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Fortuna Düsseldorf Showcases Dominance in Schweinfurt with Decisive Victory
Schweinfurt, Germany – Fortuna Düsseldorf demonstrated their superiority on the field by defeating FC Schweinfurt 05 in a first-round DFB Pokal match held at the Willy-Sachs-Stadion. Under the watchful eye of referee Timo Gerach, the encounter, which took place on August 18, 2025, witnessed an offensive display by the visiting team, despite Schweinfurt opening the scoring in the 44th minute with a penalty goal by M. Wintzheimer.
The match was hard-fought, with numerous yellow cards shown, including cautions for C. Itten and C. Rasmussen from Fortuna Düsseldorf, as well as for L. Trslic, P. Kratschmer, M. Wintzheimer, and T. Meissner from FC Schweinfurt 05.
However, Fortuna Düsseldorf demonstrated their ability to react in the second half. S. Appelkamp equalized in the 66th minute, followed by goals from C. Itten in the 68th and F. Muslija in the 72nd, turning the game around. Although E. Shuranov scored for Schweinfurt in the 83rd minute, S. Appelkamp sealed the victory for Fortuna Düsseldorf with his second goal of the match in the 86th minute. The match concluded with a yellow card for A. El Azzouzi of Fortuna Düsseldorf in the 90th minute.
Fortuna Düsseldorf dominated possession with 62%, launching 25 shots, 10 of which were on target, while FC Schweinfurt 05 had 38% possession and took 11 shots, with 4 directed at the goal. Fortuna Düsseldorf also surpassed their opponent in corners, with 7 compared to Schweinfurt’s 2.
Substitutions fortuna düsseldorf: at minute 46 M. Heyer came in and T. Rossmann went out., at minute 46 M. Zimmermann came in and V. Fridriksson went out., at minute 80 C. Rasmussen came in and J. Hettwer went out., at minute 88 C. Itten came in and D. Schmidt went out., at minute 88 S. Appelkamp came in and G. Haag went out.
Substitutions fc schweinfurt 05: at minute 64 J. Endres came in and S. Muller went out., at minute 74 L. Trslic came in and T. Latteier went out., at minute 74 D. U. Obiogumu came in and E. Shuranov went out., at minute 87 P. Kratschmer came in and K. Bohnlein went out., at minute 87 D. Angleberger came in and N. Piwernetz went out.
The teams lined up as follows:
FC Schweinfurt 05
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Fortuna Düsseldorf
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