2.Bundesliga Matchday 2.
League leaders FC Schalke 04 took on new look Nuremberg with German legend Miroslav Klose at the helm.
It was a dominating 1st half effort from Schalke, with 71% possession, 5 attempts at goal, passing completion at 78%, everything was looking as Schalke would be able to get all 3 points in their first away match.
Then referee Nicholas Winter started to show yellow cards, and that changed the entire match.
With a dominating 1st half performance Schalke were rewarded with a goal,
At the 45th min, mark Tobias Mohr delivered a free kick into the box, and it landed at the feet of defender Ibrahima Cissé, who was able to slide it to the left of the goalkeeper and into the back of the net. Schalke lead 1-0.
With time added to the first half, at the 49th min mark, defender Ron Schallenberg is shown a 2nd yellow card, then the red card for a tackle he was pulling away from.
Schalke go into the break 1 goal up but now a man down.
SECOND HALF:
Nürnberg came out of the break energized and were a completely different team.
With no attempts at goal in the first half, within 2mins after kick off Nürnberg get the equalizer from Lukas Schleimer at 47th min and score with their first attempt at goal.
Then in less than 10min later Nürnberg find their go ahead goal at 56th min when Casper Jander blasts a rocket from center of the box from a touch line cross back into play.
Schalke would feel like a chance to get back into the match was possible when the referee shows, goal scorer Casper Jander his 2nd yellow card of the match at the 66th min to put the game at 10v10.
Schalke showed pressure but it was Nürnberg who get the 3rd goal and Rafael Lubach puts the home team up by 2 goals at the 77th min.
That is how the match would end.
Nürnberg 3- Schalke 1. This also gives Miroslav Klose his first win as head coach.
UPDATE:
The referee and the DFB have apologized that the second yellow to Ron Schallenberg should not have been shown, Schalke are appealing the red card ban.
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