Saarbrücken vs 1. FC Nürnberg, 2024-25 German Cup, First Round

· 1. FC Nürnberg advance 5-3 on penalties

Saarbrücken

80': Kai Brunker

FT - Penalties
1 - 1
1. FC Nürnberg advance 5-3 on penalties

1. FC Nürnberg

12': Michal Sevcík

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Saarbrücken are hosting 1. FC Nürnberg at Ludwigsparkstadion, Saarbrücken, Germany, starting on . The match is a part of the German Cup.

Match Timeline

0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
0': First Half begins.
7': Foul by Florian Flick (1. FC Nürnberg).
7': Patrick Schmidt (1. FC Saarbrücken) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
8': Corner, 1. FC Saarbrücken. Conceded by Oliver Villadsen.
9': Foul by Patrick Sontheimer (1. FC Saarbrücken).
9': Lukas Schleimer (1. FC Nürnberg) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
9': Foul by Sebastian Vasiliadis (1. FC Saarbrücken).
9': Michal Sevcík (1. FC Nürnberg) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
10': Foul by Oliver Villadsen (1. FC Nürnberg).
10': Manuel Zeitz (1. FC Saarbrücken) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
12': Goal! 1. FC Saarbrücken 0, 1. FC Nürnberg 1. Michal Sevcík (1. FC Nürnberg) left footed shot from outside the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Robin Knoche.
17': Foul by Kanji Okunuki (1. FC Nürnberg).
17': Till Schumacher (1. FC Saarbrücken) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
17': Attempt blocked. Simon Stehle (1. FC Saarbrücken) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
18': Attempt missed. Patrick Sontheimer (1. FC Saarbrücken) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the left.
21': Florian Pick (1. FC Nürnberg) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
21': Foul by Sebastian Vasiliadis (1. FC Saarbrücken).
23': Attempt blocked. Kanji Okunuki (1. FC Nürnberg) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Lukas Schleimer with a cross.
28': Attempt saved. Amine Naïfi (1. FC Saarbrücken) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Elijah Krahn.
30': Attempt missed. Patrick Sontheimer (1. FC Saarbrücken) header from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Calogero Rizzuto with a cross.
32': Hand ball by Simon Stehle (1. FC Saarbrücken).
33': Elijah Krahn (1. FC Saarbrücken) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
33': Foul by Michal Sevcík (1. FC Nürnberg).
35': Offside, 1. FC Nürnberg. Lukas Schleimer is caught offside.
36': Attempt blocked. Florian Flick (1. FC Nürnberg) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Lukas Schleimer.
37': Attempt saved. Kanji Okunuki (1. FC Nürnberg) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the top left corner. Assisted by Michal Sevcík.
37': Corner, 1. FC Nürnberg. Conceded by Phillip Menzel.
39': Foul by Michal Sevcík (1. FC Nürnberg).
39': Patrick Sontheimer (1. FC Saarbrücken) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
40': Foul by Elijah Krahn (1. FC Saarbrücken).
40': Lukas Schleimer (1. FC Nürnberg) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
41': Elijah Krahn (1. FC Saarbrücken) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
41': Foul by Michal Sevcík (1. FC Nürnberg).
42': Delay in match because of an injury Elijah Krahn (1. FC Saarbrücken).
43': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
45'+1': Florian Pick (1. FC Nürnberg) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
45'+1': Foul by Sebastian Vasiliadis (1. FC Saarbrücken).
45'+2': First Half ends, 1. FC Saarbrücken 0, 1. FC Nürnberg 1.
45': Second Half begins 1. FC Saarbrücken 0, 1. FC Nürnberg 1.
45': Substitution, 1. FC Saarbrücken. Kai Brünker replaces Patrick Schmidt.
46': Delay in match because of an injury Finn Jeltsch (1. FC Nürnberg).
46': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
48': Foul by Enrico Valentini (1. FC Nürnberg).
48': Till Schumacher (1. FC Saarbrücken) wins a free kick on the left wing.
49': Attempt blocked. Michal Sevcík (1. FC Nürnberg) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Florian Pick.
52': Enrico Valentini (1. FC Nürnberg) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
52': Foul by Kai Brünker (1. FC Saarbrücken).
54': Foul by Sven Sonnenberg (1. FC Saarbrücken).
54': Michal Sevcík (1. FC Nürnberg) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
54': Delay in match because of an injury Elijah Krahn (1. FC Saarbrücken).
55': Substitution, 1. FC Saarbrücken. Tim Civeja replaces Elijah Krahn because of an injury.
56': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
