Mer. U. 4 - 1 kamelen (373054481)

Weather conditions were fairly good for football, and fc cristal boys Arena saw a crowd turnout of 20537. Christopher MacAulay was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Jędrzej Pruchnicki and Kay Kuckuck. A 3-5-2 alignment was the formation of choice for Mer. U.. The following players took the field: Telac - De Clerck, Filliers, Hong - Popovici, Florea, Graulund, Beer, Ivancu - Jarmakowski, Rijmenams.

kamelen tactics involved an interesting 4-4-2 combination. They fielded: Dubois - Adrianssens, Mathot, Bultinck, Mattheeuws - De Pourcq, Van Steenbergen, Philips, Verbauwen - Sypels, Vardar.

Mer. U. were mostly trying to use their skill at attacking on the flanks. Mer. U. had a good opportunity to take the lead as J. Graulund came up the left side, but he struck the ball weakly and it went straight into the arms of Y. Dubois. They were singing the praises of J. Rijmenams 8 minutes into the match after his speculative chip from the middle of the penalty box found its way over the visitors' keeper to make the score 1 - 0 to Mer. U.. Things were going to get worse for the visitors. D. Popovici squirmed through their central defence after 19 minutes, increasing the lead to 2 - 0. A speedy charge from the left side of the field increased the lead of Mer. U. to 3 - 0 as V. Ivancu finished it off competently, firing in from an acute angle. V. Ivancu should probably have put his team up another goal after 25 minutes, but some great goalkeeping by Y. Dubois kept the visitors in the game. The teams went for the halftime break at 3 - 0. Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by Mer. U., with 77 percent of the ball.

M. Hong could have increased the lead after 59 minutes, but his shot hit the post after a nice combination in the middle of the park. With 71 minutes played, Mer. U. put themselves up 4 - 0 when the visiting defenders lost the ball to M. Jarmakowski, who came up from the left and proceeded to coolly round the keeper and knock the ball home. With 72 minutes played, V. Ivancu could have brought this one home for Mer. U. as he charged up on the left, but his hooked ball went just a bit too high. Ater 82 minutes C. Philips seized on an opportunistic attack from the right, and scored for kamelen making it 4 - 1. After 87 minutes kamelen's F. Adrianssens contracted a slight foot injury, but didn't want to leave the game. Mer. U. enjoyed most of the ball, as they maintained 69 percent of possession.

F. Florea performed admirably for Mer. U.. V. Filliers turned in a dismal performance, however. kamelen's top performer was clearly F. Sypels. However, J. Vardar made a disastrous appearance. The match ends 4 - 1.