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final
Schalke 04
2:1 (1:0)
VfL Wolfsburg
Saturday 01.02.2014, 15:30 • Veltins-Arena (Gelsenkirchen) • Bundesliga
     
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    Starting lineups:

    Schalke 04: Fahrmann – Kolasinac, Matip, Felipe Santana, Höwedes – Neustadter, Boateng – Obasi, Meyer, Farfan – Huntelaar
    Subs: Hildebrand – Hoogland, Goretzka, Papadopoulos, Ayhan, Szalai, Avdijaj

    VfL Wolfsburg: Benaglio – Ochs, Naldo, Knoche, Rodriguez – Arnold, Luiz Gustavo – Caligiuri, De Bruyne, Perisic – Olic
    Subs: Grün – Schafer, Klose, Dost, Trasch, Malanda Adje, Evseev

    Referees: Stark, Salver.
     
    1
    Game started.
     
    1
    Schalke 04 is playing in blue, Wolfsburg in white and green.
     
    2
    Schalke got a free kick in the middle. Then Kolasinac had a crossball from the left, but no one arrived in the middle.
     
    3
    Wolfsburg's counter didn't succeed, Fahrmann took the ball.
     
    4
    Offside by Huntelaar in the middle, free kick for VfL.
     
    5
    Midfield play is common in the first minutes, the teams taste each other.
     
    6
    Olic in offside position.
     
    6
    Foul against Huntelaar, he got a slight slap on his face from Naldo.
     
    7
    Naldo got a yellow card due to the second consecutive rough foul.
     
    8
    Boateng had a half-scissors shot on the left, but the goalkeeper saved it cleverly to corner!
     
    9
    Goal for Schalke 04! FELIPE SANTANA had a very deep header after the corner, the ball slowly bounced into the right side of the goal! 1-0!
     
    10
    Huntelaar's chance in the middle was blocked by a defender.
     
    11
    Schalke is clearly much more active, than Wolfsburg.
     
    12
    Wolfsburg's attacks are mainly filtered already in the midfield.
     
    13
    Long ball towards Huntelaar was too long, Benaglio took it.
     
    14
    Farfan very quick on the right hand side, but failed to kick the ball in, only into the hands of Benaglio.
     
    15
    Wolfsburg is losing balls already near the half-line.
     
    16
    VIsitors are trying to possess the ball now, but only defenders can pass to each other at the back.
     
    17
    Kolasinac took the ball at the back, passed to Boateng, but finally a bad pass caused to stop the attack again.
     
    18
    No dangerous attack by Wolfsburg so far today.
     
    18
    Wolfsburg visibly wants to slow down the game, because the wingmen of Schalke are really quicker.
     
    19
    Boateng and Farfan collect many balls in the middle.
     
    20
    Ochs reached a corner for VfL on the right.
     
    20
    The ball is in the goal, but it was a foul by Naldo when he had a header in the middle! So no goal now!
     
    21
    Farfan got a ball ont he right side, but it was too wide, throw in for VfL.
     
    22
    Again Farfan is active, but the pass was not exact.
     
    23
    Perisic had a superb chance on the left, kicked the ball in, Olic missed it in the middle only by 20 cms!! It was the best chance for visitors so far.
     
    24
    VfL mostly dominant in the last few minutes.
     
    25
    Patrik Ochs came ahead, had a very strong shot, Fahrmann swam in the air and saved to corner! Beautiful chance!
     
    25
    Now Wolfsburg is trying to filter the Schalke attacks with success. Mainly Naldo and Knoche are active.
     
    26
    Farfan could not trick out Rodriguez on the right.
     
    27
    Boateng was fouled by De Bruyne. Free kick for Schalke on the right.
     
    28
    It was dangerous, but Matip fouled in the middle, so free kick out for VfL.
     
    29
    Naldo and Arnold are passing in the middle, then attack on the left. The pass towards the middle for Arnold was too deep, Fahrmann took it.
     
    30
    Yellow card for De Bruyne after kicking his opponent from the back heavily.
     
    31
    This time Huntelaar fouled Knoche, free kick out.
     
    32
    Corner for Wolfsburg from the right side. Defenders head it out and counterattack started.
     
    32
    Farfan was tackled on the right, it was not a foul so Wolfsburg can com.
     
    33
    Obasi got an inexact ball on the left, lost it, defenders retook it, but the next pass to the right was too high, throw in for visitors.
     
