Match Report
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| VfB Stuttgart | VfB Stuttgart |  |  | FC Energie Cottbus | FC Energie Cottbus | ||||||||||||||||
| Computer Player | Computer Player | Computer Player | Computer Player | ||||||||||||||||||
| Gerhard Oswald | G. Oswald |  | 59 | G |  | 1 | | G | 64 | | Arno Will | A. Will | |||||||||
| Thomas Heiser | T. Heiser | | 75 | D |  | 2 |  | D | 68 | | Sven Töpfer | S. Töpfer | |||||||||
| Julian Behrens | J. Behrens | | 66 | D | | 3 | | D | 60 | | Lars Götz | L. Götz | |||||||||
| Vincenzo Kurth | V. Kurth | | 63 | D | | 4 | | D | 59 | | Sven Kneissl | S. Kneissl | |||||||||
| Jakob Brehme | J. Brehme | | 61 | D | | 5 | | D | 58 | | Jan Haller | J. Haller | |||||||||
| Armin Dittmann | A. Dittmann | | 64 | M | | 6 | | M | 68 | | Leon Kaiser | L. Kaiser | |||||||||
| Martin Völler | M. Völler | | 60 | M | | 7 | | M | 66 |  | Patrick Kirkland | P. Kirkland | |||||||||
| Martin Jaschke | M. Jaschke | | 59 | M | | 8 | | M | 60 | | Rainer Hanke | R. Hanke | |||||||||
| Rainer Köpke | R. Köpke | | 51 | M | | 9 | | M | 58 | | Moritz Berg | M. Berg | |||||||||
| Felice Sommese | F. Sommese |  | 58 | A | | 10 | | A | 76 | | Armin Köpke | A. Köpke | |||||||||
| David Klimek | D. Klimek | | 54 | A | | 11 | | A | 62 |  | Sergio Rego | S. Rego | |||||||||
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Match Report
There is a slight drizzle in the air here at Mercedes-Benz Arena where VfB Stuttgart play host to FC Energie Cottbus. A crowd of 9,611 fill this 10,000 capacity stadium.
Both VfB Stuttgart and FC Energie Cottbus are lined up in a 4-4-2 formation.
Both VfB Stuttgart and FC Energie Cottbus are lined up in a 4-4-2 formation.
0.00
0-0The whistle blows and VfB Stuttgart kick off!
21.51
0-0Patrick Kirkland catches Vincenzo Kurth on the ankles. The referee calls over Patrick Kirkland and warns him to calm down! Vincenzo Kurth gets up, but that knock is affecting his game.
24.37
0-0Moritz Berg makes a probing pass to Sergio Rego. Sergio Rego knocks in a cross ball which is cleared by the defence.
27.31
0-0Martin Jaschke sees space and advances. Martin Jaschke plays a perfect one-two with David Klimek and rushes in on goal... Martin Jaschke tries a spectacular strike but it curls horrendously wide!
34.16
Armin Dittmann makes a probing pass to David Klimek. David Klimek finds some space and shoots from distance but connects badly and the ball goes wide!
36.36
Martin Völler knocks the ball forward to Felice Sommese. Felice Sommese knocks in a poor cross ball which is cleared easily by Sven Kneissl.
38.56
Vincenzo Kurth makes a beautiful pass to the feet of Martin Völler. Martin Völler surges forward with the ball. Martin Völler tries a spectacular long range effort but it curls horrendously wide!
45.00
The first half ends with the referee blowing his whistle!
45.00
The whistle blows and FC Energie Cottbus get the second half underway!
47.19
Julian Behrens takes it forward alone. Julian Behrens threads the ball through to David Klimek. David Klimek finds some space and shoots from distance but he balloons it over the crossbar!
48.28
1-0Martin Jaschke threads the ball through to David Klimek. David Klimek whips in a cross ball towards Felice Sommese. Felice Sommese is perfectly placed and heads the ball at goal. It's a goal!! What a beauty!
59.14
Martin Völler makes a beautiful pass to the feet of Felice Sommese. Felice Sommese makes a simple pass to David Klimek. David Klimek cuts inside the defence and shoots at goal which easily beats the keeper. Goal!!
66.12
2-0Patrick Kirkland brings the ball forward. Patrick Kirkland sees the keeper off his line and tries a speculative shot on goal. It curls slightly but Gerhard Oswald manages to gather it comfortably.
69.32
Patrick Kirkland deftly passes the ball to his team mate, Sergio Rego. Sergio Rego finds some space and shoots from distance. It's miles wide!
79.46
Rainer Hanke flicks the ball to his team mate, Armin Köpke. Armin Köpke shoots from distance but it curls horrendously wide!
81.36
2-0Armin Köpke hacks Jakob Brehme from behind! Armin Köpke is shown the yellow card! Jakob Brehme runs off the knock.
90.00
Full-time is reached with the referee blowing his whistle!
Match Statistics
Goals
2
0
Shots on Target
2
1
Shots off Target
4
2
Offsides
0
0
Fouls
0
2
Yellow Cards
0
1
Red Cards
0
0
Possession
70.3%
29.7%
Play Area
28.1%
50%
21.9%
Scorers