Matchday seven of the 2011/12 2. Bundesliga season pits together two of Berlin and Bavaria’s smaller sides. Ingolstadt have had the more iffy start to the new campaign, taking five points from a possible 18 – two less than Union. But, although tomorrow’s hosts have won two of their three league games played at the 18,000-seater Stadion An der Alten Försterei, they were thrashed at home on the opening day of the new season by another Bavarian side, Fürth. Added to that, Ingolstadt coach Benno Möhlmann can take heart from the fact that it was only an 87th minute equalizer by Karim Benyamina that denied his side all three points when the two teams last met in a competitive game (April 24). Continue reading
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Fortuna Düsseldorf 4-1 FC Ingolstadt
The first half formations, as Ingolstadt forcefully imposed their system and tactics on the game.
Fortuna Düsseldorf overcame 43 minutes of being outclassed by a seemingly inferior 2. Bundesliga opponent to secure what was in the end a comfortable victory. Despite bossing the majority of the first half with their risky attacking play and high defensive line, Ingolstadt paid the price for not taking their chances. After taking the lead seconds before the interval, Fortuna then had the relatively simple task of picking off their crestfallen guests on the break in the second half.
The match began in a competitive manner, each sides giving as good as they got. Therefore, we saw a number of half chances as formations were temporarily abandoned, Andreas Buchner and Max Beister, cutting in from the wings for the away and home side respectively, probably seeing the clearest openings of goal in the opening five minutes. Continue reading
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