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Author Topic: The Wurst is yet to come : generally jaundiced jottings from German jaunts.  (Read 5489 times)

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On this occasion I had fortunately booked flights with Eurowings rather than flybe, so the trip to Germany is going ahead, starting with

Friday 6th March 2020
3. Liga
MSV Duisburg   1   v   0   FC Magdeburg
Florian Badstübner (Windsbach); Julius Martenstein, Christopher Schwarzmann.

When the appointment was published, there was a certain sense of disappointment that the referee was one seen, albeit somewhat distantly, earlier this season.

Despite a poor run recently, Duisburg were still top of the table, and some of their slick football showed why, though JCFC was still staring at a virgin page when they took the lead on 25 minutes. On 33 minutes they had a chance - the ball was slipped under the advancing keeper, but with not enough pace to cross the line before a defender could get back to clear. Two minutes later the Magdeburg number 2 went down when tackled, Herr Badstübner immediately signalling no foul. The ball went out of play as number 2 regained his feet and the unfortunate Herr Schwarzmann  took the full force of his complaints - until Herr Badstübner ran across to sort it out. Magdeburg threatened a couple of times just before the break, but to no effect.

They had an even better chance on the restart, but pulled the shot wide.Things were proving more even, but the visiting keeper had a decent save to make on 54 minutes. A barge in the back of a breaking player brought the game's first yellow for the home number 10. On the hour the Magdeburg number 2 went down in a challenge by the home number 9 on the far touchline. Herr Badstübner, as ever, was where he needed to be and the red card was instantly produced. He looked to be indicating the use of the knee, but as number 2 had to depart on a stretcher, there was probably more to it than that - and there were few complaints from Duisburg. From that point Magdeburg were on top, though they did pick up a deserved yellow when Duisburg's rare attack was crudely stopped.The closing stages  saw the home keeper make a couple of showy saves, while the Magdeburg number 8 received a yellow card in added time for a foul.

At Illertissen, Herr Badstübner had been competent without impressing unduly: in this game it was clear that he was communicating with players - and effectively judging by the responses - and he did have a smile on occasions, and showed why he is on the 2. Liga list. The final seconds, though could have been dealt with more sensibly, perhaps: at a goal kick there were briefly two balls on the pitch, the keeper tossing back the replacement, just as the Magdeburg number 11 raced to hoof the other one into the stand. The final whistle was then blown - it would have been more judicious to wait for the restart (against all JCFC's usual rants) as number 11 was unimpressed to say the least. That said, Herr Badstübner had been good at dealing with time-wasting and had also made a generous allowance of added time. Overall a very good display, though the last second possibly cost him marks.
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