70 mins - Full time - UHC 4 Glenanne 1

One last drive from the Glens is beaten by the hooter and they come away from the fixture scoreless. UHC's greater cutting edge proved the difference as the sides were evenly matched in the corner count and shots on goal. The German chances, though, were much more clear-cut, usually coming from turnover ball deep in Glens territory.

The performance was very decent and the support immaculate. Cut out the mistakes at the back and a win over Grunwald Poznan is very much on the cards.

UHC are all but through, meanwhile, having denied the Glens a bonus point.

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69 mins - saved stroke

Penalty stroke UHC - Doran saves Mo Furste's first shot but the ball rebounded out to Shea McAleese. Paul Fitzpatrick's tackle is deemed to prevent a certain goal and its a stroke.

Doran, however, guesses right to save from mo Furste to deny his hat-trick.

66 mins

Despairing dive from Alan Lewis but he just misses out on Butler's through ball and it rolls harmlessly into the backboard. At the other end, Breitenstein is blocked by Doran.

64 mins

Its cooled down quite a bit right now and is decidedly overcast as Eurosport describe the Glen's supporters as resembling a 'hen party' when their image flashes up on screen.

Butler pass just misses Goulding on the circle's edge.

63 mins

Graham Shaw finds Goulding on the edge but his shot carries little weight and is easily palmed away by Jacobi.

62 mins

Jonas Furste's run finds Fuchs but he deflects wide under duress.

60 mins

Brilliant stick save from Jacobi and ball drops agonisingly out of Joe Brennan's reach on the rebound.

59 mins

And they have a chance now as Stephen Butler gets into the circle. His shot is blocked but Shane O'Donoghue's shot is impeded and its corner number three.

57 mins - GOAL UHC 4 Glenanne 1

Mo Furste does all the hard work down the left wing and the ball squirms through to Florian Fuchs on the stroke spot. He pummels in a reverse and the game looks beyond doubt. The Glens, though, will hope to get a bonus point by getting within two goals.

UHC 4 Glenanne 1

56 mins

Johnny Goulding green-carded for a sliding tackle in midfield for a two minute suspension.

55 mins

Fuchs superb run down the left wing is denied by Doran and Johnny Goulding's innovative touch clears the danger. Bren Parsons picked up an injury, though, when trying to shut the flying German winger down.

Stadium announcer applauds the pirates in the crowd.

54 mins

UHC now looking backwards more often as they look to control the ball more and play out time. But Butler steals and sets Kane free but snuffed out.

53mins - Three quarter time

UHC 3 Glenanne 1

Uhlenhorst's most convincing period to date as they ramped up the intensity at the start of the half. Glenanne, though, still have a sniff and have created more than enough chances. Their's are of the half-cut variety while UHC have had better opportunities with Fuchs and Witte to the fore.

52 mins

Almost and amazing deflection from Witte. Given little angle to work with from Mathias Muller's ball in, Witte re-directs from the endline right across goal and centimetres wide.

49 mins

Gary Shaw becoming more of an influence. An additional out ball to go with Butler's continuous efforts. Very neta work down the right wing as Mick McGuinness feeds Graham Shaw first time and he shoots but Jacobi saves comfortably.

46 mins

Butler's drag goes high to the right as a decent chance goes begging.

46 mins

Line broken, meaning McAleese replaces Witte as number one runner.

45 mins

Long wait and corner given. Second corner for the Glens and I'm assured the live stream is back on!!

45 mins

Butler takes an age but finally pulls out his reverse shot. it bobbles a few metres and Johnny Goulding snaffles, fires goalwards and it looks like a foot of Shea McAleese. Both umpires raise their arms as if they don't know what to give. Video replay called for...

43 mins

Doran pulls out an incredible save with his left kicker from Fuchs reverse - really open game now, UHC on top but their pursuit of a three-goal margin is leaving gaps.

42 mins

Top run by Stephen Butler and gets a shot in from the top of the circle but a defender dives across to deflect for a sideline hit. "C'mon you boys in green".

41 mins

Witte and Fuchs have been brilliant so far and the former finds the latter with a measured right wing cross. Turning on the ball, Fuchs punches the ball just wide.

