5:1! HSV wins friendly against FC Basel

Benes, Reis and Glatzel turn the Basel lead around

Head coach Tim Walter brought his supposedly best starting line-up in the last test match before the start of the second division next weekend against Eintracht Braunschweig. Only captain Sebastian Schonlau, who missed some training sessions during the preparation due to an ankle injury, initially took a seat on the bench. Jonas David started in central defence in his place. In addition, Ransford-Yeboah Königsdörffer, a newcomer, was in the first eleven and played as a right winger. 

HSV started very concentrated and with good attacking pressing in St. Jakob-Park. Basel did not cope with that at all, faced one or the other dangerous scene from the visitors, but then still took the lead after the first dangerous action around the penalty area of the Rothosen. A shot by Liam Miller was unfortunately blocked by Laslo Benes with his hand. Amdouni converted the penalty to give Basel the lead. But unlucky Benes then equalised the score. First he was brought down by Miller in the penalty area, then he grabbed the ball himself for the penalty kick and scored the 1:1 equaliser (14th). 

The Hamburg team continued to set the tone, looked fresher and also more confident in their finishing. After a Swiss corner had been blocked, Reis took full risk from around 25 metres and scored to give them a 2-1 lead. Glatzel extended the lead before half-time with a 3:1 goal (30th), also following a short corner, after Benes had done the groundwork. An offside goal by Glatzel and further good scenes by the Walter team underpinned the deserved lead at the break.