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a the focus of attention the game plan of the coach is to get the ball into the front players as quickly as possible he is the player to do it he's brilliant with his back to goal we link up the play and he's key to the way they play the [Music] [Applause] game it'snot they take on athletic bbau and it's live on eatv and a warm welcome on what is an ideal night for football you've got to say I'm Derek Ray your match commentator and alongside providing all the Tactical analysis is Stuart Robson and we're fully convinced this game will live up to its billing it is stutgart and they take on athletic bil BAU well Derek when looking forward to this game you can't help but notice there are some great matchups all over the pitch particularly in those Central areas whichever team wins more of those battles will win the game and so the stutgart starting 11 Dan axel zaged who starts alongside valdemar Anton in central defense and rather than use a strike partnership they've gone with just the one player in attack well let's run the rule over the athletic bilbow starting lineup De Marcos plays with Yi biche in the fullback positions and the idea is to have just the one Striker up there trying to pose problems for the opposition well the referee not too happy with the challenge and blows for a free kick [Applause] [Applause] good waight on that [Applause] pass valemar Anton angeloa good physical play sta hroi ETO well this is what you call passing with confidence [Applause] zagado looking for the final pass that will open things up I think I spoke too soon wasn't the best of passes finally Yuri Bertie vesa DeMarcos with it ball retention so important Williams well we can give them high marks for their passing but can they make this pressure count pivotal moment defend defensively EO now with zagu hroi [Applause] ETO that's useful Play ruis De galareta it's a perfect challenge Seas stensel with it vesa and there we have it that will be all for the first half here in stutgart [Applause]