{"id":2542,"date":"2026-09-10T17:37:18","date_gmt":"2026-09-10T09:37:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/?p=2542"},"modified":"2026-09-10T17:37:18","modified_gmt":"2026-09-10T09:37:18","slug":"stuttgart-3-1-viking-demirovic-demirovic-and-demirovic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/index.php\/2026\/09\/10\/stuttgart-3-1-viking-demirovic-demirovic-and-demirovic\/","title":{"rendered":"Stuttgart 3-1 Viking: Demirovic, Demirovic and Demirovic"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"561\" src=\"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/image-12.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2543\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/image-12.png 1000w, https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/image-12-300x168.png 300w, https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/image-12-766x430.png 766w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Stuttgart launched their Champions League campaign in style on Wednesday, securing a 3-1 victory over Viking Stavanger thanks to a sparkling first-half hat-trick from Ermedin Demirovic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A breathless opening period produced three goals in just 12 minutes of end-to-end combat, but with Ermedin Demirovi\u0107 in inspired form, Stuttgart seized control of the contest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The &#8216;No. 9&#8217; broke the deadlock on 20 minutes with an emphatic finish inside the six-yard box that crashed in off the underside of the crossbar following an inviting delivery from the left by Angelo Stiller. Any notion of a straightforward evening was swiftly dispelled, however, when Zlatko Tripi\u0107 levelled barely two minutes later with a crisp left-footed strike.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Parity proved fleeting. In the 26th minute, Demirovic struck again to restore the hosts&#8217; advantage, latching onto a Deniz Undav pass before once more beating the goalkeeper via the woodwork.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">From that moment on, the German side played with commanding swagger. In the 32nd minute, Undav and Demirovic combined to devastating effect once more, teeing up the forward to seal his treble with a composed finish from the penalty spot.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Viking Stavanger sought a route back into the contest after the interval, yet it was Stuttgart who looked far more likely to add to their tally. Undav rattled the woodwork in the closing stages to cap a memorable night, representing the first time the Bundesliga outfit have ever kicked off a Champions League campaign with a victory.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Stuttgart launched their Champions League campaign in s [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2543,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2542","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2542","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2542"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2542\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2544,"href":"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2542\/revisions\/2544"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2543"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2542"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2542"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2542"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}