40 mins

Furste pings in reverse desperately deflected into the side-netting. They really are in the mood.

39 mins - GOAL UHC 3 Glenanne 1

And Mo Furste despatches it via Stephen Doran's glove. Pressure counted as UHC look to start the half in rude health.

UHC 3 Glenanne 1

38 mins

Two minutes of concerted pressure eventually yields Hamburg's second penalty corner off Bren Parsons' foot.

37 mins

Back in action, UHC probe a few times, and one bobbles around. Graham Shaw finally puts his stick on the ball to clear.

35 mins

Mick McGuinness told off by Ehlers - whose been heavily involved thus far - but Glens have the pressure in last 30 second of the half. Four free-ins come to nothing and looks like that's our lot for this half.

Half-time Glenanne 1 UHC 2

Good fight-back from the Glens who have had their chances. Cut out the interceptions in their own territory and there is definitely a result in the offing for them.

33 mins

Briefly 2 on 2 as Jon Kane and Mick McGuinnness combine to rob Breitenstein. Free-in finds Kane in the circle but can't win the corner.

33 mins

Long look from video man yields a free-in. Successful appeal. Furste lurks over the ball.

32 mins

The younger Nevado, Ricardo nicks the ball away on half-way bursts into the 22 and finds Brennan's foot. Ehlers awards a corner for a deliberate foot. Glens call for video replay - decision is...

31 mins

Richie Shaw sets off in space after brilliant Brennan overhead but Mo Furste gets back to stop the danger on the five-metre line.

29 mins

Again, sloppy clearing and its a corner against Glenanne. Good defneding won the ball but Graham Shaw was robbed by Fuchs whose reverse-stick shot came up and Ehlers awards the corner. Bren Parsons did well to prevent anything worse.

Mick McGuinness blocks the shot at first runner.

27 mins

"Fitzers gonna get you" - Paul Fitzpatrick subbed in for Stephen Butler

25 mins

Witte pulls back to Fuchs but his first time shot is well wide.

20 mins - GOAL - Glenanne 1 UHC 2

What that coming over the hill. ITS STEPHEN BUTLER! Butler nails one by the left foot of Nicolas Jacobi. game on, Glenanne 1 UHC 2.

Second quarter underway

UHC get the second quarter up and running, greeted by some pretty patronising remarks from the Eurosport man! At least he has n't used the line "to be shaw to be shaw" that he threatened to! Saying that, Graham Shaw has just won the first corner of the game with a rudely interrupted run down the right wing.

17 mins - GOAL UHC 2 Glenanne 0

UHC 2 Glenanne 0
As the Eurosport commentator next to me says, Glenanne make it very had for themselves with some 'self-inflicted damage'. Joe Brennan robbed on the edge of the circle by Florian Fuchs and a touch later he smashes it into the goal. 20 seconds later the quarter ends.

16 mins

Interesting free hit from the Glens on the five-metre line is called a free out. No doubt they received advice from Ray O'Connor on this one but it's blown up nonetheless. Graham Shaw rolls the blls back one metre and Butler whacks it in coming from five metres away.

15 mins

Tom Mieling's cross goes agonisingly across the front of Doran's goal without a touch.

13 mins

Slight delay as Ehlers gets his microphone re-attached and Glens are in possession.

12 mins

Richie Shaw takes one off the line with Doran half-stopping Furste's effort - Christoph Amend was left with n upright reverse-stick rebound but only rolled it and Shaw was able to cover to save. Major let-off.

11 mins

UHC just the more polished so far, a lot of loose passes being intercepted in midfield and too cheap turnovers. David Shaw and Brennan combine to scramble one clear.

8 mins

Phillip Witte and Florian Fuchs latch onto a quick break and work their way into the circle but Joe Brennan's superb diving tackle concedes a long corner. Nothing comes of it, though.

7 mins

Glens struggling to break out, top sliding tackle from Bren Parsons whose every touch is greeted by an "arrrrgh"

4 mins - GOAL - UHC 1 Glenanne 0

UHC 1 Glenanne 0
All about Moritz Furste - the 2008 EHL player of the year made and scored the goal all himself, flying in down the right side of the circle, half-stopped by Stephen Doran and Furste nicked the rebound and tapped in from 20 centimetres out. Nightmare start

3 mins

One UHC attack down the right but umpire Ehlers called it for a stick foul and one R Shaw run at the opposite end is the sum of the first three minutes action as a pair of leprechauns make a well-received entrance to the stands.

