Hassels 2 - 3 Gladenbach (384291485)

Fairly good weather for football had drawn a crowd of 39853 to Asselkeller. Vítor Sousa was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Anurat Punthai and Bence Szarka. Hassels tactics involved an interesting 4-4-2 combination. Starters: Grivakis - Hauskoppel, Szathmári, Baboss, Bell - Saro, Thorling, Atamer, Didriksen - Ofak, Ravensburg.

Gladenbach had chosen a strategic 4-5-1 formation. The following players had been chosen: Kurtcebe - Barulho, McGuinness, Polk, Bielicz - Burgk, Lafargue, Ionas, Girafa, Debacker - Ingemarsson.

It was an obvious ambition of Hassels to use their ability at attacking on the flanks. Gladenbach used their ability to concentrate their attacks in the middle of the pitch, rather than on the wings. Hassels's A. Didriksen got himself booked for a foul. Gladenbach took the lead after M. McGuinness curved a free kick into the net. 0 - 1 Hassels's L. Saro made use of his speed to get free of the defence, but he still couldn't get a shot off 30 minutes into the match. After a fatal mistake from the away team's right side defence 36 minutes into the match, an alert S. Szathmári bagged the ball for Hassels, levelling the score to 1 - 1. 1 - 1 was the halftime score. Hassels claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 56 percent.

51 minutes into the match and the home team took a 2 - 1 lead after breaking through on the left. The scorer for Hassels was J. Ofak. A. Didriksen left the field with a smile on his face as he was substituted 55 minutes into the game, as his team was in the lead. J. Ciuró was the replacement. It was obvious that team Gladenbach had instructions to attack in the middle instead of on the wings. After 65 minutes, the visitors levelled the scores after R. Ionas made it through the middle and struck home to make it 2 - 2. A penalty was given after 73 minutes, allowing the visitors to gain the lead: 2 - 3. M. McGuinness was the scorer. Hassels needed a fresh pair of legs on the field, and after 75 minutes M. Ravensburg made way for J. Reyna. Although the whole team were struggling to impress, Hassels's A. Grivakis was singled out as being the problem as he was called off the pitch after 80 minutes. S. Leimser was given a chance to change things around. Possession in this half belonged to Hassels, who controlled the ball 57 percent of the time.

J. Ofak performed admirably for Hassels. S. Leimser was a disappointment, however. Most important Gladenbach player was B. Ingemarsson. However, K. Kurtcebe made a disastrous appearance. The match ends 2 - 3.