Cuervos 0 - 2 vlugenv6 (109488599)

The crowd of 891 turning up at Estadio Mirko Saric today were greeted with some nasty showers of rain. Steffen Sörup was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Philip Barnard and Klaus Gerwig. Cuervos had chosen a strategic 3-4-3 formation. Lineup: Ulvestad - Tenorio, Prisco, Bes - Zani, Terricabras, Schläfli, Riera - Acevedo, Sánchez, Bisconti.

vlugenv6 tactics involved an interesting 3-4-3 combination. The following players had been chosen: Endevoets - Boosten, den Braber, Weijermans - van Minnen, González Pérez, de Geus, Hurkens - Wiegel, Jeantet, Lastdrager.

The wings were the focus of most of vlugenv6's attacks today. J. Hurkens had a good try after 33 minutes, coming in on a fine move from the left, but the ball went wide. vlugenv6 took the lead 36 minutes into the game, making the score 0 - 1 after some elegant movement down the middle. M. van Minnen was the scorer. With 38 minutes played, I. González Pérez of vlugenv6 fell dramatically just outside the penalty area. However, the referee was unimpressed, and booked him for diving. Had it not been for one of the home defenders, I. González Pérez would have put vlugenv6 up another goal 40 minutes into the match with his audacious lob from the right wing. With 41 minutes played, E. Boosten 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. 0 - 1 was the score after the first half. vlugenv6 claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 66 percent.

Just a few inches to the right, and the visitors could have had a goal 54 minutes into the match. A. Jeantet surely wishes he could do that free kick over again. Had it not been for one of the home defenders, E. Boosten would have put vlugenv6 up another goal 76 minutes into the match with his audacious lob from the right wing. With 81 minutes played, A. Jeantet of vlugenv6 fell dramatically just outside the penalty area. However, the referee was unimpressed, and booked him for diving. After 84 minutes, vlugenv6's E. Weijermans burst through the central defence and let loose a cannonball of a shot, scoring for 0 - 2. vlugenv6 claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 81 percent.

M. Acevedo performed admirably for Cuervos. On the other hand, R. Terricabras's play was disheartening. The most dominating vlugenv6 player was without a doubt A. Jeantet. J. Hurkens turned in a dismal performance, however. The match ends 0 - 2.