In the German Bundesliga, the 17th round ends with a dramatic division of points in the WWK Arena.
FC Augsburg and Union Berlin drew 1-1 in a game that only took its final turn with a goal from Marin Ljubicic in added time (90+1).
From a red-white-red point of view, the clash is definitely star-studded. For the Augsburgers, Michael Gregoritsch was in the starting line-up for the first time since his return and worked in the center of the attack until he was substituted in the 83rd minute, but did not score a goal personally.
On the other hand, Christopher Trimmel leads the Iron Men onto the field as captain and is actively involved over the full distance, and Leopold Querfeld also plays through in the guests’ central defense.
Augsburg with the lead
The first half begins with an early interruption as Rani Khedira has to be dealt with on the visitors’ side before Baum’s team increasingly takes control.
Alexis Claude-Maurice tests the opposing goalkeeper early on (13th), while Baumgart’s team only started to attack midway through the first half when Jeong Woo-yeong’s shot was defused by Finn Dahmen (22nd).
Shortly before the half-time whistle, the hosts reward themselves for the increased pressure: after a header from Kevin Schlotterbeck (45th + 4th) was saved, Claude-Maurice took the deserved lead (45th + 6th).
Union manages to equalize despite being outnumbered
After the break, the home team pushed for the preliminary decision, but Claude-Maurice was unlucky and put the ball on the post (58th), before Anton Kade also failed at the Berlin goalkeeper (60th).
In a hectic final phase, Berlin’s Derrick Köhn sees the red card after a foul (89th), but it is precisely because of this outnumbered score that the guests manage to equalize.
Substitute Andrej Ilic serves Marin Ljubicic, who makes it 1-1 (90th + 1). A dangerous header from substitute Fabian Rieder was parried in the final seconds (90+7), meaning the score remained a draw.
