Magdeburg's oath of revelation against Elversberg

Magdeburg punish weaknesses in tackling

Magdeburg did not look rattled at first, but the chances they created ended up with the visitors' goalkeeper Kristof (11th, 13th minute). Elversberg established themselves in Magdeburg's penalty area for a long time after set-pieces, winning practically all second balls - and Conté used one of them to take the lead. In particular, the FCM's defense on the wing did not work at all. The goal they conceded swept away what little confidence Magdeburg had and FCM barely got into the tackles - including before Zimmerschied made it 2-0.

After the break, Elversberg remained active, did not pull back despite taking the lead and put Magdeburg under pressure from time to time. FCM lacked a concept to even get into a finishing position. A shot from Rayan Ghrieb went wide of the goal (58'). Magdeburg then had more to do with preventing Elversberg attacks than initiating their own - and conceded further goals on the counter-attack.