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04/18/2020

Home Challenge: Comfortable win over referees

The TSG Hoffenheim duo have done it again: Marcel Schwarz and Munas Dabbur beat the Referees' Team 10-4 in the Bundesliga Home Challenge on Saturday to make it four wins out of four.

The first match saw Marcel take on Martin Petersen. TSG dominated the opening stages but the referees, who played as the German national team, broke the deadlock in the 26th minute when Reus rounded off some lovely link-up play. Marcel responded immediately, with Munas Dabbur making it 1-1 on 30 minutes.

The game really came to life shortly before the half-time interval. Dabbur made it 2-1 in the 40th minute, only for Martin Petersen to go straight up the other end and equalise. Marco Reus' effort rebounded off the post, and Julian Brandt was perfectly positioned to tap the ball home. Marcel kept his cool throughout, however, and re-established the lead before the break when virtual Dabbur slotted home from close range (45+1).

The game died down somewhat in the period that followed. But Marcel continued to dominate proceedings and eventually got his reward in the 70th minute when Kramarić slotted home to make it 4-2. Dabbur then extended the lead to 5-2 with his fourth goal of the game three minutes later, and Diadie Samassékou made it 6-2 right at the death to give his team-mate a healthy lead for the second fixture.

That match saw TSG player Munas Dabbur, who went into the game as the heavy favourite following his triumphs in the previous three matches, take on referee Daniel Schlager. But the striker initially struggled to make the breakthrough and only took the lead through Kramarić on 35 minutes.

Daniel Schlager turned the game on its head after the break, with Serge Gnabry levelling the scores in the 49th minute before Marco Reus temporarily put the German national team ahead seven minutes later. But Dabbur responded immediately, with Maximilian Beier equalising on 59 minutes and Dabbur's own avatar rounding off a lovely move to make it 3-2 in the 73rd minute. Kramarić then killed the game with a fourth on 80 minutes.

The result means that TSG Hoffenheim have achieved four wins from four games with the Schwarz/Dabbur duo.

Results:

Marcel Schwarz 6-2 Martin Petersen

Munas Dabbur 4-2 Daniel Schlager

TSG Hoffenheim 10-4 Referees

 

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