Hades 5 - 2 Shag (373002457)

A brilliantly sunny day had enticed a crowd of 35500 to Hades RC Arena. Jean-Louis Schikora was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Gregor Kusch and Josep Llinares. Hades decided to use a 3-5-2 set up. Lineup: Meng - Jolidon, Del Carpio, Axelsen - Maurin, Rottensteiner, Nagy, Orozco, Vassallo - Buchenland, Paludan Melson.

Shag started off with a 3-5-2 lineup. They fielded: Melto - Seixas, Papilias, Haagen - Drubbel, Paprocki, Göransson, Bolzonella, Kis - Gligorov, Losapio.

Hades tried to focus their attacks down the middle. Hades players heard their coach's words ringing in their ears and steered their wing attacks to the middle instead. After a fine move down the middle J. Jolidon nearly gave the home side a goal after 4 minutes. However the finishing shot went just wide. Hades's L. Nagy was shown a yellow card after 7 minutes for slicing down an opponent. The corner kick from U. Axelsen was powerfully met by the head of J. Jolidon to make the score 1 - 0. A magnificent combination in the middle resulted in Hades's G. Buchenland increasing the lead to 2 - 0. The visitors got one back when J. Paprocki finished off a pass from the left and scored after 27 minutes. 2 - 1 was the score. A speedy charge from the left side of the field increased the lead of Hades to 3 - 1 as M. Orozco finished it off competently, firing in from an acute angle. Halftime score was 3 - 1. Possession in this half belonged to Hades, who controlled the ball 53 percent of the time.

P. Drubbel had a couple of good opportunities to reply, but the home team's keeper R. Meng was simply unbeatable. H. Paludan Melson of Hades was booked for kicking the ball away after the whistle. After 54 minutes, the away team failed to deal with a good exchange of passes on the right, and L. Nagy gave the Hades supporters even more to cheer about when he increased the lead to 4 - 1. Coming from the right, G. Buchenland almost managed to score another goal for Hades, but his header was tipped over the bar by the visitors' keeper. After 60 minutes, Hades's U. Del Carpio fell awkwardly, but was determined to stay in the match. That's the spirit! Hades had to make a substitution after 63 minutes. J. Jolidon limped off the field and was replaced by R. Boeckx. U. Del Carpio didn't pace himself at all, and after a series of daring offensive runs he was too tired to help out in the defensive play. Ater 67 minutes A. Losapio seized on an opportunistic attack from the right, and scored for Shag making it 4 - 2. Hades solidified their lead at the 70 minute mark, as E. Rottensteiner dribbled the ball through the opposing central defence and scored to make it 5 - 2. After 71 minutes Hades's R. Meng contracted a slight foot injury, but didn't want to leave the game. Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by Hades, with 55 percent of the ball.

G. Buchenland performed admirably for Hades. R. Boeckx on the other hand, had a terrible day. The most dominating Shag player was without a doubt P. Gligorov. G. Bolzonella turned in a dismal performance, however. The match ends 5 - 2.