VfR Aalen vs 1. FC Nürnberg, 2015-16 German DFB Pokal, First Round

· 1. FC Nürnberg win 2-1 on penalties

FT - Penalties
0 - 0
1. FC Nürnberg win 2-1 on penalties

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VfR Aalen are hosting 1. FC Nürnberg at CENTUS ARENA, Aalen, Germany, starting on . The match is a part of the German Cup.

Match Commentary

0': First Half begins.
0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
4': Foul by Jan Polak (1. FC Nürnberg).
4': Robert Müller (VfR Aalen) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
5': Attempt missed. Guido Burgstaller (1. FC Nürnberg) right footed shot from the left side of the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Even Hovland.
6': Foul by Robert Müller (VfR Aalen).
6': Jan Polak (1. FC Nürnberg) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
7': Attempt saved. Jan Polak (1. FC Nürnberg) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner.
8': Fabian Menig (VfR Aalen) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
8': Foul by Jakub Sylvestr (1. FC Nürnberg).
9': Foul by Dominick Drexler (VfR Aalen).
9': Rúrik Gíslason (1. FC Nürnberg) wins a free kick on the right wing.
9': Fabian Menig (VfR Aalen) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
9': Foul by Guido Burgstaller (1. FC Nürnberg).
15': Corner, VfR Aalen. Conceded by Dave Bulthuis.
15': Attempt missed. Markus Schwabl (VfR Aalen) left footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Dominick Drexler with a cross following a corner.
19': Offside, VfR Aalen. Daniel Bernhardt tries a through ball, but Dominick Drexler is caught offside.
19': Attempt saved. Alessandro Schöpf (1. FC Nürnberg) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top left corner. Assisted by Jan Polak.
20': Offside, VfR Aalen. Thorsten Schulz tries a through ball, but Robert Müller is caught offside.
20': Foul by Alessandro Schöpf (1. FC Nürnberg).
20': Thorsten Schulz (VfR Aalen) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
23': Foul by Dominick Drexler (VfR Aalen).
23': Hanno Behrens (1. FC Nürnberg) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
24': Attempt saved. Dave Bulthuis (1. FC Nürnberg) header from the centre of the box is saved in the top left corner. Assisted by Alessandro Schöpf.
26': Attempt blocked. Guido Burgstaller (1. FC Nürnberg) left footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Hanno Behrens.
27': Corner, 1. FC Nürnberg. Conceded by Fabian Menig.
31': Foul by Fabian Menig (VfR Aalen).
31': Jakub Sylvestr (1. FC Nürnberg) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
32': Attempt saved. Alessandro Schöpf (1. FC Nürnberg) right footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the top left corner. Assisted by Niklas Stark.
32': Foul by Matthias Morys (VfR Aalen).
32': Jan Polak (1. FC Nürnberg) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
35': Corner, VfR Aalen. Conceded by Niklas Stark.
36': Alessandro Schöpf (1. FC Nürnberg) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
36': Foul by Michael Klauß (VfR Aalen).
36': Michael Klauß (VfR Aalen) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
37': Dennis Chessa (VfR Aalen) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
37': Foul by Guido Burgstaller (1. FC Nürnberg).
38': Attempt missed. Matthias Morys (VfR Aalen) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the left.
39': Attempt missed. Alessandro Schöpf (1. FC Nürnberg) right footed shot from the left side of the box is close, but misses to the left.
41': Foul by Dave Bulthuis (1. FC Nürnberg).
41': Matthias Morys (VfR Aalen) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
42': Foul by Hanno Behrens (1. FC Nürnberg).
42': Robert Müller (VfR Aalen) wins a free kick on the left wing.
43': Attempt blocked. Guido Burgstaller (1. FC Nürnberg) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Alessandro Schöpf.
44': Corner, 1. FC Nürnberg. Conceded by Michael Klauß.
44': Foul by Rúrik Gíslason (1. FC Nürnberg).
44': Robert Müller (VfR Aalen) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
45': Foul by Dennis Chessa (VfR Aalen).
45': Rúrik Gíslason (1. FC Nürnberg) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
45'+1': Dennis Chessa (VfR Aalen) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
45'+1': Foul by Guido Burgstaller (1. FC Nürnberg).
45'+1': First Half ends, VfR Aalen 0, 1. FC Nürnberg 0.
45': Second Half begins VfR Aalen 0, 1. FC Nürnberg 0.
46': Foul by Hanno Behrens (1. FC Nürnberg).
46': Michael Klauß (VfR Aalen) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
48': Corner, VfR Aalen. Conceded by Hanno Behrens.
48': Attempt missed. Matthias Morys (VfR Aalen) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Michael Klauß with a cross following a corner.
51': Corner, 1. FC Nürnberg. Conceded by Dennis Chessa.
