26
19:27
Nice combination over left. Ultimately, Moritz Stoppelkamp, who had initiated the attack himself, narrowly misses from the edge of the penalty area.
24
19:25
Marvin Senger has been doing a great job in the MSV defense so far, attracted attention with a few perfectly timed tackles and is now running past his opponent.
23
19:24
Goal area scenes are scarce in this phase, and players from both teams get involved in discussions again and again.
21
19:22
It can’t be long before the referee pulls out the first yellow card. Marvin Ajani takes his leg too high and then scolds his opponent who went down.
19
19:21
Now the Esseners afford the next negligent ball loss in their own third. Alaa Bakir is brought down on the edge of the box, but Patrick Ittrich is right next to it and lets play continue.
17
19:18
Suddenly there is a huge opportunity for RWE to equalize! Ron Berlinski puts down a half-field cross with his head for Daniel Heber, who is completely blank on the right side of the penalty area and with his direct shot the top edge of the crossbar meets!
16
19:17
At least a corner for the guests from Hafenstraße. However, Sebastian Mai keeps the shop closed.
15
19:16
A quarter of an hour is played. With the defensive negligence, Essen builds on the 1:5 against Elversberg.
13.
19:14
Joshua Bitter’s foul on the sidelines is rather harmless. However, Patrick Ittrich takes on the Duisburg bank and urges them to remain calm.
11.
19:12
Again the zebras are given too much space! Alaa Bakir enters the box from the right. His opponent slips away, so the direct conclusion would have been the more promising option. After a pass to the back room, Chinedu Ekene warped clearly instead.
10
19:11
RWE actually keeps up well in the first ten minutes, but Duisburg seems a bit more present in the decisive duels.
8th.
19:09
The next corner followed immediately, but this time the Essen defense seemed more organized.
6.
19:07
Tooor for MSV Duisburg, 1:0 by Marvin Bakalorz
MSV takes the lead by standard! Marvin Stoppelkamp flicks the cross from the right far into the backcourt to Marvin Bakalorz, who is not decisively attacked and heads into the far corner from ten meters! For Bakalorz it is the first goal ever in a zebra dress!
5.
19:07
The zebras win the next ball in the dangerous zone. This time it’s Moritz Stoppelkamp, who clearly misses after Ekene’s game. However, there is a corner kick.
4.
19:05
There’s the first degree! Joshua Bitter grabs the ball with a borderline effort in the last third and puts it through to Chinedu Ekene. However, it starts too high from an acute angle.
3.
19:03
In the first few minutes, both teams are still struggling to build up the game. A certain nervousness can be felt.
1.
19:01
American football was also played here recently, the lines are still clearly visible. However, the lawn is in good condition. It starts with a kick-off for the hosts!
18:59
What a mood! It is sung with full enthusiasm, the evening sun shines into the arena. Patrick Ittrich also seems overwhelmed, the ball falls out of his hand when he enters.
18:47
Patrick Ittrich is entrusted with the management of the game today. Born in Hamburg, he has the experience of 62 Bundesliga games. His assistants are called Sascha Thielert and Luca Jürgensen.
18:38
Both sides are looking forward to the derby: “You pass a kiosk or the chip shop and everywhere people are only talking about one thing – the derby. I can really imagine the atmosphere on Friday evening under the floodlights,” emphasized Essen’s Björn Ruther in advance. MSV captain Moritz Stoppelkamp took the same line: “Anyone who says it’s a normal game is lying.”
18:29
Despite the gossip, RWE coach Christoph Dabrowski made no changes to the starting eleven. On the home side, Joshua Bitter and Chinedu Ekene are allowed to play instead of Caspar Jander and Aziz Bouhaddouz.
18:18
However, the start of the new season did not go well for either team. Duisburg lost 1-0 in the opening game in Osnabrück after an offensively uninspired performance. RWE got a complete false start with a 1:5 at home against Elversberg, nothing went together at all against the co-promoted team.
18:13
The conditions for the reunion in the 3rd league could hardly be better – floodlights, a full house. 28,200 spectators can be seated in the Schauinsland Arena today, 5,000 of whom travel from Essen. The derby is classified as a high risk game.
18:04
On May 20th, 2007, the two teams parted ways for a decade and a half. MSV was promoted to the Bundesliga with a 3-0 home win on the last matchday, while Essen had to move to the regional league. Mihai Tararache, Markus Daun and Ivica Grlic then scored the goals for the zebras.
17:50
Have a nice evening and welcome to the Revierderby between MSV Duisburg and Rot-Weiss Essen! After 15 years, both teams meet again in a league duel. It starts at 7 p.m. in the Schauinsland Reisen Arena!