ThomsonE. Thomson
Rafael VegaR. Vega81
D
4
D
78Talal AbdellaouiT. Abdellaoui
Philippe CoqueletP. Coquelet84
M
5
M
71Peter LjungbergP. Ljungberg
Florian HelmerF. Helmer81
M
6
M
76Salvatore CvitanovicS. Cvitanovic
Taavi RothoviusT. Rothovius83
M
7
M
74Christian AddoC. Addo
Bakary HelmerB. Helmer84
M
8
M
71Luan SivigliaL. Siviglia
Rodrigo Da SilvaR. Da Silva77
A
9
A
86Tobias DiakiteT. Diakite
Marc OakesM. Oakes78
A
10
A
63Marc HöferM. Höfer
Vadim LogvinenkoV. Logvinenko85
A
11
A
79Jeffrey WilsonJ. Wilson
 
Mast H. WestM. West73
D
12
D
68Stefan ErlerS. Erler
Nikolas VöllerN. Völler79
M
13
M
68Kai VöllerK. Völler
Mykhaylo KydalovM. Kydalov74
A
14
A
82Corey OrtizC. Ortiz

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Match Report
Rain lashes down heavily here at Stadion im Borussia-Park where Borussia Mönchengladbach play host to Eintracht Frankfurt. A crowd of 17,336 fill this 21,000 capacity stadium.
The pitch is in good condition.
Both Borussia Mönchengladbach and Eintracht Frankfurt are lined up in a 3-4-3 formation.
Today's match is refereed by Stefano Bonora.


0.00
The whistle blows and Borussia Mönchengladbach get the match underway!
4.14
Christian Addo threads a neat ball through to Jeffrey Wilson. Jeffrey Wilson knocks in a cross ball but it is too close to Leonardo Villegas who gathers it comfortably.
9.56
Eddie Thomson deftly passes the ball to his team mate, Christian Addo. Christian Addo flicks a high pass forward to Jeffrey Wilson who brings the ball under control. Jeffrey Wilson knocks in a cross ball but it is too close to Leonardo Villegas who gathers it comfortably.
14.23
Talal Abdellaoui barges into Florian Helmer. Talal Abdellaoui is shown the yellow card! Florian Helmer stretches but gets up unharmed.
20.19
Lennart Schumacher passes the ball through the wet conditions to the feet of Philippe Coquelet. Philippe Coquelet darts forward. Philippe Coquelet knocks in a cross ball but it is too close to Yuri Kolyvanov who gathers it comfortably.
22.20
Bakary Helmer flicks a high ball forward to Vadim Logvinenko who takes it down. Vadim Logvinenko shoots from long range but he balloons it over the crossbar!
28.22
Bogdan Van Vossen takes it forward alone. Bogdan Van Vossen runs deep into the other half of the pitch. Bogdan Van Vossen whips in a cross ball towards Marc Höfer. Marc Höfer makes a convincing header. Good keeping from Leonardo Villegas as he gets his fingers to the ball and pushes it wide.
29.52
It's a corner kick. Luan Siviglia loops the ball in to towards the near post. Philippe Coquelet jumps high to head the ball out to safety!
30.40
Talal Abdellaoui breaks forward. Talal Abdellaoui controls the ball well before passing to his team mate, Marc Höfer. Marc Höfer knocks in a cross ball towards Jeffrey Wilson. Jeffrey Wilson beats his man to it with a header but is denied by Leonardo Villegas. Excellent save.
32.45
Lennart Schumacher makes a probing pass to Taavi Rothovius. Taavi Rothovius knocks the ball to his team mate, Rodrigo Da Silva. Rodrigo Da Silva tries a spectacular long range effort but connects badly, narrowly missing the linesman!
33.47
Florian Helmer flicks the ball to his team mate, Rodrigo Da Silva. Rodrigo Da Silva knocks the ball beyond the defensive line but Marc Oakes is offside!
34.19
Lennart Schumacher knocks the ball to his team mate, Florian Helmer. Florian Helmer controls the ball well before passing to his team mate, Marc Oakes. Marc Oakes shoots from 20 yards. The ball clips the outside of the post and goes out!
36.01
Eddie Thomson controls the ball well before passing to his team mate, Salvatore Cvitanovic. Salvatore Cvitanovic flicks a high pass forward. Jeffrey Wilson comfortably collects the pass. Jeffrey Wilson whips in a cross ball towards Tobias Diakite. Tobias Diakite finds space and glances the ball goalwards with his head but it curls horrendously wide!
39.26
Christian Addo makes a simple pass to Tobias Diakite. Tobias Diakite shoots from distance but somehow Leonardo Villegas manages to keep it out.
40.18
Christian Addo flicks the ball to his team mate, Tobias Diakite. Tobias Diakite whips in a cross ball towards Marc Höfer. Marc Höfer finds space and glances the ball goalwards with his head but it is tipped over by Leonardo Villegas.
41.16
Salvatore Cvitanovic takes the corner, chipping the ball into the box. Luan Siviglia strikes a beautiful right-footed shot at goal but it flies well off target!
44.32
Christian Addo darts forward. Christian Addo shoots from distance but is denied by Leonardo Villegas. Excellent save.
45.00
Philippe Coquelet takes it forward alone. Philippe Coquelet shoots from 20 yards. Magnificent save by Yuri Kolyvanov!
45.00
The referee blows for the end of the first half

