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Match Report

Match Report
It's a beautiful clear and sunny day here at Caledonian Stadium where Inverness Caledonian Thistle play FC Union Berlin in this friendly game. A crowd of 15,226 fill this 21,000 capacity stadium.
The pitch is in great condition.
Inverness Caledonian Thistle are playing in a 3-4-3 formation while FC Union Berlin appear to be shaped for 3-5-2.


0.00
FC Union Berlin kick off and get the match underway!
2.05
Jochem van den Broek barges into Antonio Gomez. The referee calls over Jochem van den Broek and shows him a yellow card! Antonio Gomez stretches but gets up unharmed.
4.37
Callum Burley threads a neat ball through to Guido Tagliaferri. Guido Tagliaferri lofts in a cross ball towards Ernest van der Hoek. Ernest van der Hoek outjumps his marker and heads the ball goalward but it misses the target by a large margin!
6.13
Markus Fromm threads a neat ball through to Marcel Beckmann. Marcel Beckmann shoots from long range. Dominic Mason gathers the ball up comfortably. Top class keeping!
8.23
Tommaso Baldini flicks a high ball forward to Callum Burley who takes it down. Callum Burley controls the ball well before passing to his team mate, Ernest van der Hoek. Ernest van der Hoek lofts in a cross ball towards Tomás Jiménez. Tomás Jiménez finds space and glances the ball goalwards with his head. Samir Wieland is helpless! The ball slams into the back of the net - goal!!
14.22
Seeing a gap ahead, Luis Faria plays the ball forward to Guido Tagliaferri. Guido Tagliaferri knocks the ball forward to Tomás Jiménez. Tomás Jiménez whips in a cross ball towards Stephen Dalglish. Stephen Dalglish makes a looping header on goal. The ball edges inside the post - goal!!
21.53
Guido Tagliaferri kicks a strong pass forward to Callum Burley. Callum Burley knocks the ball beyond the defensive line but Ernest van der Hoek is offside!
24.18
Luis Faria clumsily knocks into Philipp Poschner. The referee reaches into his pocket ... it's a yellow card! Philipp Poschner stretches but gets up unharmed.
33.22
Richard Inglis clumsily knocks into Nicolas Klimek. The referee warns Richard Inglis to calm down! Nicolas Klimek runs off the knock.
36.24
Luis Faria threads a neat ball through to Neil Bremner. Neil Bremner flicks a high ball forward to Callum Burley who takes it down. Callum Burley shoots from 25 yards but connects badly, narrowly missing the linesman!
38.26
Neil Bremner plays the ball forward to Stephen Dalglish. Stephen Dalglish knocks in a cross ball but it is headed clear by Uwe Wallner.
39.03
Antonio Gomez surges forward with the ball. Antonio Gomez decides to run forward with the ball. Antonio Gomez sees the keeper off his line and tries a speculative shot on goal but slams it into the crowd!
40.19
Hauke Kohler threads a neat ball through to Philipp Poschner. Philipp Poschner knocks in a cross ball but it is headed clear by Tommaso Baldini.
42.07
Antonio Gomez kicks a strong pass forward to Neil Bremner. Neil Bremner makes a probing pass to Richard Inglis. Richard Inglis shoots from 20 yards but is denied by Samir Wieland. Excellent save.
44.31
Ricardo Diez threads a neat ball through to Jochem van den Broek. Jochem van den Broek plays a one-two with Vincenzo Arendt and advances towards the goal... Jochem van den Broek comes in from the right and smashes a shot from 11 yards out but it flies just off target!
45.00
The referee whistles the end of the first half!

Both teams emerge for the second half. Inverness Caledonian Thistle appear unchanged since the first half. FC Union Berlin also appear unchanged since the first half.