0 mins

"We all dream of a team of Richie Shaws"

Sun-blazing at Barcelona

Weather conditions are spot on over here. It's about 22 degrees out there, barely a cloud in the sky and getting hot in the stands too with a little light-hearted banter between the Glens and Pembroke support. They join as one, though, for the presentation of the teams.

The stadium is a cracker, a compact arena surrounded by palm trees with the Nou Camp a stone's throw away - where The Hook spotted Mr Pique this morning.

Hive fives all round and w're just about ready to go...

Tip-off delayed; Nevado out

As a result of a technical issue regarding the umpire's microphone link-up prior to the Montrouge and Reading game - which ended 4-3 to the English club - the start of Glenanne's game will be delayed by about ten minutes so we are still a few minutes from push back.

The massive team news is that German star man Carlos Nevado is out for UHC Hmaburg with his flight from Germany not delivering him in time from a college exam.

Glens starting line-up for Uhlenhorst game

Glenanne: Stephen Doran, Joe Brennan (capt), David Shaw, Richie Shaw, Stephen Butler, Graham Shaw, Shane O’Donoghue, Jonathan Kane, Johnny Goulding, Eddie O’Malley, Brendan Parsons

Subs: Paul Fitzpatrick, Alan Lewis, Mick McGuinness, Gary Shaw, David Keogh, Gareth Carragher, Mark Lambe

Devin Kehoe and Clinton Murphy will be the two player's from Glenanne's squad of 20 to be in the stands for their match with UHC Hamburg.

UHC Hamburg: Nicolas Jacobi, Patrick Breitenstein, Jonas Furste, Philip Witte, Tom Mieling, Florian Fuchs, Alexander Perdoni, Moritz Furste, Shea McAleese, Christoph Amend, Mathias Muller
Subs: Ricardo Nevado, Max Noemann, Dieter Linnekogel, Frederik Behring, Marco Miltkau, Hannes Seese, Philippe Geringer

60 green-clad fans making all the noise

CA Montrouge are making quite a game of it with Mathieu Durchon providing a mazy, virtuoso run to play in Tom Cariolet to make it 4-3 in a very decent game thus far. It's all being watched by over 60 Glenanne supporters who are making all the noise in the compact stadium so far. Expect some serious noise when their team take the field in 40 minute's time.

Irish making presence known at Polo

Ulster men Warren McCully and Chris Cargo are the first of the Irish to take the field at the Polo club de Barcelona today - McCully in the yellow official's jersey and Cargo in the blue of Reading. The English club has developed their lead to 4-2 with a penalty stroke and Simon Mantell tap-in. They came either side of Olivier Sanchez' reverse-stick strike. The French man scored on debut for France against Ireland within the last fortnight.

The pirates are gathering

An hour or so to go to tip off and the Glenanne crowd is gathering. In an homage to Brendan Parsons, a large contingent are sporting the midfielder's trademark green bandana. They are currently watching Reading lead CA Montrouge 2-1. Nicolas Gaillard had given the French a 1-0 lead early in the second quarter but two Richie Mantell corners in quick succession have swung it around with a couple of minutes to go before half-time.

Welcome to the Glenanne vs UHC Hamburg live match-tracker

Welcome to the Hook's live match-tracker from Glenanne's first ever EuroHockey League encounter live from Barcelona.

German kingpins UHC Hamburg - better known as Uhlenhorst are the opposition and challenges don't come much bigger than this as the Tallaght club face the 2008 champions.

Confidence has been high in the Glenanne camp this week, though, of causing an upset. Numerous Leinster people have backed that confidence in recent times, saying they've never seen the side so fit and playing at such a high tempo.

It's still a mammoth task but if there's anyone to confound expectations, its the Glens... live coverage is also on www.ehlhockey.tv but if you're stuck in work or have limited browsing capacity, keep it locked here for live updates.