Vooruit 3 - 1 rottweilers (390349922)

It had rained all day, but 18521 hardy fans still made it out to Breda North Arena. Christopher Tandstad was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Matthew Rushford and Henning Skeldal. Vooruit started off with a 3-5-2 lineup. They fielded: Molenaar - Kaltwasser, Papoulidis, Mullin - Papură, Krambeck, Clement, Schweim, Maoret - Butnoris, Gabrielsen.

rottweilers had chosen a strategic 3-4-3 formation. Lineup: Piazzese - Escales, Porquet, Narojczyk - Vahedian, Ranger, Gangemi, Évain - Bruhn, Caelders, van Diepen.

rottweilers tried to focus their attacks down the middle. rottweilers had a good opportunity to attack on the wing, but remembered their instructions to go for middle attacks. Good work by the rottweilers defensive line after 21 minutes produced a good counterattack chance, which cut elegantly down the middle of the pitch and found N. Caelders alone in front of the goal, but his shot whistled just wide. 24 minutes into the game, rottweilers had difficulty finding their positions and their organisation dropped to weak. N. Papură spent most of the time in a heap on the ground today, his normally rapid movement hindered by the slippery pitch. L. Butnoris gave Vooruit the lead as he successfully challenged the guests' central defenders, then slotted the ball into the bottom corner, giving the keeper no chance. 1 - 0 A. Clement didn't let the weather get him down and made some great moves on the pitch in spite of the rain. Vooruit's M. Maoret refused to leave the field after injuring his achilles tendon after 39 minutes. rottweilers players heard their coach's words ringing in their ears and steered their wing attacks to the middle instead. rottweilers tied it all up, 41 minutes in, after a spectacular goal by A. Gangemi, who miraculously broke through the home side's central defence, making it 1 - 1. 1 - 1 was the halftime score. Vooruit had most of the ball, with 66 percent of possession.

During the break, rottweilers's coach went through the team's tactics yet again, getting them up to solid organisation. As the 46 minute mark approached, the rottweilers coach decided it was time for a substitution. N. Caelders reluctantly made way for B. Fjälling on the pitch. Vooruit made a bid to take the lead as a ball coming in on the right hand side left L. Butnoris completely alone with keeper F. Piazzese, who made a spectacular block. 49 minutes in, rottweilers appeared unsure on how to play and their organisation was only weak. rottweilers had several good opportunities to take the lead, especially 50 minutes in when A. Gangemi came up alone against T. Molenaar who managed a block. R. Krambeck behaved like an inexperienced youth player after 74 minutes as he gave the ball away to A. Gangemi. Lucky for him though, there was no goal. 76 minutes into the match and the home team took a 2 - 1 lead after breaking through on the left. The scorer for Vooruit was L. Butnoris. With 77 minutes played, L. Butnoris could have brought this one home for Vooruit as he charged up on the left, but his hooked ball went just a bit too high. Vooruit put themselves up 3 - 1 when D. Mullin broke through on the right, leaving the entire defence trailing in his wake. Confident in their lead, Vooruit's players relaxed and focused more on defending the lead than increasing it. Vooruit claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 68 percent.

The most dominating Vooruit player was without a doubt T. Molenaar. M. Maoret turned in a dismal performance, however. rottweilers's top performer was clearly N. Bruhn. B. Fjälling on the other hand, had a terrible day. The match ends 3 - 1.