lodiejs 1 - 4 Suden (155352680)

Overcast weather free of rain made for a crowd turnout of 38250 at lodiejs Arena today. Karri Krappe was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Alessandro Fiorentini and Sonny Poulsen. A 5-3-2 alignment was the formation of choice for lodiejs. The following players had been chosen: Kótai - Sousa, Benningshof, Zeelen, Karpel, Paulsson - Sabaté, Leenen, Trayer - Galjaard, Andrei.

A 3-4-3 alignment was the formation of choice for Suden. The following players had been chosen: Mansour - Ulrich, Örsal, Gabella - Brandse, Hilgerink, Swart, Gual - Gleichen, Prelle, Grube.

Using their counter-attacking abilities was the strategy of choice for lodiejs. Suden took the lead after 19 minutes making the score 0 - 1. G. Hilgerink placed the ball out of reach for the home side's keeper after a fine move, coming in from the left. A. Kótai got a fingertip on E. Örsal's shot from the left 28 minutes in, and managed to keep the visitors from going up another goal. The home keeper was stunned 32 minutes into the match when he misjudged the free kick by E. Örsal and dived in the wrong direction. The visitors increased the lead to 0 - 2. Confident in their lead, Suden's players relaxed and focused more on defending the lead than increasing it. After 35 minutes lodiejs tried to exploit their counterattacking skills, unfortunately, O. Galjaard's shot sailed wide after his break down the right. It was 0 - 2 at the break. Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by Suden, with 67 percent of the ball.

With 62 minutes played, a quick exchange of passes on the left wing freed J. Gual of Suden to slip through the defence and score another goal for the visitors. That made the score 0 - 3. The home crowd cheered when, after 69 minutes, W. Swart's charge up the middle resulted in the keeper making one of his best saves of the day. V. Grube could have put his team up another goal 70 minutes into the game, after a rush down the left, but his closing shot hit the post. After the ball was lifted in from the left, J. Gual was on his own in the home side's penalty area and should have scored after 78 minutes, but missed, probably due to lack of concentration. With 81 minutes played, P. Trayer of lodiejs fell dramatically just outside the penalty area. However, the referee was unimpressed, and booked him for diving. O. Galjaard of lodiejs was able to make an impressive rush past the sluggish D. Gabella, which resulted in a goal making the score 1 - 3. Some fine movement on the left led to a Suden goal after 85 minutes, making it 1 - 4. P. Brandse was noted down as the scorer. Suden had most of the ball, with 67 percent of possession.

R. Leenen performed admirably for lodiejs. On the other hand, J. Zeelen's play was disheartening. The most dominating Suden player was without a doubt B. Mansour. A. Prelle turned in a dismal performance, however. The match ends 1 - 4.