hadamar 3 - 0 Emporia (384707708)

2199 spectators had found their way to hadamar 1922 Arena, despite the heavy rain. Pekka Viita-aho was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Gotthelf Mala and Anders Grenborn. hadamar had chosen a strategic 4-4-2 formation. Starters: Helbl-Drechsler - Kotzbeck, Bonka, Hornsteiner, Hosnedl - Sarić, Kaub, Deiretsbacher, Pegelau - Kreilinger, Cellnigg.

A 4-4-2 alignment was the formation of choice for Emporia. They fielded: Pokorny - Widmann, Lohr, Scheichelbauer, Keratakis - Markschies, Wintersteller, Gavel, Bekdil - Lueg, Emmerthal.

Emporia used their ability to concentrate their attacks in the middle of the pitch, rather than on the wings. hadamar broke through on the left 28 minutes into the game, with M. Cellnigg firing in from an acute angle to give the home side a 1 - 0 lead. P. Hosnedl had a hard time on the waterlogged pitch - his trademark technique was nowhere in sight today. 1 - 0 was the halftime score. hadamar claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 59 percent.

P. Hosnedl should probably have put his team up another goal after 48 minutes, but some great goalkeeping by T. Pokorny kept the visitors in the game. 53 minutes into the game, M. Kaub had to leave the pitch due to a knee injury. In came L. Koreuber. As the captain was no longer on the pitch, L. Koreuber took over the role of being the hadamar captain. C. Hornsteiner, who often relies on his speed, had a rotten day on the drenched grass. After 82 minutes, the away team failed to deal with a good exchange of passes on the right, and K. Kreilinger gave the hadamar supporters even more to cheer about when he increased the lead to 2 - 0. The hadamar free kick 83 minutes into the match seemed wasted, as the shot was both short and off target. But was this actually a plan? The ball landed at the feet of P. Hosnedl, who was completely unmarked in the box. That's 3 - 0! L. Koreuber unleashed a swerving effort from the right that the visitors' keeper did well to tip wide. hadamar's L. Koreuber saw his fine effort strike the top of the bar following some good work up the middle by his teammates after 86 minutes. After 88 minutes, a couple of quick and successful challenges followed by a shot from just outside the penalty area by D. Kotzbeck might have resulted in another goal for hadamar. However, T. Pokorny made a spectacular save. Possession in this half belonged to hadamar, who controlled the ball 63 percent of the time.

The most dominating hadamar player was without a doubt M. Cellnigg. C. Hornsteiner on the other hand, had a terrible day. Emporia's best player was M. Bekdil. However, M. Wintersteller made a disastrous appearance. The match ends 3 - 0.