FC Augsburg don suffer for their friendly match against AFC Bournemouth for Thursday afternoon. Di sun dey shine well-well as di Bundesliga side play di match wey last four times 30 minutes each. Dem lose di match 2-5.
Coach Manuel Baum field im team for di usual 3-4-2-1 formation. Many players wey fit start for di main team dey di pitch. But some key players no go play because dem dey for World Cup or dey injure. Michael Gregoritsch, Fabian Rieder, and Kristijan Jakić dey for World Cup duty. Sima Suso no fit play because of adductor problems. Dimitrios Giannoulis dey injured small and also dey plan to leave di club.
Chrislain Matsima, wey dem think go leave, instead dey for bench. Alexis Claude-Maurise, wey also injured small, dey for bench too and dem dey talk say he fit leave. Augsburg hold di game for first half, di ball dey equal for both sides. But di first goal come from mistake: Finn Dahmen, di goalkeeper, no collect di back pass well, and di ball slip from im hand. Evanilson come take advantage and push di ball into empty net for 11th minute.
For second quarter, Augsburg get chances but no fit score. Di game turn more lively for second half. After many changes from Baum – only Noahkai Banks, Keven Schlotterbeck, and Claude-Maurice stay for pitch – di team need time to adjust. Bournemouth score two more goals make am 0-3 for Augsburg. Then Claude-Maurice score for 72nd minute, and Tim Schnitzer score from corner for 84th minute to make am 2-3. But Bournemouth no stop; Marcus Tavernier score for 87th minute and Enes Ünal score for 109th minute to finish di match 2-5.
