VfB took on FC Basel at La Quinta Football Fields in their first friendly of the winter break on Monday afternoon. Goalscoring opportunities were few and far between in the first half, but Pellegrino Matarazzo’s side started the second period strongly and took the lead when Gonzalez’s long-range drive found the top corner after fine work from Philipp Förster (49’).
Orel Mangala started the move that led to VfB’s second just two minutes later, Roberto Massimo eventually teeing up Al Ghaddioui to tap home from close range. Matarazzo gave run-outs to 25 players overall, including the returning Nathaniel Phillips and new signing Darko Churlinov.
Line-up
First half
1 Gregor Kobel
3 Watarau Endo
4 Marc Oliver Kempf (C)
10 Daniel Didavi
14 Silas Wamangituka
15 Pascal Stenzel
21 Philipp Klement
24 Borna Sosa
25 Antonis Aidonis
26 Lilian Egloff
27 Mario Gomez
Second half
33 Fabian Bredlow
5 Nathaniel Phillips
8 Gonzalo Castro (C)
16 Atakan Karazor
17 Maxime Awoudja (34 Florian Kleinhansl, 79')
18 Hamadi Al Ghaddioui
20 Philipp Förster (41 Nick Bätzner, 79')
22 Nicolas Gonzalez (19 Darko Churlinov, 68‘)
23 Orel Mangala
30 Roberto Massimo
31 Mateo Klimowicz
Goals:
1-0 Nicolas Gonzalez (49'), 2-0 Hamadi Al Ghaddioui (51')