Tuesday, February 20, 2007
FCN 1 - 0 Energie Cottbus
After going to the museum (see post below) we took the short walk over to the Franken Stadion (which I had just learnt was formerly the show ground for the Hitler youth) to watch the in-form FCN take on Energie Cottbus from East Germany. It was a game FCN were expected to win and they could have been 4-0 up at half time, were it not for some atrocious finishing and the crossbar.
Der Club continued to dominate in the second half and again could have had the lead several times, with Saenko guilty of missing with an empty goal at his mercy. Cottbus had a man sent off for two yellow cards with about 20 minutes left and it was just the boost Nuremberg needed. Finally they got the crucial goal, defender Michael Beuchamp bundling the ball over the line after a goalmouth melee.
It was a scrappy game but the 3 points are all that matters, taking FCN to within a point of their rivals Bayern Munich who sit in fourth place.
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