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16:34
Substitution at FC Augsburg: Carlos Gruezo
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16:34
Substitution at FC Augsburg: Niklas Dorsch
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16:34
The ball is rolling again in the WWK Arena!
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16:34
Kick-off 2nd half
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16:27
Mid-term conclusion:
The first half is in the bag. Thanks to the lightning start and Iago’s goal from the first minute, FC Augsburg leads 1-0 against VfL Wolfsburg in the relegation battle. Immediately afterwards, FCA had another very good chance, but Niederlechner’s low cross from the right was intercepted at the last moment. After that, things slowed down tremendously. The wolves woke up at some point, but simply couldn’t find any ideas in the offensive game with which they could have posed a threat to the Augsburg defense team. A good opportunity presented itself to Nmecha, who failed from 15 meters to Gikiewicz. The Fuggerstädter were very secure at the back and hardly allowed anything. They kept putting pinpricks forward, it was really compelling, apart from the chance in injury time, but not in front of Pervan’s box. Even if it doesn’t look like it, the Lower Saxony have ball possession and duel advantages at halftime. Can they turn that into something countable after the restart?
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16:19
Huge chance for Augsburg! After a quick counterattack and a low pass from Iago, Pedersen penetrates the box from the left at speed from a central position and crosses to the left with his left toe before Brooks gets the ball. From an acute angle and about eight meters, Pepi fails with his unplaced left-footed shot by Pervan. Perhaps the attacker was offside anyway. Kruse then gets upset because he accuses Pedersen of wanting to provoke a penalty.
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16:15
Official injury time (minutes): 2
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16:15
A conclusion by Pepi from the right sixteen corner is deflected to the corner. Pedersen’s direct volley of the second ball from the center behind the box flies well over the bar.
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16:14
Although he has already been warned, Niklas Dorsch tries to block a long ball from Schlager in the opposing half on the left touchline and comes too late. The Austrian is hit in the knee and falls to the ground. The Augsburg six should now be a little more cautious in the duels.
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16:10
Now Nmecha gets the ball again in a promising position on the sixteen, tries to dribble forward and is then separated from the ball by Dorsch with a risky but fair entry from behind.
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16:09
It really doesn’t look as if this duel would go against relegation. Above all, the wolves lack the appropriate intensity and, above all, willpower.
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16:08
Mads Pedersen brings in a dangerous, flat cross from the left. In the center, however, a target player is missing and the cross rolls into nothing. Before that, Brooks is lucky that his daring passing of the ball is not punished.
35
16:06
Although VfL is challenged, he does very little for the game. Augsburg has everything under control and combines from time to time up to the opposing sixteen.
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16:03
Arnold has a good idea in the back and puts Kruse, who starts in the box on the left, in the limelight with his chipball. The winter newcomer from Union moves the play equipment into the center just before the baseline, but doesn’t get any pressure behind it and finds no buyers.
30
16:01
The matter is still characterized by intense duels in midfield, which the Swabians can decide in the majority for themselves.
28
16:00
Maxence Lacroix drives the ball deep into his own half on the right side without feeling any body tension. Pedersen puts his body in energetically, gets the throw-in and executes it extremely quickly forward. Niederlechner tries to get the leather in the middle from the left of the box, but can’t get through.
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15:57
Now we see a repeat. Dorsch’s arm is very well placed when Kruse finishes from the left of the edge of the penalty area and the ball only bounces from his knee to his elbow. The missing whistle was the only right decision.
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15:56
After this, the wolves loudly complain about a hand penalty. The game has not been interrupted since then.
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15:55
But now the good opportunity for VfL! Nmecha vigorously pursues a weak flat pass to Schlager’s point and blocks Oxford’s attempt to clear the ball. The leather stays on the feet of the youngster, who pulls in twice, thereby getting rid of two defenders and then from 15 meters from a good central finishing position. Gikiewicz directs the half-high and not well-placed but sharp left-footed shot to the corner.
23
15:53
Most of the action now takes place in midfield.
21
15:51
So far they have been doing very well. But it is also due to the fact that the guests act very unimaginatively in the attacking game.
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3:50 p.m
Those dressed in the red and green home outfit increasingly retreat to the center circle of the opposing half. They want to be compact in the first place.
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15:47
The second ball of the subsequent standard jumps halfway to the right in the penalty area to Schlager, but his right-footed shot poses no danger and rushes clearly past the goal on the right.
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15:46
Dorsch initially lets Nmecha shake him out on the left edge of the penalty area, but then follows up well and is able to block the low cross from just before the baseline with a tackle to the corner.
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15:45
After needing something, the Lower Saxony come into play better and can increase their percentage of possession.
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15:44
Standard specialist Arnold brings the leather high in the middle. However, it is far away from the goal and almost impossible to convert. The header rolls far to the right past the goal.
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15:43
Now Nmecha prevails against Gouweleeuw in the left hemisphere and is felled by him. There’s a free kick.
