topbulisjob 0 - 3 Hirschberg (384544365)

A scorching day at topbulisjob Arena, where 17010 spectators were in place for today's match. Matteo Indaco was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Jens Johansson and Lucian Paraschiv. A 4-4-2 alignment was the formation of choice for topbulisjob. They fielded: Vallaure - Pankratz, Bloß, Schreyer, Lässig - Fickånger, Guessouss, Topič, Gelnhausen - Eifert, Roque.

Hirschberg had chosen a strategic 5-3-2 formation. Lineup: Reinirkens - Erşan, Jarmerstedt, Huupponen, Yrttikoski, Feilmaier - Mucknauer, Mergen, De Boeck - Tripold, Lamandini.

topbulisjob clearly preferred using their ability to attack in the middle. Down the middle came L. Feilmaier, making a fantastic play that nearly had Hirschberg take the lead after 2 minutes, but A. Vallaure preserved the tie. U. Mucknauer made a nice dash down the wing after 6 minutes, but was unable to get the cross into the box. A goal kick was awarded. The opposing supporters gave the referee an earful when he only gave U. Mucknauer from Hirschberg a yellow card after a mistimed challenge from behind 9 minutes into the game. That was far too lenient! The guests took the lead 11 minutes into the match, after a right-side attack resulted in M. Erşan scoring to make it 0 - 1. The visitors' A. Lamandini took advantage of a misunderstanding between the home side's goalie and centre backs 13 minutes into the match. 0 - 2 for Hirschberg. Hirschberg's A. De Boeck made it through the home team's defence on the right hand side 24 minutes into the match. After rounding the keeper, he only had to place the ball in the unguarded goal when a defender slid in and cleared the ball off the line. After 38 minutes, the defensive line of topbulisjob created a counterattack through the middle that gave H. Gelnhausen a good look at the goal, but his shot glanced harmlessly off the crossbar. topbulisjob's H. Gelnhausen was shown a yellow card after 39 minutes for slicing down an opponent. 0 - 2 was the halftime score. Possession in this half belonged to Hirschberg, who controlled the ball 56 percent of the time.

48 minutes into the match, F. Tripold came through the middle and almost added to his team's lead, but the shot went wide. The crowd groaned when V. Roque, having maneuvered his way down the right, fired the ball just wide and missed a great opportunity to reduce the deficit for topbulisjob. The coach of Hirschberg was happy with the game so far, but still wanted to change the line up. After 70 minutes, S. Siika-aho came on for C. Mergen. Hirschberg increased the lead to 0 - 3 as U. Mucknauer scored from the penalty spot, putting the ball in near the top left corner. F. Tripold wanted to play on, but the Hirschberg coach had other ideas, and he was replaced 75 minutes into the game by S. Doz. topbulisjob players heard their coach's words ringing in their ears and steered their wing attacks to the middle instead. With the clock showing 78 minutes played, a great pass from the defensive line of Hirschberg resulted in a counterattack that was smoothly brought under control by J. Yrttikoski in the centre of the opposition's penalty area, but his finish went high. The home side worked their way through the middle and almost got one back when V. Topič tried to sneak the ball past the keeper. R. Reinirkens was too alert for that! Hirschberg enjoyed most of the ball, as they maintained 55 percent of possession.

V. Roque performed admirably for topbulisjob. V. Topič turned in a dismal performance, however. Most important Hirschberg player was A. Lamandini. R. Reinirkens on the other hand, had a terrible day. The match ends 0 - 3.