BOLLETJE 2 - 3 Poekieblanca (374663263)

Weather conditions were fairly good for football, and BOLLETJES HOUSE saw a crowd turnout of 40195. Nicky Verbiest was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Alcides Graça and Geofredo Maira. A 4-5-1 alignment was the formation of choice for BOLLETJE. They fielded: van der Vlis - Solaque, Buikstra, van der Schier, Matteini - Secăreanu, Soykan, Verduyn, Nijdam, Heggen - Zabel.

Poekieblanca started off with a 3-5-2 lineup. The following players had been chosen: Syfrig - Todhri, Walas, Ravestein - Köb, Machowicz, Pustka, Nemere, Anđelinić - Amjad, Stettmeier.

The guests took the lead 2 minutes into the match, after a right-side attack resulted in A. Anđelinić scoring to make it 0 - 1. The referee showed BOLLETJE's W. Verduyn the yellow card after a particularly nasty challenge. Unfortunately for Poekieblanca, O. Stettmeier was injured when the game became more physical, and he had to leave the field. F. Turrutelo replaced him. One of many good crosses from W. Heggen on the wing was received and skillfully taken care of by I. Zabel, who scored for BOLLETJE. 1 - 1 Many thought I. Zabel ought to have been awarded a penalty 38 minutes into the game, as he went down trying to dribble around H. Syfrig after a determined run through the middle. The opposing supporters gave the referee an earful when he only gave G. Nijdam from BOLLETJE a yellow card after a mistimed challenge from behind 42 minutes into the game. That was far too lenient! Poekieblanca were forced into a substitution as A. Anđelinić couldn't continue due to some rough treatment, forcing J. Lepe to come in off the bench. After several obvious shirt pulling incidents, A. Amjad got himself booked. The manager of Poekieblanca was not happy. After 44 minutes, B. Soykan came in from the right, feinted, then sped past the off-balance defender to make the score 2 - 1, giving BOLLETJE the lead. The teams went for the halftime break at 2 - 1. Possession in this half belonged to BOLLETJE, who controlled the ball 55 percent of the time.

After 62 minutes, BOLLETJE were awarded a free kick. Rather than shooting straight at goal, the taker went for an indirect variant which seemed to take his team mates a bit by surprise. A. Secăreanu did attempt a finish, but from an awkward position, sending the ball into the away fans. The visitors refused to give in and, after 66 minutes, L. Todhri evened things up as he finished off a perfect pass from the right. 2 - 2 Poekieblanca's J. Lepe gave the visitors a 2 - 3 lead after 77 minutes with a superb strike from the right. BOLLETJE had most of the ball, with 54 percent of possession.

I. Zabel performed admirably for BOLLETJE. On the other hand, R. van der Vlis's play was disheartening. Most important Poekieblanca player was A. Amjad. F. Turrutelo on the other hand, had a terrible day. The match ends 2 - 3.