BALLA 3 - 0 WVF37 (374645220)

Clouds darkened the skies at BALLA BALLA Arena as 37486 spectators turned up for the match. Aleks Gołek was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Gabrijel Udovič and Gabriel Dumitrescu. BALLA decided to use a 3-5-2 set up. The following players had been chosen: Roque - Welschen, Rijsbergen, Ryczkowski - Bentvelt, Struycken, Vastbinder, Ritzen, Francken - Valken, Tranquilo.

WVF37 started off with a 3-5-2 lineup. The following players took the field: Chaves - Gavart, Ekkelenkamp, Demarco - Canestrari, Sombreireiro, Nica, Scheffer, Hardies - Sier, Monferrato.

The visitors' central defence should have had no trouble clearing the pass to N. Ritzen, but the BALLA player managed to shrug them off and fired a low shot past the keeper to give his team the lead. 1 - 0! B. Rijsbergen sailed high above the opponents as he headed in a corner kick from N. Ritzen after 16 minutes of play, making the score 2 - 0. It was 2 - 0 at the break. Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by BALLA, with 54 percent of the ball.

With 71 minutes played, T. Gavart of WVF37 fell dramatically just outside the penalty area. However, the referee was unimpressed, and booked him for diving. 74 minutes in, J. Monferrato made an incredible run up the middle and nearly reduced the home side's lead, but J. Roque refused to let the ball slip by him. A swift counterattack by BALLA resulted in a free kick that N. Ritzen elegantly twisted into the goal - 3 - 0! BALLA claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 55 percent.

Most important BALLA player was K. Tranquilo. W. Welschen on the other hand, had a terrible day. J. Sier performed admirably for WVF37. On the other hand, N. Hardies's play was disheartening. The match ends 3 - 0.