Der Club! The FCN thread 09/10 [R]

[Borussia]

... or to fall 2 points behind. :p ;)

[Borussia]

... or to fall 2 points behind. :p ;)

I think it's gonna be a hell of a fight.

[footyfan1]

... or to fall 2 points behind. :p ;)

I think it's gonna be a hell of a fight.


Of course it will be. What else would it be?

[Borussia]

Well, you never know ... it could be a boring 0:0. ;)

Btw: I've just noticed that there's Ebay bids of more than € 400 for a ticket. :eek: Damn, what a relief that I can attend the game without having to pay that amount...

[footyfan1]

Well, you never know ... it could be a boring 0:0. ;)

Btw: I've just noticed that there's Ebay bids of more than € 400 for a ticket. :eek: Damn, what a relief that I can attend the game without having to pay that amount...


I'll be on my way back from Dortmund, so I'll miss it. :(

[Pichi]

Well it wasn't a boring 0-0 tie but like most derby's it ended up in a draw 1-1in front of 15,700 fans. The first half ended up 0-0 and Vidosic broke the stalemate with a 47th minute goal with the assist coming from Bieler. Reisinger tied it up for Furth in the 57th minute.

Here was the initial starting lineup for Der Club:

R. Schäfer - Diekmeier, Maroh, Pinola, Bieler - Reinartz - J. Judt, Kluge, Gygax - Vidosic, Eigler

Subs as follows:

76. Bunjaku for Gygax
85. Mnari for Vidosic
90. + 1 D. Reinhardt for Diekmeier

Good news for 1FCN is that St. Pauli defeated Mainz 2-0 which means that Nurnberg remains in 3rd place now only one point behind Mainz for that coveted second position and automatic promotion to the Bundesliga. Kaiserslautern won the Friday and Aachen lost on the road on Friday. Freiburg won and secured themselves a slot in next years Bundesliga. 1FCN plays at home this Wednesday against Osnabruck who are one spot outside of the relegation zone. 1FCN I believe winning their final 3 games should take over the second position since Mainz will be hard pressed to win all 9 remaining points.

Here is the classification after 31 matches

Freiburg 64
Mainz 54
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1FCN 53
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Furth 52
Kaiserslautern 52
A Aachen 49


Er Pichi

[Borussia]

It was the expected hard-fought and intense derby (I attended it live at stadium, but didn't manage to take any pics this time). Fürth was better in the first half and got robbed of a clearly regular goal (that referee was a joke for a brisant derby), whereas the 2nd half was pretty even. With this draw, both clubs kept their promotion chances alive (thanx to St. Pauli's win over Mainz).

Although there had been officially sold only 3,000 tickets to FCN fans, I'd say that about 6,000 managed to enter the stadium.


Here's the "Kicker" match report and a few post-game reactions from the official FCN hp:

CLICK 1 (http://www.kicker.de/news/fussball/2bundesliga/spieltag/spielpaarungsbericht/object/863973)

CLICK 2 (http://www.fcn.de/news/archiv/2009/mai/10/artikel/wie-zwei-boxer-die-durch-den-ring-taumeln/)

[Borussia]

Here's a few derby impressions and the match highlights with interviews:


CLICK 1 (http://www.specialeventservice.de/index.php/partybilder/category/11)

CLICK 2

(the Nordtribüne & Gegentribüne was in Spvgg hands, the Südkurve and almost half of the Haupttribüne - especially the Vortribüne - was in FCN hands)

CLICK 3

[Borussia]

http://img17.imageshack.us/img17/990/88365280.jpg

http://img17.imageshack.us/img17/8708/35749994.jpg

http://img17.imageshack.us/img17/7148/60237257.jpg

[Borussia]

http://img17.imageshack.us/img17/4852/33837337.jpg

http://img17.imageshack.us/img17/5206/79385540.jpg

[Vfbstuttgartfan]

Looks like a nice Choreo!

[Pichi]

Midweek games this week and with todays results 1FCN clearly benefitted with Aachen defeating Kaiserslautern at home 1-0, and TSV 1860 Munich netting a tie on the road against Wehen, puts them 3 points out of relegation which may come in handy on the last week of the season when Der Club plays Munich at home. If Munich is safe by then life would be much easier that day for 1FCN. Other scores from today are: Rostock 3 Augsburg 3, Duisberg 1 Oberhausen 1.

Tomorrows starting lineup for the match against Osnabruck looks like this, good news is that Mintal and Boakye will be back from their suspensions:
R. Schäfer - Diekmeier, Maroh, Pinola, Bieler - Reinartz - Kluge, Mintal, Gygax - Vidosic, Boakye. KO is 1730.