51': Attempt blocked. Guido Burgstaller (1. FC Nürnberg) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Alessandro Schöpf with a cross.
52': Offside, 1. FC Nürnberg. Hanno Behrens tries a through ball, but Alessandro Schöpf is caught offside.
53': Foul by Jan Polak (1. FC Nürnberg).
53': Matthias Morys (VfR Aalen) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
54': Attempt missed. Mika Ojala (VfR Aalen) right footed shot from outside the box is just a bit too high from a direct free kick.
55': Substitution, 1. FC Nürnberg. Kevin Möhwald replaces Rúrik Gíslason.
55': Foul by Dennis Chessa (VfR Aalen).
55': Miso Brecko (1. FC Nürnberg) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
56': Attempt missed. Niklas Stark (1. FC Nürnberg) right footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Guido Burgstaller.
57': Attempt missed. Mika Ojala (VfR Aalen) right footed shot from the right side of the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Robert Müller.
58': Foul by Jakub Sylvestr (1. FC Nürnberg).
58': Markus Schwabl (VfR Aalen) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
59': Foul by Markus Schwabl (VfR Aalen).
59': Guido Burgstaller (1. FC Nürnberg) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
60': Corner, 1. FC Nürnberg. Conceded by Daniel Bernhardt.
61': Foul by Guido Burgstaller (1. FC Nürnberg).
61': Matthias Morys (VfR Aalen) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
61': Guido Burgstaller (1. FC Nürnberg) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
61': Attempt saved. Michael Klauß (VfR Aalen) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner.
62': Foul by Oliver Barth (VfR Aalen).
62': Kevin Möhwald (1. FC Nürnberg) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
63': Attempt missed. Hanno Behrens (1. FC Nürnberg) header from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Kevin Möhwald following a set piece situation.
64': Substitution, 1. FC Nürnberg. Danny Blum replaces Jakub Sylvestr.
66': Corner, 1. FC Nürnberg. Conceded by Thorsten Schulz.
67': Substitution, VfR Aalen. Steffen Kienle replaces Matthias Morys.
67': Substitution, VfR Aalen. Alexandros Kartalis replaces Mika Ojala.
68': Attempt missed. Danny Blum (1. FC Nürnberg) left footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Hanno Behrens.
70': Foul by Danny Blum (1. FC Nürnberg).
70': Steffen Kienle (VfR Aalen) wins a free kick on the right wing.
70': Danny Blum (1. FC Nürnberg) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
71': Dominick Drexler (VfR Aalen) hits the right post with a right footed shot from the centre of the box following a set piece situation.
72': Delay in match Steffen Kienle (VfR Aalen) because of an injury.
73': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
75': Danny Blum (1. FC Nürnberg) wins a free kick on the left wing.
75': Foul by Oliver Barth (VfR Aalen).
75': Oliver Barth (VfR Aalen) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
76': Corner, VfR Aalen. Conceded by Hanno Behrens.
76': Attempt missed. Michael Klauß (VfR Aalen) left footed shot from a difficult angle and long range on the right is just a bit too high. Assisted by Dominick Drexler following a corner.
77': Foul by Michael Klauß (VfR Aalen).
77': Kevin Möhwald (1. FC Nürnberg) wins a free kick on the left wing.
78': Attempt blocked. Alessandro Schöpf (1. FC Nürnberg) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Kevin Möhwald.
78': Corner, 1. FC Nürnberg. Conceded by Robert Müller.
79': Corner, 1. FC Nürnberg. Conceded by Fabian Menig.
80': Attempt blocked. Alessandro Schöpf (1. FC Nürnberg) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
80': Attempt saved. Niklas Stark (1. FC Nürnberg) with an attempt from the right side of the six yard box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Hanno Behrens with a headed pass.
80': Corner, 1. FC Nürnberg. Conceded by Daniel Bernhardt.
81': Attempt missed. Niklas Stark (1. FC Nürnberg) header from the left side of the six yard box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Danny Blum with a cross following a corner.
85': Alessandro Schöpf (1. FC Nürnberg) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
85': Foul by Markus Schwabl (VfR Aalen).
87': Attempt blocked. Alexandros Kartalis (VfR Aalen) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
87': Attempt saved. Guido Burgstaller (1. FC Nürnberg) right footed shot from long range on the right is saved in the top left corner. Assisted by Alessandro Schöpf.
87': Corner, 1. FC Nürnberg. Conceded by Daniel Bernhardt.
88': Corner, VfR Aalen. Conceded by Even Hovland.
89': Attempt missed. Fabian Menig (VfR Aalen) right footed shot from the right side of the six yard box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Robert Müller with a headed pass following a corner.
90': Dominick Drexler (VfR Aalen) has gone down, but that's a dive.
