NUR 0:0 SCH | 1. FC Norimberk - Schalke 04 (Bundesliga)

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final

1. FC Norimberk

0:0 (0:0)

Schalke 04

Saturday 21.12.2013, 18:30 • Grundig-Stadion, Nürnberg • Bundesliga

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		That wasn't a good game by far between Nürnberg and Schalke this evening, and it remained goalless after 90 minutes. Nürnberg was the better side but missed all the chances they've got. Schalke played not well, but they got a lot of injured players and the reservists couldn't win a game like this as it seems. Nürnberg should have a good centre forward to win such games...
		Game over.
	90+2	Plattenhardt's free kick is punched away by Fährmann.
	90+2	Papadopoulos replaces Meyer by Schalke.
	90+1	Obasi fouls Kiyotake, free kick for the home side from the middle of the Schalke-half.
	90	Hlousek falls outside the box, but the ref says "go on".
	89	Farfan's free kick is punched away by Schäfer.
	89	Foul by Frantz on Neustädter, another free kick for Schalke from the middle of the attacking half.
	88	Meyer wins a free kick in the middle of the pitch.
	87	Farfan's corner is too high for Jones, that's a kick off now for the home team.
	87	Schalke wins a corner on the left side.
	86	Pekhart replaces Ginczek by the home side for the end of the game.
	86	Plattenhardt's long throw from left is headed away by Matip.
	85	Mak replaces Drmic by Nürnberg.
	84	Farfan's corner from the right is headed away by the home defenders.
	83	Farfan's free kick from 28 yards is punched away by Schäfer from the bottom left corner.
	82	Obasi wins a free kick in the middle of the attacking half.
	81	Following a cross by Kolasinac from the left Farfan's shot from the six yard box goes high to the right corner.
	81	Jones, assisted by Farfan shoots from 18 yard, Schäfer saves it easily.
	80	Obasi wins a throw on the left side.
	79	Plattenhardt's corner from the right is cleared by Obasi, Chandler's long range shot goes high and wide then.
	79	Chandler's shot from the right is blocked by Neustädter, corner for the home side.
	78	Kiyotake's corner from the left is headed away by Obasi inside the six yard box.
	76	Following Kiyotake's free kick Nilsson's header hits the bar, and then Felipe Santana can clear in a dangerous situation.
	75	Foul by Matip on Ginczek, free kick for Nürnberg from the middle of the attacking half.
	75	Drmic tries it long on the right side, Fährmann collects the ball.
	74	Cross by Kolasinac from the left is headed away by Plattenhardt.
	73	To be honest, it isn't a brilliant game so far...
	72	Hlousek's shot from left, 17 yards misses to the bottom right corner.
	70	Obasi replaces Szalai in the front of the Schalke team.
	69	Farfan's free kick is headed by Matip, and misses the bottom right corner only by inches.
	69	Farfan wins a free kick in the middle of the attacking half against Plattenhardt.
	68	The long throw by Uchida is headed away to safety by the home defenders.
	68	Jones wins a throw on the right against Plattenhardt.
	67	Hand play by Drmic inside the area of Schalke, the away side comes with the free kick.
	67	Another attacking foul by Szalai, free kick for the home team.
	66	Chandler' shot from 18 yards is blocked and then saved by Fährmann.
	66	The free kick is headed away by the defenders.
	65	Kiyotake wins a free kick against Neustädter in the middle of the Schalke-half.
	64	Following Hasebe's cross from the right Uchida clears before Hlousek.
	63	Felipe Santana stops marvelously the alone running Drmic on the half right position, inside the penalty area.
	63	Jones' through ball to the middle for Szalai is cleared by Pinola.
	62	Ginczek is caught offside in the middle, just outside the box.
	62	Shots total so far: Nürnberg 10 Schalke 4.
	61	Following Farfan's free kick from the right there's an attacking foul inside the box, free kick for the home side.
	60	Assisted by Uchida, Farfan wins a free kick against Pinola on the right wing.
	60	Uchida wins a free kick on the right side against Hlousek.
	59	Frantz' great through ball to the right, Drmic's shot from 14 yards right goes a bit wide.
	58	Jones' through ball to the right is too short for Uchida, Plattenhardt stops it.
	58	Following Farfan's free kick there's an attacking foul by Szalai in the middle.
