Match Report
| FC Schalke 04 | FC Schalke 04 |  |  | SV Darmstadt 98 | SV Darmstadt 98 | ||||||||||||||||
| Computer Player | Computer Player | Computer Player | Computer Player | ||||||||||||||||||
| Christian Augstein | C. Augstein |  | 67 | G |  | 1 | | G | 67 |  | Barry de Koning | B. de Koning | |||||||||
| Peter Hebert | P. Hebert |  | 54 | D |  | 2 |  | D | 63 | | Marc Kohler | M. Kohler | |||||||||
| Sven Richter | S. Richter | | 54 | D | | 3 | | D | 49 | | Nico Szepan | N. Szepan | |||||||||
| Guillermo Lucius | G. Lucius | | 50 | D | | 4 | | D | 49 | | Jan Gelb | J. Gelb | |||||||||
| Lars Buchwald | L. Buchwald | | 66 | M | | 5 | | D | 45 | | Philipp Hanssen | P. Hanssen | |||||||||
| Arno Herzog | A. Herzog | | 60 | M | | 6 | | M | 63 | | Bakary Witte | B. Witte | |||||||||
| Shaun Smith | S. Smith |  | 59 | M | | 7 | | M | 63 | | Julian Kurth | J. Kurth | |||||||||
| Julian Cziommer | J. Cziommer | | 57 | M | | 8 | | M | 57 | | Bruno Debes | B. Debes | |||||||||
| Jakob Bartsch | J. Bartsch | | 59 | A | | 9 | | M | 56 | | David Dörner | D. Dörner | |||||||||
| Matthias Seibert | M. Seibert | | 50 | A | | 10 | | A | 70 | | Nico Widmann | N. Widmann | |||||||||
| Arno Schäfer | A. Schäfer | | 47 | A | | 11 | | A | 68 | | David Klinsmann | D. Klinsmann | |||||||||
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Match Report
Heavy rain falls from above here at Veltins-Arena where FC Schalke 04 play host to SV Darmstadt 98. Its a sell-out today with the 10,000 capacity stadium completely full.
FC Schalke 04 are playing in a 3-4-3 formation while SV Darmstadt 98 appear to be shaped for 4-4-2.
FC Schalke 04 are playing in a 3-4-3 formation while SV Darmstadt 98 appear to be shaped for 4-4-2.
0.00
0-0The whistle blows and SV Darmstadt 98 kick off!
3.14
0-0Shaun Smith surges forward with the ball. Shaun Smith knocks in a cross ball but it is too close to Barry de Koning who gathers it comfortably.
4.54
0-0Arno Herzog deftly passes the ball to his team mate, Arno Schäfer. Arno Schäfer plays a perfect one-two with Jakob Bartsch and rushes in on goal... Arno Schäfer makes some space for himself and shoots at goal but he balloons it over the crossbar!
6.30
Sven Richter flicks the ball to his team mate, Julian Cziommer. Julian Cziommer flicks the ball to his team mate, Matthias Seibert. Matthias Seibert plays a perfect one-two with Jakob Bartsch and rushes in on goal... Matthias Seibert shoots from just inside the box but connects badly and the ball goes wide!
8.24
0-0SV Darmstadt 98 are keeping most of the possession at the moment but are so far unable to make the most of it.
15.25
0-0Jan Gelb makes a probing pass to Bruno Debes. Bruno Debes brings the ball forward. Bruno Debes makes a beautiful pass to the feet of Nico Widmann but he's offside!
16.58
David Dörner passes the ball forward to Nico Widmann. Nico Widmann controls the ball perfectly and tries a long range shot on goal. It's miles wide!
18.38
Arno Herzog controls the ball well before passing to his team mate, Jakob Bartsch. Jakob Bartsch plays a perfect one-two with Arno Schäfer and rushes in on goal... Jakob Bartsch shows great control and tries a shot on goal but he skews it badly. The ball flies well over the bar!
20.23
FC Schalke 04 are playing some beautiful football, but they cannot seem to penetrate SV Darmstadt 98's defence.
21.30
0-0Bakary Witte chips the ball to his team mate, Nico Widmann. Nico Widmann kicks a strong pass forward to David Klinsmann. David Klinsmann takes a shot at goal. Christian Augstein easily smothers it.
34.51
Marc Kohler makes a beautiful solo run. Marc Kohler flicks the ball to his team mate, Nico Widmann. Nico Widmann shoots from long range but it is tipped over by Christian Augstein.
38.57
0-1David Dörner knocks the ball to his team mate, Nico Widmann. Nico Widmann plays a perfect one-two with David Klinsmann and rushes in on goal... Nico Widmann shows great control and tries a shot on goal. It's in!! A beautiful goal for Nico Widmann!
44.57
Bruno Debes threads the ball through to David Klinsmann. David Klinsmann knocks in a cross ball which is cleared by the defence.
45.00
The referee blows for the end of the first half
45.00
The whistle blows and FC Schalke 04 kick off!
48.43
Julian Kurth makes a beautiful pass to the feet of Nico Widmann. Nico Widmann knocks in a cross ball but it is too close to Christian Augstein who gathers it comfortably.
57.32
0-1David Dörner clumsily knocks into Arno Herzog. David Dörner is shown the yellow card! Arno Herzog hobbles a bit, but should be okay.
59.48
Peter Hebert threads the ball through to Arno Herzog. Arno Herzog makes a beautiful pass to the feet of Arno Schäfer. Arno Schäfer plays a perfect one-two with Jakob Bartsch and rushes in on goal... Arno Schäfer tries a spectacular strike. It's in!! A beautiful goal for Arno Schäfer!
63.21
Arno Herzog makes a beautiful pass to the feet of Jakob Bartsch. Jakob Bartsch shoots from 20 yards. It's a goal!! What a beauty!
71.31
Philipp Hanssen knocks the ball to his team mate, Bruno Debes. Bruno Debes makes a simple pass to David Klinsmann. David Klinsmann shoots from 20 yards but it flies wide!
77.42
Nico Szepan passes the ball forward to Julian Kurth. Julian Kurth knocks the ball forward to David Klinsmann. David Klinsmann lofts in a cross ball towards Nico Widmann. Nico Widmann is unmarked! He powers a header at goal but it flies wide!
79.56
2-1Bakary Witte catches Shaun Smith on the ankles. Bakary Witte is given a warning by the referee! Shaun Smith runs off the knock.
87.12
Julian Cziommer chips the ball to his team mate, Jakob Bartsch. Jakob Bartsch shoots from 20 yards. The ball flies into the top corner - goal!!
90.00
Philipp Hanssen flicks the ball to his team mate, Bruno Debes. Bruno Debes flicks the ball to his team mate, David Klinsmann. David Klinsmann knocks in a poor cross ball which is cleared easily by Peter Hebert.
90.00
The referee blows for full-time
Match Statistics
Goals
3
1
Shots on Target
3
3
Shots off Target
3
3
Offsides
0
1
Fouls
0
2
Yellow Cards
0
1
Red Cards
0
0
Possession
47.3%
52.7%
Play Area
25.7%
47.3%
27%
Scorers
| Arno Schäfer 59 Jakob Bartsch 63, 87 | Nico Widmann 39 |