Vfbstuttgartfan
27 Aug 2007, 03:30 PM
My player ratings for the Duisburg game:
Raphael Schaefer: Didn't have to do much in the first half, in the second made a couple of important stops and held the clean sheet. My rating: 2.5
Kicker Rating: 2(Avg. 2.67)
Ludovic Magnin: Did solidly in defense and didn't commit any major mistakes. Was invisible going forward. My rating: 3.5
Kicker Rating: 4(Avg. 4)
Fernando Meira: Made a few errors and had some uncertain situations, but nothing dramatic. Overall, no goals were let in so you can't rate the central defender too harshly. My rating: 3.5
Kicker Rating: 4(Avg. 4)
Serdar Tasci: Was the better of the defenders, showed a good performance in my opinion and committed no serious errors. My rating: 3
Kicker Rating: 3.5(Avg. 3.83)
Ricardo Osorio: Had a solid start in his return from injury, and defended well besides a couple of lapses. But he more than made up for those with his brilliant assist to Gomez's goal. My rating: 3
Kicker Rating: 2.5(Avg. 2.5)
Pavel Pardo: Came close with a nice freekick but that was about it. His distribution was reliable as always if not brilliant in this game. My rating: 3.5
Kicker Rating: 3(Avg. 3.17)
Roberto Hilbert: Very present, with many nice moves and many mistakes. He would have scored on Saturday if Gomez didn't block his header on the goal line. My rating: 3
Kicker Rating: 2.5(Avg. 2.83)
Thomas Hitzlsperger: Played an ok game, but really didn't do enough to satisfy me. I still think he isn't near enough to the form of last Spring. My rating: 4
Kicker Rating: 3.5(Avg. 3.5)
Alexander Farnerud: Had one brilliant pass to set up Marica but besides that didn't do much. I still prefer him at the moment to da Silva though. My rating: 3.5
Kicker Rating: 4(Avg. 4)
Mario Gomez: Wasn't in top shape yet and made quite a few errors. He also prevented Marica from scoring early on and blocked Hilbert's header on the line....BUT it's all ok because i guess he just really wanted to score the winner himself :) . My rating: 3
Kicker Rating: 3.5(Avg. 3.5)
Ciprian Marica: Was unlucky not to get his first goal. I think he moved around quite well and obviously has a lot of potential. But no goals yet, so when Cacau returns i could imagine Marica moving back to the bench for now. But the kid has potential. My rating: 3.5
Kicker Rating: 3.5(Avg. 3.83)
SUBS:
Silvio Meissner: I thought it was a mistake to bring him in and make us more defensive and i don't see much use for Silvio anyway. He's been a loyal VfB servant over the years, but i don't think he really helps the team nowadays the few times he gets to play. My rating: 4
Kicker Rating: 3.5(Avg. 3.5)
Ewerthon and da Silva didn't play long enough to get rated.
Raphael Schaefer: Didn't have to do much in the first half, in the second made a couple of important stops and held the clean sheet. My rating: 2.5
Kicker Rating: 2(Avg. 2.67)
Ludovic Magnin: Did solidly in defense and didn't commit any major mistakes. Was invisible going forward. My rating: 3.5
Kicker Rating: 4(Avg. 4)
Fernando Meira: Made a few errors and had some uncertain situations, but nothing dramatic. Overall, no goals were let in so you can't rate the central defender too harshly. My rating: 3.5
Kicker Rating: 4(Avg. 4)
Serdar Tasci: Was the better of the defenders, showed a good performance in my opinion and committed no serious errors. My rating: 3
Kicker Rating: 3.5(Avg. 3.83)
Ricardo Osorio: Had a solid start in his return from injury, and defended well besides a couple of lapses. But he more than made up for those with his brilliant assist to Gomez's goal. My rating: 3
Kicker Rating: 2.5(Avg. 2.5)
Pavel Pardo: Came close with a nice freekick but that was about it. His distribution was reliable as always if not brilliant in this game. My rating: 3.5
Kicker Rating: 3(Avg. 3.17)
Roberto Hilbert: Very present, with many nice moves and many mistakes. He would have scored on Saturday if Gomez didn't block his header on the goal line. My rating: 3
Kicker Rating: 2.5(Avg. 2.83)
Thomas Hitzlsperger: Played an ok game, but really didn't do enough to satisfy me. I still think he isn't near enough to the form of last Spring. My rating: 4
Kicker Rating: 3.5(Avg. 3.5)
Alexander Farnerud: Had one brilliant pass to set up Marica but besides that didn't do much. I still prefer him at the moment to da Silva though. My rating: 3.5
Kicker Rating: 4(Avg. 4)
Mario Gomez: Wasn't in top shape yet and made quite a few errors. He also prevented Marica from scoring early on and blocked Hilbert's header on the line....BUT it's all ok because i guess he just really wanted to score the winner himself :) . My rating: 3
Kicker Rating: 3.5(Avg. 3.5)
Ciprian Marica: Was unlucky not to get his first goal. I think he moved around quite well and obviously has a lot of potential. But no goals yet, so when Cacau returns i could imagine Marica moving back to the bench for now. But the kid has potential. My rating: 3.5
Kicker Rating: 3.5(Avg. 3.83)
SUBS:
Silvio Meissner: I thought it was a mistake to bring him in and make us more defensive and i don't see much use for Silvio anyway. He's been a loyal VfB servant over the years, but i don't think he really helps the team nowadays the few times he gets to play. My rating: 4
Kicker Rating: 3.5(Avg. 3.5)
Ewerthon and da Silva didn't play long enough to get rated.