In their second of two back-to-back friendlies as part of their Germany-Austria Pre-Season Tour, Graham Potter’s Swansea City drew 0-0 with FC Magdeburg but lost the 60-minute game 4-2 in a penalty shoot-out.
The Swans drew 1-1 with Italian outfit Genoa before losing the shoot-out 4-3. They played some neat, attacking football in the first 30-minute half in that game, but a young side struggled at times against FC Magdeburg, who play in the third tier of German football.
How we lined-up:
Nordfeldt,
Roberts, Rodon, Harries, Blair,
James, Routledge (c), Maric, Montero,
J. Ayew, A. Ayew.
Routledge was at CM (bizarre I know) and Jordan and Andre rotated between CAM and ST.
— Gareth Thomas (@musicgareth) July 21, 2018
In this game, we saw our goalkeeper and defence tested far more often, with Nordfeldt especially doing well to keep the score down.
Jordan Ayew had a decent chance to score but he could only force a good save from the goalkeeper and brother Andre still can’t find the net in a Swansea shirt.
Jordan especially continues to try and do everything himself, running at players without any interest in bringing other team-mates into play while Andre’s display was summed up by his poor penalty effort in the shoot-out. So too can Wayne Routledge’s, as he dragged a low shot wide of the target. Jordan Ayew and Dan James scored theirs.
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Assuming that Bony won’t play a part, totally agree. CM is a major worry. Particularly a genuine holding midfielder. I’ve confidence Potter will see this
— Andy T (@andytidy_80) July 21, 2018
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They've had no choice as they constantly need to recover from Routledge and the Ayew's giving ball away
— Ian Roberts (@ianroberts52) July 21, 2018
They've had no choice as they constantly need to recover from Routledge and the Ayew's giving ball away
— Ian Roberts (@ianroberts52) July 21, 2018
Harries looked shaky first 10 mins but has really grown into the game. Working well with Rodon alongside
— Sam (@seswans94) July 21, 2018