Both teams emerge for the second half. Borussia Mönchengladbach appear unchanged since the first half. Eintracht Frankfurt also appear unchanged since the first half.

45.00
Eintracht Frankfurt kick off the second half!
47.30
With imagination, Florian Helmer plays the ball forward to Vadim Logvinenko. Vadim Logvinenko knocks in a cross ball which is cleared easily by the defence.
51.19
Florian Helmer flicks a high ball forward to Marc Oakes who takes it down. Marc Oakes knocks in a cross ball towards Vadim Logvinenko. Vadim Logvinenko jumps high and flicks the ball with his head. The ball clips the inside of the post and flies into the back of the net!! Goal for Borussia Mönchengladbach !
57.35
Talal Abdellaoui makes a probing pass to Salvatore Cvitanovic. With imagination, Salvatore Cvitanovic plays the ball forward to Marc Höfer. Marc Höfer lofts in a cross ball towards Tobias Diakite. Tobias Diakite fearlessly jumps in, powering the ball goalwards with his head but Leonardo Villegas is on top of his game. Excellent keeping!
60.18
Eintracht Frankfurt have made 2 substitutions with Stefan Erler replacing Bogdan Van Vossen and Kai Völler replacing Luan Siviglia .
65.11
Seeing a gap ahead, Salvatore Cvitanovic plays the ball forward to Tobias Diakite. Tobias Diakite knocks in a cross ball but it is too close to Leonardo Villegas who gathers it comfortably.
67.14
With great vision, Taavi Rothovius plays the ball forward to Marc Oakes. Marc Oakes lofts in a cross ball towards Vadim Logvinenko. With a superhuman jump, Vadim Logvinenko connects with the ball and heads it goalwards. The ball flies towards the top corner but the keeper is able to reach it. Nice keeping!
73.23
Florian Helmer passes the ball forward to Vadim Logvinenko. Vadim Logvinenko tries a spectacular long range effort but connects badly and the ball goes wide!
77.11
Eintracht Frankfurt have made a substitution with Corey Ortiz replacing Tobias Diakite .
83.57
Taavi Rothovius flicks the ball to his team mate, Rodrigo Da Silva. Rodrigo Da Silva passes the ball forward but Vadim Logvinenko is offside!
85.23
Talal Abdellaoui passes the ball through the wet conditions to the feet of Salvatore Cvitanovic. Salvatore Cvitanovic changes direction and makes an attacking run forward. Salvatore Cvitanovic knocks in a cross ball which is cleared easily by the defence.
90.00
Full-time is reached with the referee blowing his whistle!

Match Statistics
 

Borussia Mönchengladbach

Eintracht Frankfurt
Goals
1
0
Shots on Target
3
6
Shots off Target
4
2
Offsides
2
0
Fouls
0
1
Yellow Cards
0
1
Red Cards
0
0

Possession
52.6%
47.4%
Play Area
26.9%
43.6%
29.5%

Scorers
Vadim Logvinenko 51

Man of the Match
The man of the match was awarded to Leonardo Villegas of Borussia Mönchengladbach

Match Ratings