Stuttgart’s wild ride in Basel
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After a sometimes wild evening, they struggled at VfB Stuttgart, especially with the fired penalty – again. The Bundesliga club awarded seven of the past eleven penalty kicks out of the game. Also in the 0: 2 (0: 1) defeat in the Europa League at FC Basel, the Swabians were doom from the point. The “unnecessary” and “bitter” was the bankruptcy on Thursday, said sports director Fabian Wohlgemuth.
Ermedin Demirovic had taken the great chance of 1-1 in the 36th minute and failed with a penalty on the outstanding ex-Bundesliga goalkeeper Marwin Hitz. It should be “no excuse”, said the striker at “RTL”. But it was already a “disgusting situation”. What exactly happened?
Demirovic had already made the ball ready for the shot before he had to wait long, for a long time for a video checks. “That could have led to Demi from the rhythm,” said sports director Wohlgemuth. “The fact that we cannot be satisfied with the penalty statistics is obvious. These are compelling opportunities that you have to use in such a game,” the 46-year-old also noted. Demirovic added: “It hurts very much. If we score a goal, there may be more than ‘only’ a draw. The support of the fans was great – impressive how many fans were there and how they pushed us.”
Because Lorenz Assignon had a hard time in the third minute before 0: 1 and VfB subsequently awarded a whole series of good chances, after three competitive game victories, there was a defeat again. On Sunday there is a Swabian duel in the league with 1. FC Heidenheim.
“It is a bitter evening from our point of view. We started the game in a very unfavorable manner – the 0: 1 was a mortgage. The first half was open overall. In the second half, the game was completely on our side, we have raised a ‘Powerplay’ over long distances, but we did not create many opportunities – but we did not succeed in pressing the ball over the line. Leave.
Basel’s head coach Ludovic Magnin said: “We have already won a lot of important, big games – and today’s success is definitely part of it. The atmosphere in the stadium was incredible, my team was wearing. We showed a very good performance and deserved the victory because we gave everything from the first to the last minute – and with Marwin Hitz had an outstanding support in the goal.”