	57	Farfan wins a free kick on the right side.
	56	Felipe Santana's through ball from the defense is too long for Szalai and Co., Schäfer collects it.
	56	The ball from Jones is too long for Farfan to the right wing, the home defenders can clear.
	55	Good pass from Kiyotake to Ginczek, but his shot from the middle of the penalty area is well saved by Fährmann.
	54	Attacking foul by Meyer in the middle of Nürnberg's half, free kick for the home side.
	54	Farfan's corner from the left is punched away by Schäfer.
	53	Farfan's cross from the right is too long for Meyer, but Jones' shot from 18 yards blocked by the defenders, corner for Schalke.
	52	Drmic is stopped by Kolasinac on the right wing, and then an attacking foul by Drmic, free kick for the away side.
	51	Farfan's corner from the right is headed by Matip, but blocked by Ginczek.
	50	Meyer tries it on the left, and Goretzka's cross is cleared by the defenders, corner.
	49	Plattenhardt's corner is cleared by the away defenders on the short corner.
	49	Nürnberg wins a corner on the left side, following Plattenhardt's cross there comes an other corner.
	48	Cross by Frantz from the left is headed away by the defenders.
	47	Szalai wins a free kick against Pinola, but the through ball is too long for Goretzka to the right, that's a kick off for the home team.
	47	Meyer is caught offside on the half left position, assisted by Szalai.
	46	Long ball for Szalai to the middle, Pinola can clear against the Hungarian.
	46	Start of 2nd half.
		Schalke will begin the second half.
		Goalless first half in Nürnberg this Saturday evening. The play goes without too many chances, if there are any opportunities then they're coming from the home side. Schalke's defense play well, but there are too many injured players to make a big game away. Drmic scored once in the first half, but his goal was withdrawn for offside – a bad decision by the referees...
		1st halftime finished.
	45	Following Nilsson's long ball Ginczek is caught offside in the middle of the attacking half.
	44	Matip's long through ball finds Kolasinac offside on the left wing.
	42	Shot by Neustädter from 30 yards goes a bit high to the top left corner.
	42	Attacking foul by Ginczek on Matip to the left, free kick for Schalke.
	41	Plattenhardt's pass is too long to the half left side, Fährmann collects the ball.
	40	Chandler's cross from the right is headed by Hlousek on the other side, but Fährmann can save easily.
	38	Cross by Hlousek from the left side is headed away by Kolasinac, and the defender can block Chandler's cross from the right too.
	37	Plattenhardt's and Hlousek's crosses from the left are blocked by the away defenders.
	36	Chandler is stopped on the right wing, and following the counter attack an attacking foul by Szalai, free kick for the home team.
	35	Goal for Nürnberg, but the scorer Drmic is caught offside. That was a bad decision by the assistant referee!
	34	Chandler wins a free kick on the right wing following a foul by Jones.
	33	After a bad miss by Felipe Santana, Kiyotake is stopped by the away defenders just outside the penalty area.
	32	Plattenhardt's corner from the left isn't dangerous.
	31	Following Plattenhardt's corner Hasebe's shot from 18 yards is well saved by Fährmann, and then Kiyotake's try from the right is cleared by Matip to corner.
	31	Goretzka replaces the injured Fuchs by Schalke.
	30	Drmic wins a free kick on the right wing against Kolasinac.
	29	Farfan, Szalai, Jones is the game by Schalke, Jermaine Jones' shut from the right side of the six yard box misses to the bottom right corner only by inches!
	28	Hlousek's cross from the left is cleared by Felipe Santana at the six yard box.
	27	Long ball for Ginczek to the middle, Fährmann clears with the foot.
	26	Attacking foul by Uchida on the right wing, free kick for the home team.
	25	Delay in the game because of an injury of Jones.
	25	The corner by Kiyotake from the left is too high, there goes a kick off for Schalke.
	24	Plattenhardt's cross from the left is cleared by Felipe Santana, corner.
	23	A shot by Kiyotake from 16 yards right goes a little bit wide to the bottom left corner.
	23	Corner by Plattenhardt is headed away by Szalai in the six yard box.
	22	Chandler's cross from the right blocked by Kolasinac, corner for the home side.