    34
    Many annoying passing mistakes in these minutes, no serious action.
     
    35
    Wolfsburg is putting a slight pressure on Schalke now.
     
    35
    Free kick by Rodriguez on the right near the sideline.
     
    35
    What Wolfsburg had missed! Great ball kicked in by Rodriguez on the right, in the middle Luiz Gustavo shot the ball, but Fahrmann showed an outstanding save!
     
    36
    Fahrmann's save was really excellent, while jumping towards the ball.
     
    37
    Schalke is now really under pressure. Little relief now, Felipe Santana was fouled in front of his own goal.
     
    38
    The last passes are wrong, this time Neustadter was looking for Huntelaar but the pass was not exact.
     
    39
    Midfield play is on now, the game has settled down a bit.
     
    40
    Arnold appeared on the right neart the goal line, but the ball in was blocked by a defender.
     
    41
    Ball possession is spectacularly besides Wolfsburg in the last half an hour. Rodriguez passed towards Olic, it was very dangerous in the middle, he missed the ball by 2-3 centimeters, Fahrmann could kick the ball out!
     
    42
    Wolfsburg is really close to the goal in the last period.
     
    42
    Counterattack by Schalke, but a ball to Huntelaar was too wide to left, he passed back to Farfan, but a defender kicked the ball out.
     
    43
    Ochs kicked a big one into Obasi's leg, yellow card awarded.
     
    44
    Meyer and Obasi are passing, but a little problem in the middle. Knoche fouled Huntelaar, but the revenge came from Neustadter. Free kick but no card.
     
    45
    The speed of the game slowed down after the first 10 minutes.
     
    45
    Olic's crossball from the right was not exact, but finally Arnold had a shot on the left, Fahrmann grabbed it reliably.
     
    45
    1st halftime finished.
     
    Schalke took the lead early in the 9th minute but Wolfsburg slowly took the domination of the game. Now it's 1-0, but nothing is decided yet.
    Stay with us for the 2nd half too!
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    46
    Start of 2nd half.
     
    47
    De Bruyn wanted a solo in the middle, but a defender tackled him successfully.
     
    48
    Arnold fired from the right side at about 20 meters, but his shot was way too wide. Goal kick.
     
    49
    Pass from Perisic was too long. Wolfsburg's Caligiuri was pushed down by Santana. Free kick.
     
    50
    Caligiuri had a row with the assistant and the referee, he showed Caligiuri the red card immediately!
     
    51
    Daniel Caligiuri has to leave the field, he brought his team, Wolfsburg into a very tough situation.
     
    51
    After 2 minutes of pause due to this exclusion, the game is continuing.
     
    52
    VfL remained in attacking mood despite being one man down.
     
    53
    Wolfgang Stark is one of the most famous referees in Germany, he must have had reason to red card the player.
     
    53
    Huntelaar got a dream ball on the left side, he could fire purely but, it was not perfect, missed the target by 2 meters on the right.
     
    54
    Wolfsburg is trying to possess the ball as much as they can.
     
    55
    De Bruyne's pass was filtered by Kolasinac.
     
    56
    Great tackle by Obasi against De Bruyne before he could shoot.
     
    56
    It is seemingly an injury for Obasi. We hope he escaped and can play again.
     
    58
    Obasi got a yellow card after a delayed bad rhythm foul.
     
    59
    Perisic kicked the ball in from the left side, but it was headed away.
     
    60
    Injured Obasi left the field, Goretzka is in by S04.
    In the mean time Olic is out, Dost entered the pitch by VfL Wolfsburg.
     
    61
    Offside by team Schalke, but it seemed like Huntelaar was not in offside.
     
    62
    Next ball towards Huntelaar was too long, Benaglio took it.
     
    63
    It looks like that Wolfsburg is still sprinting for attacks despite the red card.
     
    64
    The white-green shirted team is possessing the ball continously.
     
    65
    Goal for Wolfsburg! The continuos attacks finally paid off for Wolfsburg! Perisic passed in the middle from the left side, ARNOLD arrived and passed the ball into the net from 5-6 meters. 1-1!
     