56': Amine Naïfi (1. FC Saarbrücken) wins a free kick on the left wing.
56': Foul by Florian Pick (1. FC Nürnberg).
57': Attempt missed. Calogero Rizzuto (1. FC Saarbrücken) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left. Assisted by Tim Civeja.
57': Attempt saved. Simon Stehle (1. FC Saarbrücken) right footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Calogero Rizzuto.
58': Foul by Florian Flick (1. FC Nürnberg).
58': Tim Civeja (1. FC Saarbrücken) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
58': Florian Flick (1. FC Nürnberg) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
60': Foul by Lukas Schleimer (1. FC Nürnberg).
60': Sven Sonnenberg (1. FC Saarbrücken) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
61': Attempt blocked. Tim Civeja (1. FC Saarbrücken) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
62': Substitution, 1. FC Nürnberg. Janni Serra replaces Kanji Okunuki.
62': Substitution, 1. FC Nürnberg. Ondrej Karafiát replaces Robin Knoche.
62': Substitution, 1. FC Nürnberg. Rafael Lubach replaces Michal Sevcík.
63': Foul by Kai Brünker (1. FC Saarbrücken).
63': Ondrej Karafiát (1. FC Nürnberg) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
65': Foul by Manuel Zeitz (1. FC Saarbrücken).
65': Janni Serra (1. FC Nürnberg) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
66': Foul by Caspar Jander (1. FC Nürnberg).
66': Patrick Sontheimer (1. FC Saarbrücken) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
69': Substitution, 1. FC Nürnberg. Taylan Duman replaces Caspar Jander because of an injury.
70': Florian Flick (1. FC Nürnberg) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
70': Foul by Sebastian Vasiliadis (1. FC Saarbrücken).
71': Substitution, 1. FC Saarbrücken. Chafik Gourichy replaces Simon Stehle.
71': Substitution, 1. FC Saarbrücken. Kasim Rabihic replaces Sebastian Vasiliadis.
72': Foul by Manuel Zeitz (1. FC Saarbrücken).
72': Rafael Lubach (1. FC Nürnberg) wins a free kick on the right wing.
74': Foul by Patrick Sontheimer (1. FC Saarbrücken).
74': Janni Serra (1. FC Nürnberg) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
74': Attempt saved. Ondrej Karafiát (1. FC Nürnberg) header from the centre of the box is saved in the top right corner. Assisted by Florian Pick with a cross.
74': Corner, 1. FC Nürnberg. Conceded by Phillip Menzel.
75': Attempt missed. Oliver Villadsen (1. FC Nürnberg) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right following a corner.
77': Offside, 1. FC Saarbrücken. Kai Brünker is caught offside.
78': Attempt saved. Taylan Duman (1. FC Nürnberg) left footed shot from a difficult angle on the left is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Oliver Villadsen.
78': Substitution, 1. FC Saarbrücken. Julian Günther-Schmidt replaces Amine Naïfi.
79': Calogero Rizzuto (1. FC Saarbrücken) wins a free kick on the right wing.
79': Foul by Florian Pick (1. FC Nürnberg).
79': Florian Pick (1. FC Nürnberg) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
80': Goal! 1. FC Saarbrücken 1, 1. FC Nürnberg 1. Kai Brünker (1. FC Saarbrücken) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the top right corner. Assisted by Calogero Rizzuto following a set piece situation.
84': Foul by Manuel Zeitz (1. FC Saarbrücken).
84': Lukas Schleimer (1. FC Nürnberg) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
86': Foul by Tim Civeja (1. FC Saarbrücken).
86': Taylan Duman (1. FC Nürnberg) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
87': Calogero Rizzuto (1. FC Saarbrücken) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
87': Foul by Florian Pick (1. FC Nürnberg).
90': Attempt missed. Kai Brünker (1. FC Saarbrücken) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Calogero Rizzuto with a cross.
90'+1': Delay in match (1. FC Nürnberg).
90'+2': Substitution, 1. FC Nürnberg. Dustin Forkel replaces Florian Pick.
90'+2': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
90'+3': Attempt missed. Ondrej Karafiát (1. FC Nürnberg) left footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the left.
90'+5': Second Half ends, 1. FC Saarbrücken 1, 1. FC Nürnberg 1.
90': First Half Extra Time begins 1. FC Saarbrücken 1, 1. FC Nürnberg 1.
93': Attempt saved. Calogero Rizzuto (1. FC Saarbrücken) right footed shot from more than 35 yards is saved in the bottom left corner.
93': Delay in match because of an injury Calogero Rizzuto (1. FC Saarbrücken).
94': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
96': Attempt missed. Rafael Lubach (1. FC Nürnberg) right footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the right.