	21	Szalai tries his luck on the half right position, but it's ended as a kick off for Nürnberg.
	21	A cross by Fuchs from the left is a bit high for Szalai, Pinola clears the situation.
	20	Nilsson's long through ball to the middle is catched by Fährmann easily.
	20	Matip's another long ball from the defense is collected by Schäfer before Fuchs.
	19	Following a cross by Uchida from the left Szalai is stopped by the home defenders.
	18	The cross from the free kick is collected easily by Fährmann.
	18	Kiyotake wins a free kick on the left wing.
	17	Fährmann clears in dangerous situation before Drmic, following a bad back-pass by Kolasinac.
	16	Szalai falls after a bottle with Pinola just outside the area, but the ref says "go on".
	16	Neustädter's header is long for Szalai in the middle, Schäfer collects it.
	15	Matip's through ball is long for Fuchs on the left, Chandler clears, that's a throw for Schalke.
	14	Matip's long through ball is cleared by Chandler.
	14	Farfan tries it on the half right position, but the home defense can clear.
	13	Attacking foul by Szalai on the left, free kick for the home side.
	12	Long ball from Matip to Szalai on the other side, Schäfer's got the ball.
	12	Wrong ball by Ginczek to the middle, Fährmann collects it.
	10	Ginczek wins a foul against Felipe Santana in the middle of the attacking half.
	10	It's Ginczek again, great shot from 16 yards left goes wide to the bottom left corner by inches!
	9	Ginczek's shot from just outside the area misses to the top left corner.
	8	Plattenhardt's corner from the right is headed away by the away defenders.
	8	Following Hasebe's long through ball Ginczek wins a corner on the right side.
	7	Following the free kick Szalai's back pass with the breast isn't good, Frantz can clear.
	6	Meyer wins a free kick on the left in the middle of the pitch.
	5	Ginczek tries his luck on the right, but is stopped by the away defenders.
	4	It wasn't an offside position, Nürnberg should have scored!
	3	Great chance for Kiyotake! The Japanese shots from 5 yards, but Fährmann saves with the foot.
	3	Chandler's long throw from the right is headed away, and then the away defense clears before Ginczek in the penalty area.
	2	Long ball for Szalai into the middle, the home defense can clear the situation.
	1	Game started.
		The home side begins the game.
		The home side plays in claret shirts and black shorts, Schalke in full white.
		Starting lineups: 1. FC Nürnberg: Schäfer – Chandler, Nilsson, Pinola, Plattenhardt – Hasebe, Frantz – Drmic, Kiyotake, Hlousek – Ginczek Subs: Rakovsky (GK), Dabanli, Balitsch, Esswein, Feulner, Mak, Pekhart Schalke 04: Fährmann – Uchida, Matip, Felipe Santana, Kolasinac – Jones, Neustädter – Farfan, Meyer, Fuchs – Szalai Subs: Hildebrand (GK), Ayhan, Hoogland, Papadopoulos, Clemens, Goretzka, Obasi Referees: Meyer – Willenborg, Bornhorst – Salver.
		Schalke-Coach Keller isn't in Nürnberg now, he's got a stomach flu, his role will taken over by the both assistant-coaches Hermann and Hübscher.
		By Nürnberg Marcos Antonio, Gebhart and Stark are injured, Pogatetz is suspended following his 5th yellow last time. Balitsch can play again after his home-suspension. Schalke's got many injured and ill players (Aogo, Höwedes, Annan, Draxler, Höger, Huntelaar, Farfan), but at least the recovered Uchida can play again in Nürnberg.
		This Saturday evening Nürnberg hosts Schalke 04 in the German Bundesliga, Week 17. Nürnberg is now on the penultimate 17th place with only 10 points so far, Schalke is 6th with 27 points. Looking at the table Schalke should win this match, but they're not so good nowadays so Nürnberg's got a chance...
		Welcome. Game starts at 18:30.

Commentary by

Attila Varsányi

Goals & lineups

Goals:

1. FC Norimberk: Schäfer – Chandler, Nilsson, Pinola, Plattenhardt – Hasebe, Frantz – Drmic (85. Mak), Kiyotake, Hlousek – Ginczek (86. Pekhart)
Subs: Rakovsky (GK), Dabanli, Balitsch, Esswein, Feulner, Mak, Pekhart

Schalke 04: Fährmann – Uchida, Matip, Felipe Santana, Kolasinac – Jones, Neustädter – Farfan, Meyer (92. Papadopoulos), Fuchs (31. Goretzka) – Szalai (70. Obasi)
Subs: Hildebrand (GK), Ayhan, Hoogland, Papadopoulos, Clemens, Goretzka, Obasi

Referees: Meyer – Willenborg, Bornhorst – Salver

Attendance: 40000