Match Report
| Rot-Weiss Oberhausen | Rot-Weiss Oberhausen |  |  | Hamburger SV | Hamburger SV | ||||||||||||||||
| Computer Player | Computer Player | Computer Player | Computer Player | ||||||||||||||||||
| Callum Souness | C. Souness |  | 58 | G |  | 1 | | G | 50 |  | Lennart Richter | L. Richter | |||||||||
| Eric Völler | E. Völler | | 58 | D |  | 2 |  | D | 63 | | Nils Birnbaum | N. Birnbaum | |||||||||
| Paul Beck | P. Beck | | 58 | D | | 3 | | D | 58 | | Stefan Wendel | S. Wendel | |||||||||
| David Meyer | D. Meyer | | 53 | D | | 4 | | D | 57 | | Kai Lange | K. Lange | |||||||||
| Marc Gerlach | M. Gerlach | | 51 | D | | 5 | | D | 53 | | Jan Müller | J. Müller | |||||||||
| Bruno Faria | B. Faria |  | 55 | M | | 6 | | M | 62 | | Matthias Bierhoff | M. Bierhoff | |||||||||
| Nils Lorenz | N. Lorenz | | 54 | M | | 7 | | M | 58 | | Oliver Schneider | O. Schneider | |||||||||
| Nils Fromm | N. Fromm | | 53 | M | | 8 | | M | 58 | | Jakob Scholz | J. Scholz | |||||||||
| Jakob Matthäus | J. Matthäus | | 45 | M | | 9 | | M | 52 | | Stefan Krüger | S. Krüger | |||||||||
| Malte Schäfer | M. Schäfer | | 67 | A | | 10 | | A | 63 | | Julian Sparwasser | J. Sparwasser | |||||||||
| Martin Lange | M. Lange | | 62 | A | | 11 | | A | 59 | | Lennart Lensing | L. Lensing | |||||||||
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Match Report
It is a thoroughly wet and miserable day here at Niederrheinstadion where Rot-Weiss Oberhausen play host to Hamburger SV. A crowd of 9,043 fill this 10,000 capacity stadium.
Both Rot-Weiss Oberhausen and Hamburger SV are lined up in a 4-4-2 formation.
Both Rot-Weiss Oberhausen and Hamburger SV are lined up in a 4-4-2 formation.
0.00
0-0Rot-Weiss Oberhausen kick off the first half!
3.57
0-0Paul Beck makes a beautiful pass to the feet of Nils Fromm. Nils Fromm chips the ball to his team mate, Malte Schäfer. Malte Schäfer knocks in a cross ball but it is too close to Lennart Richter who gathers it comfortably.
8.02
0-0Nils Fromm knocks the ball to his team mate, Martin Lange. Martin Lange goes all the way! Martin Lange makes some space for himself and shoots at goal but connects badly, narrowly missing the linesman!
10.07
Jakob Matthäus flicks the ball to his team mate, Malte Schäfer. Malte Schäfer knocks in a cross ball which is cleared easily by the defence.
12.51
Kai Lange chips the ball to his team mate, Oliver Schneider. Oliver Schneider flicks the ball to his team mate, Julian Sparwasser. Julian Sparwasser shoots from 20 yards but it goes wide for a goal kick.
15.45
Oliver Schneider takes it forward alone. Oliver Schneider plays a perfect one-two with Lennart Lensing and rushes in on goal... Oliver Schneider rockets a shot on goal but connects badly and the ball goes wide!
16.14
0-0Eric Völler makes a beautiful solo run. Eric Völler deftly passes the ball to his team mate, Malte Schäfer. Malte Schäfer tries a spectacular long range effort. Lennart Richter easily smothers it.
24.50
Oliver Schneider chips the ball to his team mate, Julian Sparwasser. Julian Sparwasser shoots from 25 yards but it is tipped over by Callum Souness.
26.32
0-0The crowd are getting restless wanting to see some action.
30.14
Marc Gerlach passes the ball forward to Nils Lorenz. Nils Lorenz chips the ball to his team mate, Malte Schäfer. Malte Schäfer knocks in a cross ball which is cleared by the defence.
33.29
0-0Oliver Schneider makes a beautiful pass to the feet of Lennart Lensing. Lennart Lensing deftly passes the ball to his team mate, Julian Sparwasser but the linesman indicates offside!
34.43
0-1Stefan Krüger decides to run forward with the ball. Stefan Krüger lofts in a cross ball towards Julian Sparwasser. Julian Sparwasser directs the ball goalwards with his head. The ball dips under the bar and into the back of the net. Goal!!
40.03
Nils Lorenz advances with the ball. Nils Lorenz knocks the ball forward to Malte Schäfer. Malte Schäfer tries a spectacular strike. It curls slightly but Lennart Richter manages to gather it comfortably.
44.10
Nils Birnbaum knocks the ball to his team mate, Matthias Bierhoff. Matthias Bierhoff brings the ball forward. Matthias Bierhoff knocks in a cross ball towards Julian Sparwasser. Julian Sparwasser heads the ball goalwards but Callum Souness is on top of it.
45.00
The first half ends with the referee blowing his whistle!
45.00
Hamburger SV kick off and get the second half underway!
57.56
The play is deadlocked with neither team giving up possession lightly.
59.28
Oliver Schneider advances with the ball. Oliver Schneider plays a perfect one-two with Julian Sparwasser and rushes in on goal... Oliver Schneider shoots from just inside the box but he balloons it over the crossbar!
67.56
Jakob Scholz flicks the ball to his team mate, Lennart Lensing. Lennart Lensing kicks a strong pass forward to Julian Sparwasser but the referee indicates it's offside!
69.55
Paul Beck threads the ball through to Nils Lorenz. Nils Lorenz knocks the ball forward to Malte Schäfer. Malte Schäfer threads the ball through to Martin Lange but he's offside!
81.16
Oliver Schneider controls the ball well before passing to his team mate, Julian Sparwasser. Julian Sparwasser shoots from outside the area but it flies wide!
85.10
Rot-Weiss Oberhausen are keeping most of the possession at the moment but are so far unable to make the most of it.
87.39
Jakob Matthäus knocks the ball to his team mate, Malte Schäfer. Malte Schäfer makes a probing pass to Martin Lange. Martin Lange cuts inside the defence and shoots at goal but it curls horrendously wide!
90.00
The referee blows for full-time
Match Statistics
Goals
0
1
Shots on Target
2
3
Shots off Target
2
4
Offsides
2
2
Fouls
0
0
Yellow Cards
0
0
Red Cards
0
0
Possession
56.3%
43.7%
Play Area
35.2%
43.7%
21.1%
Scorers