96': Foul by Till Schumacher (1. FC Saarbrücken).
96': Rafael Lubach (1. FC Nürnberg) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
98': Corner, 1. FC Saarbrücken. Conceded by Taylan Duman.
99': Corner, 1. FC Saarbrücken. Conceded by Janni Serra.
100': Attempt missed. Sven Sonnenberg (1. FC Saarbrücken) header from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Kasim Rabihic with a cross.
101': Delay in match because of an injury Oliver Villadsen (1. FC Nürnberg).
102': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
103': Attempt missed. Lukas Schleimer (1. FC Nürnberg) right footed shot from more than 35 yards misses to the right. Assisted by Rafael Lubach.
104': Foul by Enrico Valentini (1. FC Nürnberg).
104': Kasim Rabihic (1. FC Saarbrücken) wins a free kick on the left wing.
105': Attempt saved. Kasim Rabihic (1. FC Saarbrücken) right footed shot from a difficult angle and long range on the left is saved in the top right corner.
105': Attempt blocked. Manuel Zeitz (1. FC Saarbrücken) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
105': Foul by Taylan Duman (1. FC Nürnberg).
105': Kasim Rabihic (1. FC Saarbrücken) wins a free kick on the left wing.
105'+2': Corner, 1. FC Nürnberg. Conceded by Calogero Rizzuto.
105'+2': First Half Extra Time ends, 1. FC Saarbrücken 1, 1. FC Nürnberg 1.
105': Second Half Extra Time begins 1. FC Saarbrücken 1, 1. FC Nürnberg 1.
106': Corner, 1. FC Nürnberg. Conceded by Calogero Rizzuto.
107': Corner, 1. FC Nürnberg. Conceded by Sven Sonnenberg.
110': Foul by Tim Civeja (1. FC Saarbrücken).
110': Taylan Duman (1. FC Nürnberg) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
111': Corner, 1. FC Saarbrücken. Conceded by Ondrej Karafiát.
114': Foul by Rafael Lubach (1. FC Nürnberg).
114': Kasim Rabihic (1. FC Saarbrücken) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
116': Foul by Kasim Rabihic (1. FC Saarbrücken).
116': Rafael Lubach (1. FC Nürnberg) wins a free kick on the right wing.
116': Kasim Rabihic (1. FC Saarbrücken) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
117': Attempt blocked. Dustin Forkel (1. FC Nürnberg) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
117': Attempt blocked. Finn Jeltsch (1. FC Nürnberg) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
117': Corner, 1. FC Nürnberg. Conceded by Manuel Zeitz.
117': Foul by Oliver Villadsen (1. FC Nürnberg).
117': Patrick Sontheimer (1. FC Saarbrücken) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
117': Oliver Villadsen (1. FC Nürnberg) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
118': Calogero Rizzuto (1. FC Saarbrücken) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
118': Foul by Janni Serra (1. FC Nürnberg).
119': Foul by Patrick Sontheimer (1. FC Saarbrücken).
119': Taylan Duman (1. FC Nürnberg) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
120'+1': Second Half Extra Time ends, 1. FC Saarbrücken 1, 1. FC Nürnberg 1.
120': Penalty Shootout begins 1. FC Saarbrücken 1, 1. FC Nürnberg 1.
120': Goal! 1. FC Saarbrücken 1, 1. FC Nürnberg 1(1). Taylan Duman (1. FC Nürnberg) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom left corner.
120': Goal! 1. FC Saarbrücken 1(1), 1. FC Nürnberg 1(1). Calogero Rizzuto (1. FC Saarbrücken) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom right corner.
120': Goal! 1. FC Saarbrücken 1(1), 1. FC Nürnberg 1(2). Florian Flick (1. FC Nürnberg) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom left corner.
120': Goal! 1. FC Saarbrücken 1(2), 1. FC Nürnberg 1(2). Tim Civeja (1. FC Saarbrücken) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the centre of the goal.
120': Goal! 1. FC Saarbrücken 1(2), 1. FC Nürnberg 1(3). Janni Serra (1. FC Nürnberg) converts the penalty with a left footed shot to the top right corner.
120': Penalty saved. Manuel Zeitz (1. FC Saarbrücken) right footed shot saved in the bottom right corner.
120': Goal! 1. FC Saarbrücken 1(2), 1. FC Nürnberg 1(4). Lukas Schleimer (1. FC Nürnberg) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom left corner.
120': Goal! 1. FC Saarbrücken 1(3), 1. FC Nürnberg 1(4). Kai Brünker (1. FC Saarbrücken) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the top right corner.
120': Goal! 1. FC Saarbrücken 1(3), 1. FC Nürnberg 1(5). Rafael Lubach (1. FC Nürnberg) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the top left corner.
120': Penalty Shootout ends, 1. FC Saarbrücken 1(3), 1. FC Nürnberg 1(5).
0': Match ends, 1. FC Saarbrücken 1(3), 1. FC Nürnberg 1(5).

