The match began with German Magdeburg defender Gideon Jung committing a naive and scandalous mistake in the 12th minute, when he surprised everyone by catching a ball passed to him by his fellow goalkeeper on the 6-yard line, so the referee blew his whistle, awarding a penalty kick.
The Dutchman, Mohamed Al-Hankoury, took the kick in the 15th minute, and the goalkeeper blocked it, but he followed it into the net after a shot by one of his teammates, and then his other Dutch compatriot, Martin Kars, added the second goal for the hosts, in the 18th minute.
In turn, the home team’s defender, Daniel Heber, committed a grave and naive mistake in the 42nd minute, when he caught the ball in his penalty area, after the opponent’s striker fell to the ground due to being fouled outside the penalty area, so the referee awarded a penalty kick in favor of the Gruter Fürth club.
American player Julian Green converted the penalty kick into a goal to reduce the deficit for the visitors in the 42nd minute of the first half, before his fellow German striker Noel Fotkiu grabbed the equalizer in the 75th minute of the match.
The Magdeburg team settled for one point, after this draw, raising its score to 16 points and occupying second place, missing the opportunity to seize the lead from the Fortuna Dusseldorf team, which suffered a heavy defeat at home and among the fans in front of its Alex Reed Hamburg with three goals without a response.
While the Gruter Fürth team fell to tenth place on the standings with 10 points.
Source: RT
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