Langenhagen 3 - 2 Grilled
44 spectators arrived at 1.
Grzegorz Kłusek was the appointed referee with assistance provided by
Attila Hajszán and
Manfred Erz. FC Langenhagen Arena, where weather conditions were pretty good for football. Langenhagen tactics involved an interesting 3-5-2 combination. The following players had been chosen: Wollmer - Jiménez Asensio, Tokatlidis, Orga - Mohnen, Pistol, Guerrini, Nilsen, Kaiser - Deilen, Wagner.
Grilled had chosen a strategic 3-5-2 formation. They fielded: Huel-sheng - Dewilde, Sun-Nee, Tuan-Mu - Magnusson, Tellskär, Yew-Hoe, Noor Yadah, Machado - Yunos, Hobson.
After a fine move down the middle
Mathias Deilen nearly gave the home side a goal after 16 minutes. The finishing shot went just wide, though. They were singing the praises of
Mathias Deilen 18 minutes into the match after his speculative chip from just outside the centre part of the opponent's penalty area found its way over the visitors keeper to make the score 1 - 0 for Langenhagen. 18 minutes into the match Langenhagen's
Hardi Wagner head butted an opponent nastily, and so the referee sent him off immediately. The Grilled player who had to be helped off the pitch, was
Chai Yew-Hoe as he was unable to finish the game.
Rafael García Sole came in to finish the match. 23 minutes in, Langenhagen's
Nico Mohnen received a yellow card for going into a challenge studs first.
Ovidiu Pistol almost managed to score another goal for Langenhagen, coming from the right, but his header was tipped to a corner by the visitors' keeper. With 25 minutes played, Grilled's
Ricard Machado fell dramatically just outside the penalty area. However, the referee booked
Ricard Machado for diving. The teams went for the halftime break at 1 - 0. Grilled held the ball, with a clear 67 percent of possession.
Some brilliant football from the visitors' right wing resulted in a levelling of the score as Grilled's
Aznan Noor Yadah put the ball in the net after 50 minutes to make it 1 - 1. Grilled's
Rafael García Sole left the field after 68 minutes because of a nasty blow to the shin. His replacement was
Kau Siu-Cheung. 71 minutes into the game,
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Tim Hobson was a hair's breadth away from giving Grilled the lead with a shot from over on the left. A prompt block by
Eckfried Wollmer saved the home team that time. Grilled claimed to be the more dominant force in the game, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 79 percent.
Not having decided a winner at the end of regulation, the match went into extra time.
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Tim Hobson had a good try after 93 minutes, coming in on a fine move from the left, but the ball went wide. The referee showed Grilled's
Peter Magnusson the yellow card after a particularly nasty challenge. Langenhagen were forced to a substitution as
Mathias Deilen couldn't continue playing due to the rough treatment, forcing
Nicolas Schraube to come in from the sidelines. The result was still a draw, so the match had to be settled with penalties.
Langenhagen's
Otmar Kaiser looked insecure all the way from laying the ball down to clipping the ball miles wide of the crossbar. No goal. Grilled's
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Tim Hobson was seemingly taken by the gravity of the moment, and produced a badly struck penalty - right into the arms of
Eckfried Wollmer. Score still 1 - 1. A badly laid penalty by Langenhagen's
Marciano Orga was surrendered by
Cheung Huel-sheng, who took an equally bad dive, making the score 2 - 1. Grilled's
Ricard Machado cockily booted the ball with a short-and-fast instep. The penalty, going just wide of the mark, didn't produce a goal. Langenhagen's
Spyros Tokatlidis was seemingly taken by the gravity of the moment, and produced a badly struck penalty - right into the arms of
Cheung Huel-sheng. Score still 2 - 1. Grilled's
Lan Tuan-Mu was seemingly taken by the gravity of the moment, and produced a badly struck penalty - right into the arms of
Eckfried Wollmer. Score still 2 - 1. Langenhagen's
Lucio Guerrini, obviously having last minute doubts, produced a loose ball to the right post. Unfortunately
Cheung Huel-sheng made a premature move to the left and didn't make it back. New score: 3 - 1. Grilled's
Peter Magnusson was seemingly taken by the gravity of the moment, and produced a badly struck penalty - right into the arms of
Eckfried Wollmer. Score still 3 - 1. Langenhagen's
Nico Mohnen was seemingly taken by the gravity of the moment, and produced a badly struck penalty - right into the arms of
Cheung Huel-sheng. Score still 3 - 1. Grilled's
Daniel Tellskär coolly put the ball past
Eckfried Wollmer. 3 - 2.
The most dominating Langenhagen player was without a doubt
Nicolas Schraube.
Lucio Guerrini was a disappointment, however. Grilled's best player was
Lan Tuan-Mu.
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Tim Hobson on the other hand, had a terrible day. The match ends 3 - 2.