    66
    Schalke could have double the advantage after the red card, but they were bothered more after that.
     
    67
    Goretzka in offside.
     
    68
    VfL is calmed down a little bit after the goal, but they still want to possess the ball.
     
    69
    Main question: Can Schalke turn up the speed to exhaust VfL?
     
    69
    Goretzka shot in the middle, but it was about 5 meters high.
     
    70
    Meyer had a very dangerous shot in the middle near the penalty line, but Benaglio saved superbly.
     
    71
    Corner is out of danger, ball back to Fahrmann after 2 passes. The previous chance was a big one.
     
    72
    Goretzka got the ball, stepped two and fired it, Benaglio showed again a great save.
     
    72
    Stark didn't give penalty after a suspected foul, but gave a yellow card for Farfan. It seemed like it really was a foul by Arnold in the penalty area.
     
    73
    Schalke starts to spin up the speed again.
     
    73
    Knoche got another yellow card.
     
    75
    The teams have quarter an hour to decide.
     
    76
    Pass towards Dost was too long.
     
    77
    Schalke is putting a slight pressure on VfL in the last minutes. They are leading attacks.
     
    78
    Rodriguez got the ball ahead of Huntelaar.
     
    79
    Perisic wanted to go through the defenders in the middle, but failed to do so, he was stuck.
     
    80
    Annoying problems with the last passes. But now De Bruyn reached a corner on the left for Wolfsburg!
     
    80
    Rodriguez kicked it in, it bounced dangerously in the middle but no one reached it.
     
    81
    Farfan passed to Huntelaar but he was forced to trick himself to the left.
     
    81
    Goal for Schalke 04! It was a lucky but deserved goal. BOATENG got the ball after two bounce in the middle. A superb pass came from Neustadter before. 2-1!
     
    82
    The 6th seasongoal for Boateng.
     
    83
    It's expected that Wolfsburg will take much more risk to equalize, but open the door for the counter attacks.
     
    84
    Meyer was leading the ball, but fell off, no free kick.
     
    84
    Kolasinac left the pitch, Hoogland arrived on his place.
     
    85
    Corner flew from the left side, then Boateng got the ball on the right, fired from a sharp angle, Benaglio took it.
     
    86
    Big but very high shot by Felipe Santana.
     
    87
    Two substitutions. Boateng out, Ayhan in, and in the mean time Knoche is out and Evseev is in.
     
    89
    Offside by Schalke.
     
    89
    The last change today. Arnold is out, Trasch is in.
     
    90
    Last minute of normal time.
     
    90+1
    Perisic had a crossball, corner is coming for visitors. 3 minutes additional time.
     
    90+1
    Corner, and a header in the middle by Evseev, but it was high and slow.
     
    90+3
    On the right side, Howedes got away but his shot was too wide.
     
    Game over.
     
    This match was really exciting, Schalke could deal with the one man advantage only hard.
    The tempo was good enough, many shots and chances coloured the game.
    Schalke scored 3 points with this match, Wolfsburg failed to score any today. Final results:
    Schalke 04 – VfL Wolfsburg: 2-1!
    Thanks for attention!
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    Commentary by

    Kármán Zoltán

    Goals & lineups
    Goals: 9. Santana, 81. Boateng – 65. Arnold

    Cards:   58. Obasi (S04), 72. Farfan (S04) – 7. Naldo (WOB), 30. Bruyne (WOB), 43. Ochs (WOB), 73. Knoche (WOB)   50. Caligiuri (WOB)

    Schalke 04: Fahrmann – Kolasinac, Matip, Felipe Santana, Höwedes – Neustadter, Boateng – Obasi, Meyer, Farfan – Huntelaar
    Subs: Hildebrand – Hoogland, Goretzka, Papadopoulos, Ayhan, Szalai, Avdijaj
    VfL Wolfsburg: Benaglio – Ochs, Naldo, Knoche, Rodriguez – Arnold, Luiz Gustavo – Caligiuri, De Bruyne, Perisic – Olic
    Subs: Grün – Schafer, Klose, Dost, Trasch, Malanda Adje, Evseev
    Referees: Stark, Salver