He could have given things a different turn three times. Jackson Irvine, Australia international and St. Pauli midfielder, offered the best of the rather few chances for a goal for the “Boys in Brown” against Erzgebirge Aue.
He couldn’t use any of them – neither the 1-0 after 14 minutes, when he needed a long time in the penalty area completely free-standing and let Ben Zolinski steal the ball, nor the opportunity to make it 2-1 in added time in the first half with an unplaced header after fine preparatory work by Guido Burgstaller or immediately after the restart with his tentative finish, which presented Martin Männel with anything but problems.
St. Pauli coach Schultz struggles with the exploitation of opportunities
“These are situations in which we are actually there, these are actually really good chances, but like Jackson in the scenes, we don’t manage to step on it again and play for Guido or put the header better,” said Timo Schultz fixed.
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Bitter for St. Pauli in a game that offered few opportunities anyway. “In general, we didn’t manage to get into promising scoring positions and if we did, then we just didn’t finish it well enough,” complained the coach accordingly.
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From Irvine’s point of view, the missed chances are also regrettable because it takes the right path and inspiration to keep appearing in such good positions as a midfielder and he regularly fulfills exactly this basis. As in the first half of the season, the 28-year-old only lacked calm in front of goal and accuracy in the end.
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