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guzmo
26-05-2007, 11:38 PM
... Nurnberg


Congrats to 1.FC Nurnberg for winning the DFB Pokal.

http://www.spiegel.de/img/0,1020,879392,00.jpg

Great team, great season, great final!

And a special one for their gaffer Hans Meyer, coolest guy on the bench worldwide...

Keep it going lads!

And in the meantime I found an english source for an article about the match:

Nürnberg stun ten-man Stuttgart

1. FC Nürnberg won the German Cup for the fourth time after completing a dramatic 3-2 win against Bundesliga champions VfB Stuttgart after extra time in a thrilling final on Saturday.

Cacau dismissal
Stuttgart, who won the German title last weekend, were a man short after half an hour after their Brazilian striker Cacau, who had scored the opening goal, was sent off for violent conduct. Denmark midfielder Jan Kristiansen scored the winner in the 109th minute with a spectacular shot from 25 metres that curled past goalkeeper Timo Hildebrand and into the far top corner.

Mintál injury
It was Stuttgart who had first taken the lead against the run on 20 minutes when Cacau chested down a pass on the left before beating Raphael Schäfer with a clever flick to the far post. Nürnberg equalised seven minutes later as Slovakian international striker Marek Mintál got a foot on a low left-wing centre by Dominik Reinhard. Within four minutes, though, Cacau had been sent off and Stuttgart captain Fernando Meira was lucky not to suffer the same fate a minute later after committing a foul on Mintál which saw the striker taken to hospital with knee damage.

Pardo penalty
Marco Engelhardt put Nürnberg ahead two minutes into the second half when he headed in a Javier Pinola corner but ten-man Stuttgart rallied as the clock ticked down and scored a deserved equaliser ten minutes from time, Pardo converting a penalty after Mario Gómez was brought down in the penalty area by Schäfer. Kristiansen, however, had the final say as Nürnberg completed their third win against Stuttgart this season.

PS.: Sorry for the mistake with threat title :( won't happen again

georgez
27-05-2007, 12:23 AM
what was the score and who scored?:confused:

chauchey
27-05-2007, 12:27 AM
Wow...talk about unexpected! :eek: Not one of the usual suspects, although i'm guessing that if you followed the season in the BL, this wasnt as big of a suprise. :) Good show Nurnberg! Grats on the title and the CL next season! :D

jr!
27-05-2007, 02:38 AM
um, they're not in the CL next season but will be in the UEFA cup (I think??)

PappinAce
27-05-2007, 03:35 AM
Cacau opened the scoring, and Mintel equalized for Nuremberg. They took the lead in the opening minutes of the second half off a goal from Engelhardt. Pardo converted a penalty after Schaefer brought down Gomez in the box, sending it to extra time. Jan Kristiansen won it with a screamer from thirty yards in the 109th.

Yes, Nuremberg was in the UEFA Cup before this match even began. I was hoping Stuttgart would do the double because I love Hildebrand. They really got spanked by Nuremberg this season, didn't they? Both teams have great futures, though.

sweed
27-05-2007, 05:38 AM
um, they're not in the CL next season but will be in the UEFA cup (I think??)

they are in the uefa cup b/c they were finalists for the dfb cup. and yes congrats to Der Club und Die Clubberer :)

EDIT: german grammer :p

guzmo
27-05-2007, 08:47 AM
Wow...talk about unexpected! :eek: Not one of the usual suspects, although i'm guessing that if you followed the season in the BL, this wasnt as big of a suprise. :) Good show Nurnberg! :D

Yeah! That was a share of honours (Stuttgart Champions, Nurnberg Cug Winner) nobody would've expected that before the season. But it's well deserved as both teams are pretty likeable and were just doning fantastic jobs this year.

mambo
27-05-2007, 11:28 AM
Hey that was an exciting match, wasnt it ?
But that Meira foul against Mintal was realy evil. Poor boy, injured again :[

ugh
27-05-2007, 11:38 AM
really ugly scene this was. WTF was Meira doing there:/
poor Mintal :(
the match itself was entertaining, a good final :)

guzmo
27-05-2007, 03:56 PM
There is the foul (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E0M4YO9iJCI) again for all to watch.

For those of you with a weak stomache, don't ...

Disgraceful scene...

kuuze
29-05-2007, 10:43 AM
WOW... Congrats :)

audiollama
29-05-2007, 11:42 AM
Thanks for the Congrats everybody. :)

It was such an exciting game... what an atmosphere in the stadium. It's hard to find words for that.