HSV beat Aris Thessaloniki 4-3 in Friendly

Individual Mistakes and five goals in the 1st half 

In the Kräuterdorfstadion in Söchau, about nine kilometres away from the HSV training ground in Styria, head coach Tim Walter used all field players as he did two days ago against Hajduk Split. There were also changes in goal compared to the first test match against the Croatian cup winners. Matheo Raab, who transferred from 1. FC Kaiserslautern to the Elbe, celebrated his HSV debut. And he was also the centre of attention twice. Already after three minutes Moritz Heyer lost a duel as the last man against his opponent Juan Iturbe. Raab, who would have been available as a play-off station far out of his goal, could only watch as the Greek offensive player slid the ball into the net for 1:0. After eleven minutes, the goalkeeper himself underestimated a bouncing ball in his own half: it jumped over him and Daniel Mancini took advantage of the mistake to also push into the empty goal. But as in the previous season, the Red shorts were not impressed by being behind. Between the two goals, a beautifully executed attack via Sonny Kittel and Robert Glatzel made it 1-1 (8th). The top scorer of the last season only had to push the ball over the line after a precise assist from close range. 

In the 22nd minute, for a change, HSV took advantage of a mistake by the Conference League participants from Greece. Laszlo Benes pushed his opponent Marvin Peersman so hard in his own penalty area that the latter, in an unintentional double pass with his goalkeeper, pushed the ball over his own line. The Rothosen then had to concede another goal after twice responding to an otherwise even first half. The unlucky Peersman did it better up front and headed into the net after a corner in the 35th minute for the 3:2 lead.