90': Dominick Drexler (VfR Aalen) is shown the yellow card.
90'+3': Second Half ends, VfR Aalen 0, 1. FC Nürnberg 0.
90': First Half Extra Time begins VfR Aalen 0, 1. FC Nürnberg 0.
91': Foul by Miso Brecko (1. FC Nürnberg).
91': Markus Schwabl (VfR Aalen) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
94': Attempt missed. Jan Polak (1. FC Nürnberg) right footed shot from outside the box is just a bit too high. Assisted by Kevin Möhwald.
96': Foul by Robert Müller (VfR Aalen).
96': Guido Burgstaller (1. FC Nürnberg) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
99': Substitution, VfR Aalen. Maximilian Welzmüller replaces Robert Müller.
102': Attempt blocked. Danny Blum (1. FC Nürnberg) left footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Alessandro Schöpf.
104': Foul by Alessandro Schöpf (1. FC Nürnberg).
104': Markus Schwabl (VfR Aalen) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
105'+1': First Half Extra Time ends, VfR Aalen 0, 1. FC Nürnberg 0.
105': Second Half Extra Time begins VfR Aalen 0, 1. FC Nürnberg 0.
105': Substitution, 1. FC Nürnberg. Stefan Kutschke replaces Guido Burgstaller.
106': Danny Blum (1. FC Nürnberg) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
106': Foul by Markus Schwabl (VfR Aalen).
106': Attempt missed. Niklas Stark (1. FC Nürnberg) header from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Danny Blum following a set piece situation.
107': Foul by Alessandro Schöpf (1. FC Nürnberg).
107': Michael Klauß (VfR Aalen) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
107': Alexandros Kartalis (VfR Aalen) wins a free kick on the left wing.
107': Foul by Stefan Kutschke (1. FC Nürnberg).
108': Foul by Dominick Drexler (VfR Aalen).
108': Hanno Behrens (1. FC Nürnberg) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
110': Attempt missed. Steffen Kienle (VfR Aalen) right footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Michael Klauß with a cross.
111': Attempt saved. Kevin Möhwald (1. FC Nürnberg) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner.
111': Corner, 1. FC Nürnberg. Conceded by Daniel Bernhardt.
112': Attempt missed. Jan Polak (1. FC Nürnberg) header from a difficult angle on the left is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Danny Blum with a cross following a corner.
114': Attempt missed. Danny Blum (1. FC Nürnberg) header from the right side of the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Niklas Stark.
115': Attempt saved. Maximilian Welzmüller (VfR Aalen) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top left corner. Assisted by Steffen Kienle.
115': Alessandro Schöpf (1. FC Nürnberg) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
115': Foul by Michael Klauß (VfR Aalen).
118': Foul by Niklas Stark (1. FC Nürnberg).
118': Thorsten Schulz (VfR Aalen) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
119': Attempt missed. Jan Polak (1. FC Nürnberg) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left. Assisted by Alessandro Schöpf.
120': Fabian Menig (VfR Aalen) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
120': Foul by Stefan Kutschke (1. FC Nürnberg).
120'+1': Second Half Extra Time ends, VfR Aalen 0, 1. FC Nürnberg 0.
0': Match ends, VfR Aalen 0(1), 1. FC Nürnberg 0(2).
120': Penalty Shootout begins VfR Aalen 0, 1. FC Nürnberg 0.
120': Penalty saved! Hanno Behrens (1. FC Nürnberg) fails to capitalise on this great opportunity, right footed shot saved in the top left corner.
120': Penalty missed! Still VfR Aalen 0, 1. FC Nürnberg 0. Dominick Drexler (VfR Aalen) hits the bar with a right footed shot.
120': Penalty saved! Miso Brecko (1. FC Nürnberg) fails to capitalise on this great opportunity, right footed shot saved in the top centre of the goal.
120': Penalty missed! Bad penalty by Markus Schwabl (VfR Aalen) right footed shot is just a bit too high. Markus Schwabl should be disappointed.
120': Goal! VfR Aalen 0, 1. FC Nürnberg 0(1). Alessandro Schöpf (1. FC Nürnberg) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom right corner.
120': Goal! VfR Aalen 0(1), 1. FC Nürnberg 0(1). Michael Klauß (VfR Aalen) converts the penalty with a left footed shot to the top right corner.
120': Penalty saved! Even Hovland (1. FC Nürnberg) fails to capitalise on this great opportunity, right footed shot saved in the bottom right corner.
120': Penalty missed! Bad penalty by Steffen Kienle (VfR Aalen) right footed shot is high and wide to the right. Steffen Kienle should be disappointed.
120': Goal! VfR Aalen 0(1), 1. FC Nürnberg 0(2). Stefan Kutschke (1. FC Nürnberg) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom right corner.
120': Penalty missed! Bad penalty by Fabian Menig (VfR Aalen) right footed shot is too high. Fabian Menig should be disappointed.
120': Penalty Shootout ends, VfR Aalen 0(1), 1. FC Nürnberg 0(2).

