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Dresden Kick Off Season At Home
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Dyanmo Dresden kicked off their 2.Bundesliga season at home today, against an Ingolstadt side who have been priced at 25-1 for the title: not far ahead of Dresden's 33-1. Billed as an early relegation six-pointer, this was a game which new manager Tony Young had to win, in order to instill some belief into his players that this year, they might be able to avoid battling the drop.
Dresden XI to face Inglostadt
Kirsten, Schuppan, Susac, Bregerie, Menz, Losilla, Fiel, Dedic, Trojan, Koch, Pote
Subs: Fromlowitz, Sabah, Hartmann, Benyamina, Balogun, Kempe, Aoudia
First Half
Ingolstadt started brightly, with some quality passing in the middle of the pitch, and some flashes of individual brilliance causing Dresden some problems. Problems which only intensified when Bregerie failed to deal with a deep cross from Engel, and Moritz Hartmann made no mistake from the edge of the area to put Ingolstadt 1-0 up after just 8 minutes.
Dresden struck back quickly though, some sublime interplay on the edge of the Ingolstadt area led to Pote finding the ball at his feet, but with his back to goal, and 3 defenders closing him down, he laid the ball to the side, where Robert Koch met it with a stinging shot which found the back of the net, past the flailing goalkeeper, and a valiant attempt at a goal-line clearance from Mijatovic. 1-1 after just 15 minutes.
After that early flurry of activity, both sides looked cautious, and neither were really creating anything of any substance. As such, when the two sides went in at the break, the score still stood at 1-1.
Second Half
Dresden came out after the break with all guns blazing, and quickly earned a free-kick on the edge of the Ingolstadt box when Tamas Hajnal pulled Fiel to the ground in a tussle for the ball. Fiel picked himself up to take the free kick, but he fired it narrowly over the bar.
An hour into the game, and with no further action, Tony Young made two changes to his side: Leon Balogun replaced the impressive Christoph Menz, who offered little going forwards, and Amine Aoudia was brought on for Mickael Pote. As both players recieved their final instructions, silence fell on the Dresden bench: Pote was not impressed, and as Fiel took the armband from him, he had shoved his vice-captain away, uttering something disparaging as he did so, and the rest of the side had to separate the two warring leaders. Pote ignored the bench entirely, storming straight up the tunnel and vanishing.
With ten minutes remaining, Trojan picked up an injury, and was replaced by Tobias Kempe. None of the substitutions had the desired effect though, and despite one long-range shot from Balogun, the game finished 1-1.
Full Time: Dresden 1-1 Ingolstadt
Young's Thoughts: "I think today was an encouraging game: we showed great character to get that equaliser, and against a team who will be competing in the same areas as we are, we put in a good performance. Admittedly i'd have liked the win, but as far as i'm concerned, it was a good game for our first league match of the season.
v Dresden II (4-1)
