wieze 5 - 4 oldies (388539368)

24526 spectators had found their way to de kantine, despite the heavy rain. Lorenzo Wick was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Niko Harjula and Gerdt Säckingen. wieze decided to use a 2-5-3 set up. Lineup: Sabić - Nemanjić, Tobback - Zwaan, Filipe, Demesmaeker, Astengo, Wauters - Chillemi, Latruwe, Balder.

oldies tactics involved an interesting 3-5-2 combination. The following players took the field: Imandt - Aelberts, Sommerfeld, Zeman - Kadem, Hogenkamp, Godeke, Järvinen, Kari - Andvik, Verlinde.

oldies clearly had decided to counter-attack when they could. M. Astengo was uncomfortable with the soggy pitch as he couldn't move the ball around with his usual grace. After 33 minutes of play, A. Filipe gave the home team a 1 - 0 lead after an attack coming in from the right. The visitors refused to give in and, after 34 minutes, S. Andvik evened things up as he finished off a perfect pass from the right. 1 - 1 After 37 minutes, wieze raised their score by one when T. Zwaan's dangerous low cross was cleverly tucked in at the near post by R. Balder. 2 - 1. wieze managed to extend their lead to 3 - 1 when R. Balder cut in neatly from the left side and struck a fine shot past the away team's goalkeeper. After this, you could see that the players of wieze were more interested in killing time than scoring more goals. 40 minutes in, an amazing pass from the left side resulted in a goal for the visitors, as A. Järvinen anticipated the through ball and scored, reducing the deficit to 3 - 2. The teams went for the halftime break at 3 - 2. Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by oldies, with 51 percent of the ball.

A magnificent combination in the middle resulted in wieze's R. Balder increasing the lead to 4 - 2. That made three goals for R. Balder and he was marked down for the hat trick. oldies managed to reduce the score to 4 - 3 as I. Sommerfeld finished off a well-played combination from the left, easily carving through the defence. T. Hogenkamp slipped and slithered in the wet grass. His usual rapid runs were nowhere to be seen today. After 63 minutes, R. Balder put wieze ahead 5 - 3 when he rose to head in a cross from the right wing. F. Verlinde had a couple of good opportunities to reply, but the home team's keeper R. Sabić was simply unbeatable. The opposing supporters gave the referee an earful when he only gave T. Zwaan from wieze a yellow card after a mistimed challenge from behind 72 minutes into the game. That was far too lenient! The visitors got one back when F. Verlinde finished off a pass from the left and scored after 75 minutes. 5 - 4 was the score. Possession was split evenly between the teams.

wieze's best player was M. Latruwe. M. Astengo on the other hand, had a terrible day. F. Verlinde performed admirably for oldies. However, N. Aelberts made a disastrous appearance. The match ends 5 - 4.