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Monday, April 25, 2011

31. Spieltag: VfB celebrates major victory with HSV mentality problem

The two teams separated only about 40 feet, but in between were all the feelings. While celebrating the players of VfB Stuttgart after the 3-0 (1-0) against Hamburg in the Untertürkheimer curve of their fans were singing, ventured Frank Rost with a single hamburger to his followers. The rest frighten off the furious fans with vicious tirade, trainer Michael Oenning had already been sneaked into the catacombs.

Champions League: VfB goalkeeper Marc Ziegler was a blessing in disguise

The spectators in Stuttgart's arena gasped. Marc Ziegler had been slapping a shot ahead and ran out the door to tackling issues again. In the game of the Champions League Benfica Lisbon's midfielder Nicolas Gaitan rushed approach, trying to dust - and hit the VfB keeper in the 48th Minute with a knee to the temple.

Making matters worse, even defender Matthieu Delpierre fell on Ziegler's head. The Stuttgart keeper lay unconscious was, after several minutes of treatment on the pitch on a stretcher brought out of the stadium with flashing lights and drove to the hospital. "I was standing right next to it and was shocked.

Champions League: Stuttgart drop out and lose goalkeeper Ziegler

On Europe's football stage and still be bad news for the fight for survival in the Bundesliga: VfB Stuttgart's sporting decline continued, and on Thursday evening by a 0-2 (0-1) in the intermediate round second leg against the Portuguese record champions Benfica in the European League failed. In addition to the missed moving into the knockout stages suffered VfB coach Bruno Labbadia for the upcoming battle against relegation another low blow.

Champions League: VfB Stuttgart are the nerves blank

When the players arrive at VfB Stuttgart on Thursday in the stadium of Benfica, they enter their familiar terrain. Not because they constantly have to play against the Portuguese. On the contrary: It was once the case in the 2004/2005 season - and then it was a home game. But in the past nine years, VfB was represented eight times in European competitions.

As can already feel the Stuttgart at home in Europe. But probably for the Swabians at the time, slowly saying bye-bye. The round of 32 teams in the Champions League could be for a long time, the last international presentation of VfB Stuttgart, the staggers against relegation in the Bundesliga.

Nuremberg clearly wins: Home debacle - Stuttgart staggers towards relegation

As the most shrill whistles had died away, looked around Bruno Labbadia still stunned at the stadium. Two coaches of the malade VfB Stuttgart has worn this season, and the third finds no cure for the disease. Alarmingly dispassionate the master reels of 2007, contrary to the decline. "The team did today, it has been able not only" a consternation Labbadia said after the 1:4 (1:2) against 1 FC Nuremberg, which was also sealed by a Stuttgart Leihspieler: Julian slide struck in the 28th Minutes and prepared himself also the 1:3.

Football: VfB Stuttgart, is once again question everything

Also the day after Martin Harnik was still inconsolable: "I do not know how to pass that could," said the Austrian striker a missed shot that is missed in any annual review the exhibits are so emblematic of the plight of his club..