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2. Bundesliga, 8. August 2016

DATENCENTER

VfB Stuttgart

VfB

1:1 Maxim (67')

2:1 Gentner (87')

2:1

(0:1)

FC St. Pauli

STP

0:1 Bouhaddouz (28')

SCHIEDSRICHTER	ZUSCHAUER
Benjamin Brand	60000


2	Tore	1
14	Torschüsse	12
5	Ecken	4
19	Fouls	11
57.00	Ballbesitz in %	43.00
3	Abseits	-
2	Gelb	4
-	Gelb-Rot	-
-	Rot	-

AUFSTELLUNG


1	TO	Mitchell Langerak
2	VE	Emiliano Insua
4	VE	Toni Sunjic
6	VE	Jean Zimmer
14	VE	Philip Heise
16	VE	Florian Klein
41	VE	Stephen Sama
7	MF	Hajime Hosogai
20	MF	Christian Gentner
31	MF	Berkay Özcan
9	ST	Simon Terodde

ERSATZBANK


32	TO	Benjamin Uphoff
35	VE	Marcin Kaminski
10	MF	Alexandru Maxim
25	MF	Matthias Zimmermann
29	MF	Joel Sonora
34	ST	Boris Tashchy
39	ST	Jan Kliment

TRAINER


		Jos Luhukay

AUFSTELLUNG


30	TO	Robin Himmelmann
2	VE	Vegar Hedenstad
3	VE	Lasse Sobiech
4	VE	Philipp Ziereis
15	VE	Daniel Buballa
27	VE	Jan-Philipp Kalla
7	MF	Bernd Nehrig
10	MF	Christopher Buchtmann
28	MF	Waldemar Sobota
9	ST	Fabrice-Jean Picault
11	ST	Aziz Bouhaddouz

ERSATZBANK


1	TO	Philipp Heerwagen
16	VE	Marc Hornschuh
26	VE	Sören Gonther
6	MF	Christopher Avevor
8	MF	Jeremy Dudziak
13	MF	Ryo Miyaichi
37	MF	Kyoung-Rok Choi

TRAINER


		Ewald Lienen

TORE


99 Picault	1111 Bouhaddouz	28'
67'	1010 Maxim	2020 Gentner
87'	2020 Gentner


		28. Min	11Bouhaddouz	9Picault
10Maxim	20Gentner	67. Min
20Gentner		87. Min

AUSWECHSLUNGEN


45'	1414 Heise	1010 Maxim
1313 Miyaichi	99 Picault	67'
67'	3131 Özcan	3434 Tashchy
88 Dudziak	1111 Bouhaddouz	70'
2626 Gonther	77 Nehrig	79'


14Heise	10Maxim	45. Min
		67. Min	9Picault	13Miyaichi
31Özcan	34Tashchy	67. Min
		70. Min	11Bouhaddouz	8Dudziak
		79. Min	7Nehrig	26Gonther

KARTEN


17'	7 Hosogai
	27 Kalla	30'
	7 Nehrig	71'
	4 Ziereis	78'
	15 Buballa	90 + 2'
90 + 3'	16 Klein


7Hosogai	17. Min
	30. Min	27Kalla
	71. Min	7Nehrig
	78. Min	4Ziereis
	90 + 2. Min	15Buballa
16Klein	90 + 3. Min

WEITERE DATEN EINBLENDEN

Positive start in packed house

Thanks to a massively energetic performance, VfB have started the 2016/2017 season with a victory. In front of crowd of 60,000 at the Mercedes-Benz Arena, coach Jos Luhukay’s side beat FC St. Pauli 2-1. Trailing 0-1 at the break, the Cannstatt Boys made a notable improvement in the second period, first deservedly equalising and then netting a winner shortly before the end. Two hours before kick-off, thousands of VfB fans marched to the Arena in the Cannstatt Procession.

Highlights

28th minute	The visitors from Hamburg take the lead, although VfB had looked solid at the back until the point of conceding. Breaking down the right, Fafà Picault delivers a cross from the by-line to find striker Aziz Bouhaddouz lunging in at the back post to put the north German club in front.
37th minute	Similarly to the incident which led to the first goal, VfB cause themselves problems with poor and imprecise passing to allow the guests another chance. Luckily on this occasion for Jos Luhukay’s men, the slightly deflected shot from Aziz Bouhaddouz hit the inside of the post, bounced along the line and away for a corner at the opposite side of the goal-frame.
60th minute	So close! Stephen Sama rises highest to meet a corner with a powerful header, but sees his effort bounce away off the crossbar.
67th minute	Now it’s really end-to-end stuff! Mitch Langerak prevents a further setback, making a save from a bobbling Christopher Buchtmann shot. On the break, Gentner sends a pass out wide to Alexandru Maxim, who bursts into the penalty area and precisely slots his shot home for a well-deserved and much celebrated equaliser.
87th minute	Following the equaliser, VfB worked extremely hard in attempting to turn the tie in the favour and are eventually rewarded for their immense efforts shortly before the final whistle. Christian Gentner slides in to meet a shot from Emiliano Insua and turns the ball unstoppably past Robin Himmelmann to make it 2-1.
90th minute +1	Alexandru Maxim forces another save from the FC St. Pauli keeper in injury time and soon after, the Cannstatt Boys celebrate a hard-fought out, but no less deserved win.

Jos Luhukay:
We saw two sides to my team during this game – similarly to during the test match against Greuther Fürth, when we turned a 0-1 deficit into a 3-1 success. Initially, we didn’t deal with the pressure and made life difficult for ourselves. The goal we conceded resulted from our error. St. Pauli put in a very solid and well-organised performance. On the night though, my team rose to the mentality and determination needed in the ‚2. Bundesliga‘. Although the win was somewhat fortunate, I am very happy about the determination of the players, who proved themselves in front of a stunning crowd. The fans were always completely behind the team.

Summary

VfB went about the game with the right attitude – which coach Jos Luhukay’s men proved over the course of the first ninety minutes in the 2016/2017 season. Not everything went immediately according to plan in a newly formed team, but Christian Gentner & Co. battled their way into the tie and hit back particularly well, having suffered the setback of going behind in the first half. The Cannstatt Boys continued to press forward, forced a defensively minded opponent back deep into their own half and created a number of good chances. The then deserved equaliser by Alexandru Maxim was followed up with an equally well-earned Christian Gentner winner.

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