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15:42
The wolves, on the other hand, try a shallow build-up game, but in these moments they are separated from the ball early on, so that they can hardly penetrate deep into the opposing half.
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15:41
Again and again, the Augsburg back team hits long balls into the top, where the physically strong Niederlechner should fix them.
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15:40
Wolfsburg still seems sleepy. Mbabu spins nicely around Iago just after the center line on the right with the assumption and has plenty of space in front of him. Instead of rushing into it, he takes his time and is caught up by the defender and separated from the ball.
8th
15:38
After being hit in the head by his own keeper in a fist save, Oxford requires brief treatment. But then he stands up again and can continue playing.
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15:38
VfL is completely taken by surprise in the early minutes and has difficulties finding their way into the game.
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15:35
The next good opportunity for Augsburg! Niederlechner beats Bornauw on the right in the penalty area and has some space immediately in front of the baseline. With his right he plays the ball flat and sharply into the five, where Mbabu wins the duel and is able to defuse the situation.
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15:34
Yellow card for Niklas Dorsch (FC Augsburg)
Dorsch comes too late in the far right half field and takes his opponent roughly off his feet. The first warning comes early in the game.
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15:31
Tooor for FC Augsburg, 1-0 through Iago
What a start for the people of Fuggerstadt! After a self-administered throw-in from Iago on the left, he enters the box from the left after a respectable one-two with Pedersen, lets Arnold out via tunneller and then flicks the ball with his weaker right from a slightly acute angle and about 13 meters unsustainable halfway up into the long corner.
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15:31
And then you can start! Referee Sascha Stegemann releases the game.
15:23
Can the Swabians confirm this statistic today, or will the wolves manage a small liberation? The next 90 minutes will provide the answers! You can look forward to an intensive, combat-oriented confrontation!
15:21
One reason that gives all Augsburg fans hope today is the remarkable strength at home in recent weeks. In the last eight games in front of their own supporters, FCA only had to admit defeat twice and did very well against highly favored opponents. Dortmund and Leipzig couldn’t get more than a draw and none other than the great FC Bayern Munich suffered a 2-1 defeat in the WWK Arena.
15:15
Even if he will be represented on the sidelines today by his assistant coach Vincent Heilmann, the WWK Arena in Augsburg brings back unpleasant memories for Florian Kohfeldt. Last season he lost with his then employer SV Werder Bremen in the relegation battle in the Fuggerstadt and had to vacate his post as a result.
15:10
Both coaches again emphasized the explosiveness of this encounter. Kohfeldt, who is firmly convinced of his team’s victory, described it as a “very crucial game in the fight to stay up” and wants his boys to be “absolutely vigilant”. His opponent Weinzierl speaks of “two brutally important games” with a view to the upcoming encounter with FSV Mainz.
15:01
In order to preserve and expand the small buffer on the relegation places, a win in Augsburg today is essential, with which one would initially push past the eleven from the Lower Rhine, who will also still have a chance tonight (against Mainz). . Compared to the Leverkusen game, coach Kohfeldt, who cannot stand on the sidelines today due to a COVID infection, only adjusts his starting formation once. Steffen rotates into the team to replace Roussillon, who is ill, and will plow the left wing true to position.
14:57
VfL is in a very similar position, currently in 13th place with 31 points. Although he still has slightly better starting conditions than today’s opponent, he is currently in bad shape, as so often this season. Of the last five encounters, the Lower Saxony lost three and could only win one. Today they travel to the Bavarian Swabia with two defeats in a row, although it must be mentioned that they faced two strong opponents in SC Freiburg and Bayer Leverkusen.
14:52
Weinzierl has made five changes compared to the Stuttgart game, as today he has to do without Gregoritsch and Vargas due to injury and illness. For them, Niederlechner and Pepi appear in the two striker. In addition, Winther, Gruezo and Hahn (all Bank) have to give way. In their place, Gumny, Dorsch and Pedersen are on the pitch from the start.
14:48
After the strong 1-1 draw against BVB and the important 1-0 win against Bielefeld, coach Markus Weinzierl’s team suffered a bitter 2-3 defeat against VfB Stuttgart, who were also stuck at the bottom, before the international break. If she pulls in a three today, she would overtake Baden-Württemberg and, with one game less, move up to two points behind today’s challenger.
14:44
With 26 points collected so far, the Fuggerstädter are in 15th place before the match and thus the last safe non-relegation place, but are level with Arminia from Bielefeld and Hertha in 16th and 17th. The hosts benefit from that they still have two games up their sleeves compared to their direct competitors.
14:40
Hello and welcome to the Bundesliga this Sunday afternoon! In a trend-setting encounter between two teams threatened by a relegation battle, FC Augsburg hosted VfL Wolfsburg on matchday 28. Kick-off in the WWK Arena is at 3:30 p.m.