Hannover 96: 96 comfortably see off TSV Havelse

NIEMALSALLEIN

Hannover 96 had to rely on a revitalised second half performance to comfortably overcome a tricky TSV Havelse side. Goals from Didier Ya Konan (2), Sergio Pinto, Willi Evseev and a Lars Stindl penalty saw Slomka's men run out 5:1 winners on the night.

03.09.2010

Havelse battled hard

Roughly 3,000 fans showed up to witness the late-summer friendly match which was scheduled to take advantage of the international break. They saw, however, that the vision of "The Reds" takes some time to shift into gear. The fans and the friendly, used to celebrate the completion of recent renovations to the Wilhelm-Langrehr-Stadion, had to wait a full half of football before the goals materialised. This was largely to do with the outstanding performance of Havelse's goalkeeper Markus Straten-Wolf. He was equal to an accurate attempt by Lars Stindl in the 19^th minute and then had to claw an effort from Pinto right out of the top corner. Other first-half chances that fell for 96 players were squandered by Pinto, Stindl, Schmiedebach and Ya Konan. Havelse created chances of their own as well, with Jan Zimmermann and Patrick Posipal coming close to finding the back of Markus Miller's net.

Goals aplenty in the 2^nd half

The second half started well for 96 as they were able to open the scoring soon after the restart: "Didi" Ya Konan found the net in the 48^th minute to make it 1:0. Sergio Pinto then added a second with an effort in the 67^th minute before "Didi" scored his second of the match on the 76 minute mark to take 96 clear. It was then the turn of youngster Willi Evseev, who replaced new signing DaMarcus Beasley in the 60^th minute, when he made it 4 goals for Hannover in the 80^th minute. Less than a minute later Hannover were given the chance to score when Valdet Rama was unceremoniously brought down in front of the Havelse goal. Lars Stindl stepped up confidently to take the resulting penalty and easily made it 5:0 on the night. There was a consolation goal in the works for the hosts when Caglayan Tunc pulled one back in the 87^th minute which gave the TSV Havelse fans something to celebrate.

On Saturday Hannover wrap up their series of friendly matches during the international break when they take on Czech side Mlada Bloeslav in Immensen. Kick-off is at 15:00.

Hannover 96: Miller - Chahed, Burmeister (46. Cherundolo), Schulz, Djakpa - Pinto, Schmiedebach (60. Evseev), Stoppelkamp (46. Schlaudraff), Beasley (60. Rama), Stindl - Ya Konan

Goals: 0:1 Ya Konan (48.), 0:2 Pinto (67.), 0:3 Ya Konan (76.), 0:4 Evseev (80.), 0:5 Stindl (81., FEM), 1:5 Tunc (87.)

Attendance: 3.096