No time for a proper write-up. Sorry....... 1. FC Nürnberg v. Borussia Dortmund Saturday, September 21, 2013, Kickoff 3:30 PM (CET) - Grundig Stadion (Frankenstadion), Nürnberg 1. FC Nürnberg Projected Starting Lineup: Schäfer - Chandler, Nilsson, Pogatetz, Plattenhardt - Hasebe, Stark - Drmic, Kiyotake, Hlousek - Ginczek 1. FC Nürnberg Substitutes Bench: Rakovsky - Angha, Dabanli, Korczowski, Pinola, Balitsch, Esswein, Frantz, Gärtner, Mak, Pekhart, Stepinski Questionable For 1. FC Nürnberg: Mak (reasons unknown) Out For 1. FC Nürnberg: Feulner (flu), Gebhart (muscular issues) Projected Borussia Dortmund Starting Lineup: Weidenfeller - Grosskreutz, Subotic, Sokratis (Hummels), Schmelzer - Bender, Sahin - Blaszczykowski, Reus (Mkhitaryan), Aubameyang - Lewandowski Projected Borussia Dortmund Subtitutes Bench: Langerak - Kirch, Günter, Durm, Hummels, Mkhitaryan, Hofmann, Ducksch, Schieber Questionable For Borussia Dortmund: Hummels (trapped nerve in back), Sokratis (bruised foot) Out for Borussia Dortmund: Kehl (torn ankle ligaments), Gündogan (back issues), Piszczek (recovering from hip and groin surgery) Referee: Knut Kircher Sideline Assistants: Robert Kempter & Thorsten Schiffner - Fourth Official: Thorsten Schiffner Projected Spectator Status: The Grundig Arena is sold out (50,000)
That's proper enough for me.... People should be thankful at least something is out up every match day!
Looks like we are going to see some squad rotation. Durm and Bender in the double 6. Ducksch at striker. Weidenfeller, Grosskreutz, Subotic, Sokratis, Schmelzer, Durm, Bender, Kuba, Reus, PEA, Ducksch Bench: Schieber, Lewa, Hofmann, Mkhitaryan, Sahin, Guenter, Langerak. Edit. Now seeing Grosskreutz in the double 6 and Durm at right back.
Weidenfeller starting? I thought Klopp might have wanted to give Langerak some time in net before his CL match in Marseilles. Also Ducksch getting the nod over Schieber, sucks for Julian hopefully he can step his game up.
Grosskreutz at CM ? I know Nuernberg have been playing like amateurs this season but our line up doesnt look great. At least we can call on Lewa, Sahin,Mkhitaryan if we are struggling.
I came in about 25 minutes late but from what I've seen, Dortmund haven't looked great. However, and I'll rag on Schmelzer as much as the next guy, that was a beautiful goal to put BVB 1-0 up. I think Hofmann was going to come on for Reus. Looked like Marco may have picked up a knock in the 'challenge' that got him his yellow card.
Overall not anything amazing from BVB here. Few chances created on either side. Nothing spectacular from either the usual suspects (Reus, Aubameyang, Kuba) or the youth (Ducksch, Durm). Reus seemed to go up top in place of Ducksch for the last ten minutes, which makes me wonder if Hofmann's coming on for Ducksch. And our CM depth is still rather poor; Großkreutz is never a CM, and he shouldn't be playing as one.