GLK 0 - 7 Hitmanns (298688612)

14751 spectators had come to Gladiatorenes arena this cloudy day. Bosse Kemp was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Deniz Faul and Sébastien Chevalier. GLK tactics involved an interesting 4-4-2 combination. They fielded: Mihalca - Beldal, Drdla, Ladefoged, Biglino - Kouwenaar, Schmoldt, Macioszczyk, Bergeot - De Jaegher, Santelli.

A 3-5-2 alignment was the formation of choice for Hitmanns. The following players took the field: Calleja - Emberger, Geisz, Durquet - Area, Harder, Juhl Nielsen, Vedel, Chaput - Galilea, Gannon.

Hitmanns tried to focus their attacks down the middle. Hitmanns took the lead after 6 minutes making the score 0 - 1. H. Galilea placed the ball out of reach for the home side's keeper after a fine move, coming in from the left. After 29 minutes, Hitmanns's E. Harder burst through the central defence and let loose a cannonball of a shot, scoring for 0 - 2. Some fine movement on the left led to a Hitmanns goal after 31 minutes, making it 0 - 3. I. Area was noted down as the scorer. By now, the players in Hitmanns felt that victory was guaranteed and began to play it safe, focusing on defence and not risking too much going forward. With 33 minutes played, a quick exchange of passes on the left wing freed F. Vedel of Hitmanns to slip through the defence and score another goal for the visitors. That made the score 0 - 4. Although the whole team were struggling to impress, GLK's R. Ladefoged was singled out as being the problem as he was called off the pitch after 42 minutes. E. Nilsson was given a chance to change things around. It was 0 - 4 at the break. Hitmanns enjoyed most of the ball, as they maintained 66 percent of possession.

GLK needed a fresh pair of legs on the field, and after 46 minutes S. Schmoldt made way for I. Coutinho. Hitmanns were determined to attack in the middle, even their wing attacks ended up centrally. The visitors' I. Area took advantage of a misunderstanding between the home side's goalie and centre backs 57 minutes into the match. 0 - 5 for Hitmanns. The bench was restless, and with 60 minutes passed GLK's coach gave C. Meulders the opportunity the player had been hoping for. P. Bergeot reluctantly left the field. The GLK captaincy was handed to C. Meulders. Had it not been for one of the home defenders, J. Gannon would have put Hitmanns up another goal 69 minutes into the match with his audacious lob from the right wing. After 80 minutes a combination in the middle resulted in a through ball for E. Harder who increased Hitmanns's lead to 0 - 6. A drive down the left side allowed H. Galilea to get in close and score another goal for Hitmanns after 83 minutes, taking the score to 0 - 7. Hitmanns had most of the ball, with 66 percent of possession.

I. Macioszczyk performed admirably for GLK. J. Biglino was a disappointment, however. Most important Hitmanns player was H. Galilea. On the other hand, R. Durquet's play was disheartening. The match ends 0 - 7.