45.00
The whistle blows and Inverness Caledonian Thistle get the second half underway!
51.33
Guido Tagliaferri threads the ball through to Ernest van der Hoek. Ernest van der Hoek shoots from outside the area. It's there!! Samir Wieland has to pick the ball from the back of the net!
59.10
Ernest van der Hoek controls the ball well before passing to his team mate, Richard Inglis. Richard Inglis finds some space and shoots from distance but Samir Wieland is on top of it.
60.33
FC Union Berlin have made a substitution with Arno Ziegler replacing Philipp Poschner .
63.33
Luis Faria hacks Hauke Kohler from behind! The referee calls over Luis Faria and warns him to calm down! Hauke Kohler runs off the knock.
67.00
Markus Fromm flicks the ball to his team mate, Ricardo Diez. Ricardo Diez shoots from 25 yards but connects badly and the ball goes wide!
69.50
Callum Burley flicks a high pass forward. Tomás Jiménez controls it well on his chest. Tomás Jiménez shoots from 25 yards but it's drastically wayward!
73.32
Nicolas Klimek surges forward with the ball. Nicolas Klimek whips in a cross ball towards Arno Ziegler. Arno Ziegler outjumps his marker and heads the ball goalward but it's drastically wayward!
77.38
Markus Fromm decides to run forward with the ball. Markus Fromm passes the ball forward to Hauke Kohler. Hauke Kohler tries a spectacular strike but it is tipped over by Dominic Mason.
78.51
Corner kick to FC Union Berlin. Markus Fromm plays it out to the edge of the box. Hauke Kohler side-steps and rifles a shot at goal but it sails harmlessly over the bar!
79.23
Ricardo Diez sees Jochem van den Broek in space ahead and quickly passes the ball. Jochem van den Broek shoots from long range but connects badly, narrowly missing the linesman!
83.57
Tomás Jiménez clumsily knocks into Rainer Seeler. The referee calls over Tomás Jiménez and shows him a yellow card! Rainer Seeler runs off the knock.
84.48
Neil Bremner chips the ball to his team mate, Richard Inglis. Richard Inglis knocks in a cross ball which is cleared by the defence.
85.38
Markus Fromm surges forward with the ball. Markus Fromm knocks the ball forward to Hauke Kohler but the linesmans flag is up. Offside!
89.29
Guido Tagliaferri kicks a strong pass forward to Tomás Jiménez. Tomás Jiménez plays a quick one-two with Stephen Dalglish and rushes in on goal... Tomás Jiménez muscles his way past his marker and unleashes a shot at goal but it's a lousy effort!
90.00
The referee blows for full-time

Match Statistics

Match Statistics
Goals
Goals: 3 vs 0
Shots on Target
Shots on Target: 5 vs 2
Shots off Target
Shots off Target: 5 vs 5
Offsides
Offsides: 1 vs 1
Fouls
Fouls: 4 vs 1
Yellow Cards
Yellow Cards: 2 vs 1
Red Cards
Red Cards: 0 vs 0

Possession
Possession: 48.6842105263158 vs 51.3157894736842
Play Area
Home team third: 23.68%, Midfield: 48.68%, Away team third: 27.63%


Man of the Match

Man of the Match
The man of the match was awarded to Ernest van der Hoek of Inverness Caledonian Thistle

Match Ratings

Match Ratings
6
2. Luis Faria (DEF)
5
3. Antonio Gomez (DEF)
7
6
5. Neil Bremner (MID)
6
6
8. Callum Burley (MID)
6
11. Tomás Jiménez (ATT)
8

12. Pedro Navarro (GK)
0
13. Callum Young (DEF)
0
14. Billy Mccann (MID)
0

6
7
3. Rainer Seeler (DEF)
6
4. Uwe Wallner (DEF)
6
6
6. Ricardo Diez (MID)
6
8. Markus Fromm (MID)
8
9. Hauke Kohler (MID)
6
10. Vincenzo Arendt (ATT)
6
6

12. Jonas Wendel (ATT)
0
13. Matt Kahn (ATT)
0
14. Arno Ziegler (DEF)
6