“Club” with lightning start
In the second minute, Düsseldorf’s Tempelmann let the ball through the midfield unchallenged. Nikola Dovedan deflected Nuremberg’s shot from 19 meters out, Fortuna goalkeeper Florian Kastenmeier got his fingers on the ball but couldn’t prevent the impact.
Four minutes later, the Düsseldorf defense was still in a deep sleep. After a pass from Pascal Köpke, Tempelmann failed from five meters to Kastenmeier. As a result, he stayed FCN the more aggressive and considered acting team, although Khaled Narey (13th minute) missed the first really good chance for Düsseldorf in front of “Club” goalkeeper Christian Mathenia.
Fortuna fights his way into the game
The Fortunes were not lacking in will and commitment. The Düsseldorfers fought their way into the game better after 25 minutes, also because Nuremberg acted increasingly too passively. Goalkeeper Kastenmeier (35′) – albeit after a nudge against Dovedan – initiated a strong Fortuna counterattack with a long drive to Shinta Appelkamp, then Robert Bozenik put the ball past Mathenia to the left of the goal. Mathenia parried a dangerous long-range shot from Bozenik (45′).
Kastenmeier directs the ball to the crossbar
In the second round, the Fortunes started much more alert and determined, but had to be wary of Nuremberg counterattacks again and again. The Düsseldorfers were lucky when, after a corner, Kastenmeier (54th) artistically deflected a shoulder ball from Christopher Schindler to the crossbar.
Düsseldorf continued to have major problems creating compelling chances – on the one hand because the midfield was often not overcome quickly enough, on the other hand because the Fortunes were afraid to take risks early on given the narrow deficit.
In the 70th minute Düsseldorf’s Sturmtank Rouwen Hennings Appelkamp put the ball in the run, which failed from a tight angle on the right in the penalty area at Mathenia. Substitute Ao Tanaka (73′) fired a shot from distance to the right of the Nuremberg goal.
Just a home win for Fortuna
The Fortunes tried everything they could in the closing stages, but they couldn’t get a goal. So it remained with the depressing record of only one home win for the Düsseldorf team so far.
Düsseldorf in Kiel, Nuremberg welcomes Ingolstadt
Düsseldorf will now play Holstein Kiel on the 21st matchday on Sunday (February 6th, 2022, 1:30 p.m.). Nuremberg welcomes FC Ingolstadt two days earlier at 6:30 p.m.
Status: 01/21/2022, 20:36