Gladbeck 5 - 0 Schlüpper (384568585)

14262 spectators had come to Wacker Gladbeck 69 Arena this cloudy day. Gladbeck started off with a 2-5-3 lineup. Starters: Montecchi - Rozpara, Legout - Solcia, Aurich, Garrido Hervás, Kalupin, Rivadavia - Vojnović, Wurzer, Roosink.

A 5-4-1 alignment was the formation of choice for Schlüpper. Lineup: Eggenkamp - Baatz, Holzmüller, Ketteringham, Küchli, Bergholz - Kant, Echepare, TalviOja, Habdank - Delattre.

Gladbeck tried to focus their attacks down the middle. J. Rivadavia's early cross saw the defenders caught out of position and the alert R. Roosink was able to pounce and roll the ball past the hapless goalkeeper to score for Gladbeck. 1 - 0. 15 minutes into the game, Schlüpper had difficulty finding their positions and their organisation dropped to weak. J. Legout increased Gladbeck's lead to 2 - 0 with a penalty spot cannonball. After this, you could see that the players of Gladbeck were more interested in killing time than scoring more goals. Gladbeck had a good opportunity to attack on the wing, but remembered their instructions to go for middle attacks. M. Wurzer had a fantastic opportunity to put Gladbeck up another goal 18 minutes into the match, but he fired just over the crossbar. The opposing supporters gave the referee an earful when he only gave R. Roosink from Gladbeck a yellow card after a mistimed challenge from behind 23 minutes into the game. That was far too lenient! Gladbeck solidified their lead at the 31 minute mark, as K. Aurich dribbled the ball through the opposing central defence and scored to make it 3 - 0. 36 minutes in, Gladbeck's P. Kalupin received a yellow card for going into a challenge studs first. 3 - 0 was the score after the first half. Gladbeck had most of the ball, with 67 percent of possession.

The coach gave his players an extra tactical briefing during the break, and after that Schlüpper had solid organisation. After 59 minutes, the away team failed to deal with a good exchange of passes on the right, and M. Wurzer gave the Gladbeck supporters even more to cheer about when he increased the lead to 4 - 0. There was concern in the stands when, at the 73 minute mark, Gladbeck's J. Legout hit the ground hard, but he refused the attention of the trainer and rejoined his teammates on the pitch. 82 minutes in, Schlüpper appeared unsure on how to play and their organisation was only inadequate. After 83 minutes, there was a bit of a mixup on the field as Schlüpper found themselves out of position and their organisation level dropped to weak. J. Rivadavia increased the lead for Gladbeck to 5 - 0, getting a head onto a hooked ball from the right. The ball looked to have taken a deflection on the way in, but he's claiming it! The home side's S. Garrido Hervás came close to extending the lead 85 minutes into the game. His shot came in from the right hand side but W. Eggenkamp managed to save it with an unbelievable reaction stop. With 86 minutes gone, a long pass from the defence of Schlüpper resulted in a counterattack that set J. TalviOja free through the middle, but the keeper made a spectacular diving save. Possession in this half belonged to Gladbeck, who controlled the ball 71 percent of the time.

The most dominating Gladbeck player was without a doubt K. Aurich. However, M. Montecchi made a disastrous appearance. Most important Schlüpper player was J. TalviOja. R. Kant was a disappointment, however. The match ends 5 - 0.