Standings after todays matches looks like this:


Freiburg: 31 games 64 pts
Mainz: 31 games 54 pts
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1FCN: 31 games 53 pts
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Furth: 31 games 52 pts
Kaiserslautern: 32 games 52 pts
A Aachen: 32 games 52 pts

Mainz is at home against Frankfurt. Furth is on the road against Champions Freiburg who may not field their big boys.

Er Pichi

[Borussia]

Midweek games this week and with todays results 1FCN clearly benefitted with Aachen defeating Kaiserslautern at home 1-0, and TSV 1860 Munich netting a tie on the road against Wehen, puts them 3 points out of relegation which may come in handy on the last week of the season when Der Club plays Munich at home. If Munich is safe by then life would be much easier that day for 1FCN.


Well, if the guys from 1860 Munich lose the next game against the promotion contenders from Aachen (who still have a small chance after today's win), they might get in a position to need 1 point when they travel to Nürnberg. But tomorrow's home game against Osnabrück and especially the last away game in a sold-out Rostock stadium surely won't be easier (after Hansa once again dropped 2 points today)...

[footyfan1]

Well, if the guys from 1860 Munich lose the next game against the promotion contenders from Aachen (who still have a small chance after today's win), they might get in a position to need 1 point when they travel to Nürnberg. But tomorrow's home game against Osnabrück and especially the last away game in a sold-out Rostock stadium surely won't be easier (after Hansa once again dropped 2 points today)...


If FCN beats Osnabrueck today, it will "improve" 1860's position.

At least until the weekend.....

[Pichi]

Half time at the Easy Credit Stadion with Der Club up 1-0 thanks to a first half goal by Mintal in the 16th minute with Boakye getting the assist. Starting lineup for Nurnberg: R. Schäfer - Diekmeier, Reinartz, Pinola, Bieler - Mnari - Kluge, Mintal, Gygax - Eigler, Boakye

Other scores at half time:

Mainz 1 Frankfurt 0
Freiberg 0 Furth 0
Ahlen 0 Koblenz 0

That being said with the scores as they are Mainz is still ahead of 1FCN by one point with 57, and Furth now trails 1FCN by 3 with 53 points.

Er Pichi

[Pichi]

60th minutes still 1-0, good news from Mainz Frankfurt tied it up 1-1 in the 48th minute.:)

Er Pichi

[Pichi]

Final Score 1FCN 2 Osnabruck 0

1-0 Mintal (Boakye) 16'
2-0 Mintal (Vidosic) 86'

Subs:
62' Vidosic for Boakye
69' Risse for Gygax
88' Judt for Kluge

Attendance 33.5K

Other Final Scores:

Mainz 2 Frankfurt 1
Freiburg 0 Furth 0
Ahlen 1 Koblenz 1

Freiburg: 65 pts
Mainz: 57 pts +19
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1FCN: 56 pts +21
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Furth: 53 pts +14
A Aachen: 52 pts +16
Kaiserslautern: 52 pts +8

Er Pichi

[footyfan1]

Final Score 1FCN 2 Osnabruck 0

1-0 Mintal (Boakye) 16'
2-0 Mintal (Vidosic) 86'

Subs:
62' Vidosic for Boakye
69' Risse for Gygax
88' Judt for Kluge

Attendance 33.5K

Other Final Scores:

Mainz 2 Frankfurt 1
Freiburg 0 Furth 0
Ahlen 1 Koblenz 1

Freiburg: 65 pts
Mainz: 57 pts +19
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1FCN: 56 pts +21
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Furth: 53 pts +14
A Aachen: 52 pts +16
Kaiserslautern: 52 pts +8

Er Pichi



I watched the second half. FCN could and should have won by more.

But they won and that's the important part!

[Borussia]

I'm curious whether FCN will get some help from Fürth on Sunday (assumed that Oenning's team doesn't lose in Rostock) after they threw away their last chance in Freiburg (well, they still have a slim one). Somehow I've got the feeling that the guys from Mainz will get their first win over a probably unmotivated Fürth side since a very, very long time ... what means that FCN will have to play 2 "play off" games against Cottbus, Bielefeld, Gladbach or Bochum.

[footyfan1]

I'm curious whether FCN will get some help from Fürth on Sunday (assumed that Oenning's team doesn't lose in Rostock) after they threw away their last chance in Freiburg (well, they still have a slim one). Somehow I've got the feeling that the guys from Mainz will get their first win over a probably unmotivated Fürth side since a very, very long time ... what means that FCN will have to play 2 "play off" games against Cottbus, Bielefeld, Gladbach or Bochum.

Like you said, if FCN doesn't lose in Rostock. Rostock has been playing some very motivated football recently.

They will not be easy to take points from.

Especially if FCN continues to squander chances like they did against Osnabrueck.