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| Rohde | 38150 |
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4
| T |
-
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13
| TS |
12
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2
| E |
3
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11
| F |
13
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58.80
| % |
41.20
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2
| A |
-
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1
| GK |
2
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-
| GRK |
-
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-
| RK |
-
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AUFSTELLUNG
ERSATZBANK
TRAINER |
AUFSTELLUNG
ERSATZBANK
TRAINER |
TORE
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| 4' | ||||
| 24' | ||||
| 80' |
| Mané | 21Pavard | 2' | ||||||
| Mané | 31Özcan | 4' | ||||||
| Pavard | 10Maxim | 24' | ||||||
| Gentner | 80' |
AUSWECHSLUNGEN
| 62' | ||||
| 62' | ||||
| 69' | ||||
| 73' | ||||
| 81' | ||||
| 81' |
| 62' | 6Hofmann | 18Kirsch | ||||||
| 62' | 19Berisha | 17Tripic | ||||||
| 25Zimmermann | 8Grgic | 69' | ||||||
| 31Özcan | 34Tashchy | 73' | ||||||
| 10Maxim | 6Zimmer | 81' | ||||||
| 81' | 9Freis | 31Steininger |
KARTEN
| 15 Dursun | 37' | |||
| 5 Rapp | 74' | |||
| 76' | 19 Großkreutz |
| 37' | Dursun | |||||||
| 74' | Rapp | |||||||
| Großkreutz | 76' |
On Monday at the Mercedes-Benz Arena, VfB enjoyed a wonderful evening. The Cannstatt Boys were determined and convincing, pacy in possession and consistent in the challenges against SpVgg Greuther Fürth. At the end of the ninety minutes, the score-board displayed a deserved 4-0 win for Hannes Wolf’s men. VfB laid the groundwork for their victory early in the first-half. There were two debutants in the starting eleven, who went on to have an impact they could hardly have ever dreamed.
Personnel
In his first home game as VfB head-coach, Hannes Wolf had four absentees to compensate for. Tobias Werner (adductor problems) and Simon Terodde (calf muscle sinew tear) missed out through injury, whilst Florian Klein and Takuma Asano had already departed to link up with their respective national teams. On the night, Carlos Mané and Benjamin Pavard made their competitive debuts in the VfB colours – the latter joining Timo Baumgartl at the centre of defence, forcing Toni Sunjic onto the substitute’s bench. There were also starting eleven places for Matthias Zimmermann and Berkay Özcan.
| 2nd minute | What a start for VfB! What a start for debutants Benjamin Pavard and Carlos Mané. The Frenchman cuts a telling pass directly through the midfield to pick out his Portuguese team-mate Carlos Mané, whose slightly deflected shot after just 72 seconds put the hosts in front. |
| 4th minute | Second shot, second goal for the Cannstatt Boys – and once again the goal-scorer is Carlos Mané. Matthias Zimmermann drives forward on the right and passes to Berkay Özcan, who immediately passes on tot o his colleague with the number 15 shirt. Carlos Mané controls the ball and fires unstoppably home to make it 2-0. |
| 24th minute | Following their stunning start, VfB continue in complete control of the match, as Christian Gentner & Co. completely dominate with a great deal of possession and an aggressive approach in the challenges. And the fans are off their seats and celebrating a third goal – once again from a debutant. Having played the telling pass to make it 1-0, Benjamin Pavard now gets in on the scoring himself, stealing in to head home an Alexandru Maxim corner to make it 3-0. |
| 45th minute | Half-time at the Mercedes-Benz Arena. Coach Hannes Wolf’s men have further chances to extend their lead before the break, in what has been an exceptional first-half display with a completely deserved lead. |
| 80th minute | Christian Gentner fires home a powerful drive from 18 meters out to make it 4-0 to the Cannstatt Boys. |
| 90th minute | It’s all over! The fans are making their appreciation of the team performance very audible. |
Hannes Wolf:
We had the momentum on our side right from the outset. We had some luck on our side in the build-up to the 1-0, we were right in the game from the kick-off and made effective use of our chances. After that we controlled the game, maintained possession and were very active. It was a very successful evening for us, but really it changes nothing. We are still at the beginning of a process and we have the potential to improve. We are now enjoying the opportunity in every training session and every game to gel together more as a team.
Summed-up
A dream start to the game, thanks not least to the two debutants, led VfB to three points against SpVgg Greuther Fürth. Head-coach Hannes Wolf’s men convinced with pace in possession and allowed their opponents very little time on the ball, with Christian Gentner leading a determined line in the challenges. It was a cohesive team performance from the Cannstatt Boys, which saw Carlos Mané and Benjamin Pavard make significant impressions in their first competitive game in the VfB colours.
