On Sunday afternoon (August 6, 2023), 1. FC Nürnberg narrowly avoided a complete false start to the 2023/24 second division season. In injury time, FCN scored 2-2 against Hannover 96 – and got at least one more point.
Nuremberg’s Can LONG shows in his first game from the start this season why he is currently considered the greatest “club” talent: Der 17-year-old scored his first goal as a professional in the 66th minute after a Lohkemper pass. And Uzun also converted the penalty kick in the (almost) last minute (after a foul by Hanover’s Arrey-Mbi on Hayashi).
FCN against Hannover 96: Ex-Nürnberger Teuchert with two penalties
Of all things, Hannover scored the former Nuremberg Cedric Teuchert double. The native Coburger converted two penalty kicks in the first half. The Franconians had messed up the start of the season last weekend: The 2-0 defeat at Hansa Rostock put a real damper on the spirit of optimism at the Valznerweiher.
When Cristian Fiél made his home debut as FCN head coach, his team lacked final strength for a long time, as they did in the 2-0 defeat in Rostock. Chaos reigned at the back: a mistake by goalkeeper Christian Mathenia resulted in Johannes Geis fouling Nicolo Tresoldi. Penalty Teuchert – 0:1. After a triple chance for the guests, Teuchert fell in the penalty area. Penalty again, Teuchert again, goal again. “We make mistakes that you can’t make in the 2nd division,” said Fiél about the dropouts that led to the goals conceded.
Louis Schaub could have made the game 3-0 for Hannover before the break whistle. The offensive player failed free standing against Mathenia. “We played a really bad game in the first half,” said the goalkeeper.
FCN coach Fiél changes four times at halftime
Cristian Fiél made four changes at the break. His team showed morale and emotional attacking football that carried the crowd away. was in the middle Can Long with his first two profiters. After he had already marked the connection hit, that was possible “Club” Jewel not unsettled by the long video evidence in added time, but stayed cool at the penalty spot. After his usual start-up ritual, the youngster scored with a powerful shot on the day of the penalty at the Max Morlock Stadium. The fact that the young professional bravely took the ball found his coach’s full approval. “The player who feels like he’s putting it in should take the ball, whether he’s 17 or 29,” said Fiél.
“He’s a good boy. And we won’t be able to prevent a 17-year-old from being celebrated now. He’s a extraordinary talent“, said Cristian Fiél to the man of the day.
Fiél was not stunned by Uzun’s actions. “This boy knows what he’s capable of. He loves these situations,” said the coach. Uzun himself admitted: “The pulse was already very high.” He has the Elfer, the one questionable foul to Daichi Hayashi and just a lengthy video review, “just had a good feeling”. That’s why he grabbed the ball, said Uzun: “We rewarded ourselves with at least one point.” The midfield player later revealed to the reporters: “My idol is Lionel Messi.”
The votes after the game
In the “Voices After the Game” on the official FCN websites Coach and team were happy to win the point after being 2-0 down, but at the same time disappointed with the performance before the half-time break:
Trainer Cristian Fiél: “When you go from 0-2 to 2-2, you can speak of the morale that we showed. But that had to be the case. Football is a game of mistakes, but how the two goals in Hanover came about mustn’t happen. At half-time we have to be happy to be alive. I also thought we’d made progress on some things. But now we have to work on it. After all, it’s fun to improve. “”
Goalkeeper Christian Mathenia: “It was a crazy game with two different halves. It went wildly back and forth. We all played a really bad game in the first half, and we got more and more nervous from minute to minute. At half-time we reacted emotionally and raised a few things. We then showed a different face in the second half. It’s a good result for morale. We’re still disappointed because after the break we saw what could have been possible. In the second half we won Then we got fresh and unaffected players in. Then we did well as a team.”
Double Goalscorer Can Uzun: “We started the game badly. The first half wasn’t good. The goals we conceded were stupid. But that happens in football. Nevertheless, the coach shook us up at half-time with his instructions and we’re in the second half got into the game better. We really put our heart into the game and showed passion. We can’t be satisfied with the points we scored. Our game still has room for improvement. But it was important that we showed a reaction today.”
guest trainer Stefan Leitlwho was a player for 1. FC Nürnberg and coached local rivals Greuther Fürth, looked dejected after the late equalizer: “It doesn’t feel good. We put in a good performance for an away game, were well organized and have Nürnberg always forced to make mistakes,” he said.
According to Leitl, his team deservedly took the lead thanks to the penalties. After the 2-0 Hannover had many opportunities to decide the game for themselves. “But we’re not giving up on that.” Of course, the 2:2 shouldn’t happen anymore, explained the H96 coach: “On the one hand, because we have to play it better beforehand, on the other hand, because you’re not allowed to give a penalty like that.”
The goal sequence: 0: 1 Teuchert (8th minute, penalty), 0: 1 Teuchert (23rd minute, penalty), 1: 2 Uzun (66th), 2: 2 Uzun (90+2, penalty)
This is how FCN played: Mathenia – Valentini (46. Gyamerah), Lawrence (62. Hübner), Gürleyen, Brown – Geis (46. Loune), Castrop, Uzun, Hungbo, Okunuki (46. Lohkemper) – Daferner (46. Hayashi)
with dpa
2023-08-06 22:22:28
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