HSV got stuck in a friendly in Austria, while Schalke 04 celebrated a thrashing of Podolski-Klub Gornik Zabrze. SC Freiburg has an injury to complain about. The test matches of the German Bundesliga and second division teams on July 15 at a glance.
The friendly matches of the Bundesliga teams on July 15 at a glance:
Test matches: Schalke clearly beats Poldi-Klub
Second division club Schalke 04 put an exclamation mark at the end of the training camp. The Bundesliga relegated team won 5-0 (2-0) in Mittersill, Austria, against the Polish first division club Gornik Zabrze led by Rio World Champion Lukas Podolski.
Kenan Karaman (13′), Blendi Idrizi (32′), new signing Bryan Laasme (67′), U17 European champion Assan Ouedraogo (79′) and Soichiro Kozuki (89′) scored the goals for S04. Podolski was in the starting lineup for the Poles.
Test matches: Freiburg loses Christian Günter with a broken arm
Christian Günter from SC Freiburg broke his right forearm in the friendly against Grasshoppers Zurich (6:1). Coach Christian Streich confirmed this after the final whistle: “Christian broke his arm and is to be operated on today, the doctors are taking care of him. However, we do not yet know whether it is a clean break or not. We really hope so , because then you could use plates.”
How long he will be out is still unclear. Streich: “If it’s a clean break, it wouldn’t be too bad. Of course it’s not good either, but it wouldn’t be a cruciate ligament tear.”
In the end, the result was just a side issue. Merlin Röhl (34th) and Nicolas Höfler (38th) scored for the Breisgauer in the first half. In the second half there were almost only U23 players on the pitch, the other goals were scored by Davino Knappe (53), Maximilian Breunig (66′), Jihan Lee (70′) and Noah Darvich (90’+3′). Filipe De Carvalho (63′) scored the consolation goal for the Grashoppers.
Test matches: too much pyrotechnics – Augsburg test canceled
The test of the Bundesliga soccer club FC Augsburg against Besiktas Istanbul was canceled after just 76 minutes in Kufstein, Austria. When the score was 1-1 (0-1), the referee asked the two teams into the dressing room after the Turkish supporters had once again ignited pyrotechnics and shot firecrackers onto the pitch.
Besiktas took the lead in the first half through Jackson Muleka (41st). In the 47th minute, the Istanbul fans then caused the first interruption, after a short break Frenchman Irvin Cardona (58th) scored the Augsburg equaliser. A little later, the Turks lit up again, and the encounter ended early.
Test matches: Bochum loses test in Verl
VfL Bochum suffered a surprising defeat in the second pre-season test. Coach Thomas Letsch’s team lost 3-1 (1-1) to third-division club SC Verl. Iwan Ordez (4′) gave VfL the lead, Maximilian Wolfram (39′), Robin Friedrich (82′) and Barne Pernot (89′) turned the game around for the hosts.
The Bochum team continues on Friday with the test at second division side Fortuna Düsseldorf, two days later VfL travel to the training camp in South Tyrol (23rd to 30th). The Bundesliga side will start their competitive game on August 12 in the first round of the DFB Cup against Arminia Bielefeld, who have been relegated to the second division (6 p.m.).
Test matches: HSV conceded 1: 4 swatter against Red Bull Salzburg
HSV lost their second test match at their training camp in Kitzbühel/Austria against Red Bull Salzburg 1:4 (1:3). Immanuel Pherai scored the consolation goal for Hamburg to make it 1:3 (30th). Karim Konate (8th), Dennis Hadzikadunic (13th/ET), Amankwah Forson (23rd) and Dorgeles Nene (55th) scored for the Austrian champions.
After the break, the Hanseatic League still had a couple of chances to score more goals before both teams had to pay the price of the training load of the past few days and the level dropped noticeably in the final phase.
Test match: With a Skhiri goal – Frankfurt wins the first test
Eintracht Frankfurt easily won the first test of preparation with numerous debutants on and off the pitch. The SGE won 15:1 (5:1) at neighboring group league club FSV Braunfels on Saturday. Coach Dino Toppmöller made his debut on the touchline, new signings Ellyes Skhiri, Robin Koch and Hugo Larsson each played a half.
The Tunisian Skhiri, whose contract with league rivals 1. FC Köln had expired, joined the long list of goalscorers (62nd). Four-packer Paxten Aaronson (54/66/79/87), Igor Matanovic (7/37), Jens Petter Hauge (11/45), Ragnar Ache (59/83), Eric Dina Ebimbe (70’/90’+1), Timothy Chandler (15′) and Christopher Lenz (75′, penalty kick) scored the other goals for Frankfurt.
