FCP1898 0 - 2 ISIDE (378755043)

It was an exceptionally sunny day for the crowd of 2878 that came out to Engerau Arena. Teemu Ahola was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Kim Witten and Gottlieb Gualdi. FCP1898 started off with a 4-4-2 lineup. Lineup: Escobal - Alamanos, Girth, Houser, Kartveit - Duvuduvukulu, Avduli, Firmino, Roussel - Stancu, Ducourtioux.

ISIDE tactics involved an interesting 5-4-1 combination. The following players had been chosen: van der Tuuk - Leertouwer, Duijsters, Alofs, Kwakman, Silvis - Petit, Belchior, Dijkema, Peluffo - Castiçal.

H. Leertouwer had a good try after 11 minutes, coming in on a fine move from the left, but the ball went wide. The referee showed FCP1898's B. Roussel the yellow card after a particularly nasty challenge. M. Kwakman was the unlucky victim and couldn't continue the game, so ISIDE's L. Laurentzy had to come off the bench. When B. Roussel made yet another studs-first tackle after 33 minutes, the referee was obliged to book the FCP1898 player for the second time, sending him off the pitch. N. Avduli of FCP1898 was booked for kicking the ball away after the whistle. The home crowd was not impressed by the fancy moves of ISIDE's O. Castiçal after 38 minutes. He converted a pass from the left for a goal, resulting in the visitors taking the 0 - 1 lead. Content with how the game was proceeding, the ISIDE coach let Y. Yiannoulakis replace O. Castiçal after 40 minutes. With 40 minutes played, L. Laurentzy nearly put the visitors another one up as he broke through in the middle and fired from just outside the box, but his shot passed just over the bar. It was 0 - 1 at the break. ISIDE had most of the ball, with 54 percent of possession.

The coach of ISIDE was happy with the game so far, but still wanted to change the line up. After 46 minutes, V. Bang came on for N. Dijkema. The ISIDE captaincy was handed to Y. Yiannoulakis. The sun seemed to put L. Duijsters in a great mood, and he showed off his technical skills all match long. ISIDE's H. Leertouwer got himself booked for a foul. After 77 minutes, ISIDE's Y. Yiannoulakis burst through the central defence and let loose a cannonball of a shot, scoring for 0 - 2. Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by ISIDE, with 52 percent of the ball.

The most dominating FCP1898 player was without a doubt N. Avduli. On the other hand, M. Girth's play was disheartening. ISIDE's best player was Y. Yiannoulakis. However, L. Laurentzy made a disastrous appearance. The match ends 0 - 2.