Forza 6 - 0 Steendorp (373183830)

The 3337 fans in attendance at Forza sv Arena were roasting in the hot sun. Hugo Terenzano was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Metin Cezzar and Kfir Banay. Forza had chosen a strategic 4-4-2 formation. The following players had been chosen: Timpanaro - Steyfkens, Vandromme, Lon, Baeckelandt - Hessels, Lozie, Bailliu, Deroeck - Baurain, Moorthamer.

Steendorp decided to use a 4-4-2 set up. Lineup: Jansens - Grysolle, Degloire, Marcialis, Delatte - Schifano, Gomez, Weberring, Vanloffelt - Docqier, Antoine.

Counter-attacking seemed to be the preferred strategy of Forza. Forza took the lead 5 minutes in, as D. Baeckelandt broke through on the left and put the 1 - 0 shot just beyond the reach of the outstretched keeper. Forza's S. Hessels was shown a yellow card for standing over the ball and blocking an opponent's quick free kick after 8 minutes. Forza's B. Bailliu refused to leave the field after injuring his achilles tendon after 14 minutes. Forza put themselves up 2 - 0 when J. Baurain broke through on the right, leaving the entire defence trailing in his wake. 21 minutes into the game, V. Schifano had to leave the pitch due to a knee injury. In came T. Bulcaen. Forza managed to extend their lead to 3 - 0 when G. Lozie cut in neatly from the left side and struck a fine shot past the away team's goalkeeper. With 26 minutes played, Forza put themselves up 4 - 0 when the visiting defenders lost the ball to J. Moorthamer, who came up from the left and proceeded to coolly round the keeper and knock the ball home. The players of Forza now seemed to think the job was done and acted more defensively, just waiting for the ref to blow the final whistle. The teams went for the halftime break at 4 - 0. Forza claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 60 percent.

The fierce heat made it important to save breath, and after a few swift runs B. Vanloffelt found it hard to get back into position. A speedy charge from the left side of the field increased the lead of Forza to 5 - 0 as J. Moorthamer finished it off competently, firing in from an acute angle. The referee showed Steendorp's N. Weberring the yellow card after a particularly nasty challenge. J. Baurain should probably have put his team up another goal after 67 minutes, but some great goalkeeping by F. Jansens kept the visitors in the game. Things were deteriorating for the away team as Forza scored another to make it 6 - 0 after a left side attack resulted in a goal for G. Lozie after 71 minutes. B. Lon received some harsh words from his coach after he acted foolishly 72 minutes into the match, probably out of lack of experience, and almost let an opponent score. Possession in this half belonged to Forza, who controlled the ball 69 percent of the time.

Forza's top performer was clearly J. Moorthamer. However, P. Timpanaro made a disastrous appearance. Steendorp's best player was T. Bulcaen. On the other hand, F. Jansens's play was disheartening. The match ends 6 - 0.