Koninklijk 2 - 1 sjottema (388563184)

The weather was pretty good, and a crowd of 40680 had shown up at t` Lisp for the match. Fredrik 'Basketcase' Halvorsen was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Mathias Ziep and Alexandre Favennec. Koninklijk tactics involved an interesting 3-5-2 combination. Starters: Bulut - Portocarrero, Hrabina, Melstvedt - Wijnstekers, Bertram, Pescio, Sisandes, Gilis - Busse, Giuffrida.

sjottema decided to use a 3-5-2 set up. The following players had been chosen: Chardon - Siopoudis, Ganseuer, Bjelopavlić - Van Eenoo, Guyomard, Bugaj, Handrich, La Porta - Fini, Castilleja.

18 minutes into the game, D. Hrabina had to leave the pitch due to a knee injury. In came T. Hayek. Koninklijk created a good opportunity to score 22 minutes into the match when H. Busse's hooked ball from the left created a scuffle in front of the goal, and the visitors' defenders had a hard time clearing the ball. T. Feistritzer was called on to replace Koninklijk's P. Bertram after 27 minutes following a nasty collision. W. Van Eenoo sailed high above the opponents as he headed in a corner kick from J. Bugaj after 28 minutes of play, making the score 0 - 1. No matter how hard he tried, G. Pescio just couldn't get his shot past the visitors' right side defence after 29 minutes. The opposing supporters gave the referee an earful when he only gave G. Pescio from Koninklijk a yellow card after a mistimed challenge from behind 33 minutes into the game. That was far too lenient! sjottema's G. La Porta went down after a savage challenge, but could continue playing after some medical attention. T. Feistritzer received some harsh words from his coach after he acted foolishly 35 minutes into the match, probably out of lack of experience, and almost let an opponent score. Koninklijk tried to even things up by sending a long ball towards the centrally placed strikers, but the visitors' defence got the best of this rather direct style of play. sjottema's F. Chardon had to watch the rest of the game from the sidelines, after twisting his ankle with 41 minutes having been played. K. Van Looy was the replacement. Halftime score was 0 - 1. Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by Koninklijk, with 59 percent of the ball.

Due to some great work on the right wing Koninklijk's V. Giuffrida was able to even the score after 56 minutes to make the score 1 - 1. 68 minutes in, sjottema's J. Guyomard received a yellow card for going into a challenge studs first. 69 minutes into the game, sjottema wanted to bring some new energy to their game. J. Bugaj gave L. Kasowski a quick hug as he left the field. A loud groan was heard from the fans of Koninklijk, as V. Giuffrida left the pitch in too much pain to finish the match. D. Deidda took his place on the field. 75 minutes had elapsed when a great chance for Koninklijk to take the lead after a good cross from the right found H. Busse alone with the keeper, but he chipped it to the wrong side of the post. The home side put themselves ahead 2 - 1 after 78 minutes courtesy of a breakthrough from D. Deidda, who scored with a stunning volley following a cross from the right wing. sjottema's W. Van Eenoo was shown a yellow card after 79 minutes for slicing down an opponent. Possession in this half belonged to Koninklijk, who controlled the ball 60 percent of the time.

The most dominating Koninklijk player was without a doubt H. Busse. C. Gilis was a disappointment, however. sjottema's top performer was clearly R. Castilleja. However, K. Van Looy made a disastrous appearance. The match ends 2 - 1.