Match Report


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Match Report
It's a clear sunny day here at RheinEnergieStadion where FC Köln play host to VfB Stuttgart. A crowd of 8,304 fill this 10,000 capacity stadium.
Both FC Köln and VfB Stuttgart are lined up in a 4-4-2 formation.


0.00
The first half starts with FC Köln kicking off!
4.44
Malte Friedmann controls the ball well before passing to his team mate, Matthias Höfer. Matthias Höfer plays a perfect one-two with Markus Wilke and rushes in on goal... Matthias Höfer rockets a shot on goal. The ball edges inside the post - goal!!
15.30
Daniel Lozano hacks Malte Friedmann from behind! Daniel Lozano is warned by the referee! Malte Friedmann hobbles a bit, but should be okay.
16.30
Malte Friedmann makes a probing pass to Matthias Höfer. Matthias Höfer shoots from 25 yards but somehow Armin Gerlach manages to keep it out.
27.18
Rainer Freund knocks the ball to his team mate, Paul Schönenborn. Paul Schönenborn flicks the ball to his team mate, Markus Wilke. Markus Wilke knocks in a cross ball but it is too close to Armin Gerlach who gathers it comfortably.
36.04
Daniel Lozano threads the ball through to Daan Melchiot. Daan Melchiot finds some space and shoots from distance but he balloons it over the crossbar!
39.00
Paul Schönenborn knocks the ball to his team mate, Matthias Höfer. Matthias Höfer knocks in a cross ball which is cleared easily by the defence.
44.20
Gary Gemmill sees a break and surges forward. Gary Gemmill decides to run forward with the ball. Gary Gemmill knocks in a cross ball but it is headed clear by Nicolas Nordwald.
45.00
The referee whistles the end of the first half!


45.00
The whistle blows and VfB Stuttgart kick off!
47.17
Hauke Röhner controls the ball well before passing to his team mate, Alejandro Saez. Alejandro Saez controls the ball well before passing to his team mate, Daan Melchiot. Daan Melchiot knocks in a cross ball but it is too close to Stefan Klimek who gathers it comfortably.
48.41
Paul Schönenborn knocks the ball to his team mate, Matthias Höfer. Matthias Höfer knocks in a cross ball which is cleared easily by the defence.
53.43
Moritz Schäfer makes a beautiful pass to the feet of Markus Wilke. Markus Wilke shoots from long range but connects badly, narrowly missing the linesman!
54.55
Malte Friedmann controls the ball well before passing to his team mate, Markus Wilke. Markus Wilke shoots from long range but he balloons it over the crossbar!
61.52
Hauke Röhner passes the ball forward to Malte Wesselmann. Malte Wesselmann flicks the ball to his team mate, Daan Melchiot. Daan Melchiot shoots from outside the area but it curls horrendously wide!
67.34
Malte Friedmann makes a beautiful pass to the feet of Markus Wilke. Markus Wilke knocks in a cross ball but it is too close to Armin Gerlach who gathers it comfortably.
69.11
Uwe Birkwald clumsily knocks into Lars Gerlach. Uwe Birkwald is given a warning by the referee! Lars Gerlach runs off the knock.
75.00
Alejandro Saez deftly passes the ball to his team mate, Nikolas Szepan. Nikolas Szepan lofts in a cross ball towards Daan Melchiot. Daan Melchiot is unmarked! He powers a header at goal. It's miles wide!
79.02
Uwe Reimers controls the ball well before passing to his team mate, Daniel Lozano. Daniel Lozano controls the ball well before passing to his team mate, Nikolas Szepan. Nikolas Szepan controls the ball perfectly and tries a long range shot on goal but somehow Stefan Klimek manages to keep it out.
90.00
Nicolas Nordwald controls the ball well before passing to his team mate, Paul Schönenborn. Paul Schönenborn chips the ball to his team mate, Matthias Höfer. Matthias Höfer knocks in a cross ball which is cleared by the defence.
90.00
The referee blows the final whistle


The man of the match was awarded to Matthias Höfer of VfB Stuttgart
Match Statistics
Goals
0
1
Shots on Target
1
2
Shots off Target
3
2
Offsides
0
0
Fouls
1
1
Yellow Cards
0
0
Red Cards
0
0

Possession
49.3%
50.7%
Play Area
28.2%
52.1%
19.7%