Statistics

FCN		FCS
18	Fouls	19
3	Yellow Cards	1
0	Red Cards	0
1	Offsides	1
6	Corner Kicks	4
4	Saves	3
54.5	Possession	45.5
13	SHOTS	13
4	ON GOAL	5
0.3	On Target %	0.4
0	Penalty Goals	0
0	Penalty Kicks Taken	0
528	Accurate Passes	406
645	Passes	521
0.8	Pass Completion %	0.8
2	Accurate Crosses	5
16	Crosses	30
0.1	Cross %	0.2
66	Long Balls	92
33	Accurate Long Balls	50
0.5	Long Balls %	0.5
5	Blocked Shots	3
14	Effective Tackles	12
18	Tackles	19
0.8	Tackle %	0.6
7	Interceptions	11
32	Effective Clearances	24
32	Clearances	24

Game Information

Competition: German Cup

Venue: Ludwigsparkstadion
Location: Saarbrücken, Germany
Attendance: 14,868

Line-Ups

Saarbrücken (5-3-2)

No.	Name
13	Phillip Menzel (GK)
4	Sven Sonnenberg
5	Elijah Krahn
8	Manuel Zeitz
33	Till Schumacher
7	Calogero Rizzuto
6	Patrick Sontheimer
25	Amine Naifi
19	Sebastian Vasiliadis
39	Patrick Schmidt
22	Simon Stehle

Saarbrücken Substitutes:

Julian Günther-Schmidt, Philip Fahrner, Kasim Rabihic, Kai Brunker, Tim Civeja, Richard Neudecker, Tim Paterok, Chafik Gourichy, Lasse Wilhelm.

1. FC Nürnberg (4-2-3-1)

No.	Name
26	Christian Mathenia (GK)
31	Robin Knoche
4	Finn Jeltsch
2	Oliver Villadsen
22	Enrico Valentini
19	Michal Sevcík
20	Caspar Jander
6	Florian Flick
36	Lukas Schleimer
7	Florian Pick
11	Kanji Okunuki

1. FC Nürnberg Substitutes:

Janni Serra, Ondrej Karafiat, Dustin Forkel, Nick Seidel, Michal Kukucka, Taylan Duman, Rafael Lubach, Danilo Soares, Stefanos Tzimas.

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