Statistics

FCN		VfR Aalen
20	Fouls	18
2	Yellow Cards	3
0	Red Cards	0
1	Offsides	2
10	Corner Kicks	5
2	Saves	7
57.7	Possession	42.3
24	SHOTS	12
7	ON GOAL	2
0.3	On Target %	0.2
0	Penalty Goals	0
0	Penalty Kicks Taken	0
413	Accurate Passes	272
546	Passes	399
0.8	Pass Completion %	0.7
4	Accurate Crosses	5
21	Crosses	15
0.2	Cross %	0.3
103	Long Balls	94
50	Accurate Long Balls	29
0.5	Long Balls %	0.3
6	Blocked Shots	1
27	Effective Tackles	22
31	Tackles	29
0.9	Tackle %	0.8
0	Interceptions	0
14	Effective Clearances	20
18	Clearances	33

Game Information

Competition: German Cup

Venue: CENTUS ARENA
Location: Aalen, Germany
Attendance: 9,172

Line-Ups

VfR Aalen (4-1-4-1)

No.	Name
1	Daniel Bernhardt (GK)
5	Fabian Menig
4	Oliver Barth
27	Markus Schwabl
22	Dennis Chessa
21	Thorsten Schulz
11	João Klauss
18	Robert Müller
24	Dominick Drexler
8	Mike Ojala
10	Matthias Morys

VfR Aalen Substitutes:

Oliver Schnitzler, Ruben Reisig, Randy Edwini-Bonsu, Alexandros Kartalis, Sebastian Neumann, Steffen Kienle, Maximilian Welzmüller.

1. FC Nürnberg (4-2-3-1)

No.	Name
26	Thorsten Kirschbaum (GK)
4	Davy Bulthuis
3	Even Hovland
16	Niklas Stark
2	Miso Brecko
28	Alessandro Schöpf
8	Jan Polak
18	Hanno Behrens
11	Jakub Sylvestr
9	Guido Burgstaller
19	Rúrik Gíslason

1. FC Nürnberg Substitutes:

Danny Blum, Stefan Kutschke, Willi Evseev, Peter Rakovsky, Robert Koch, Kevin Möhwald, Ondrej Petrak.

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