Mergroate 0 - 1 rottweilers (374885583)

It had rained all day, but 7806 hardy fans still made it out to Sportveld de Hoven. Stephan von der Goltz was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Timothy Fletcher and Nejc Gajšek. Mergroate tactics involved an interesting 4-5-1 combination. Starters: Beijers - Bartman, Fábri, Egolf, van Kempen - Loepfe, Killer, Hanquet, Frach, Nanni - Grigelova.

rottweilers started off with a 3-4-3 lineup. The following players had been chosen: Piazzese - Dymalski, Porquet, Escales - Louter, Évain, Gorte, Bonke - Bruhn, Caelders, van Diepen.

rottweilers mostly ignored the flanks in favour of their ability to attack in the middle. It was a bad day for the usually speedy B. van Diepen. The mud seemed to slow him down. At 31 minutes played, F. van Kempen came in from the right with the intention of giving Mergroate the lead, but his rocket of a shot rattled the crossbar. Mergroate could have put themselves ahead after 33 minutes but V. Grigelova missed a volley shot on a ball coming in from the right. 37 minutes into the game, rottweilers seemed to suffer a certain amount of confusion and they fell to a passable level of organisation. It was 0 - 0 at the break. Mergroate claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 73 percent.

During the break, rottweilers's coach went through the team's tactics yet again, getting them up to solid organisation. R. Bonke sailed high above the opponents as he headed in a corner kick from N. Bruhn after 65 minutes of play, making the score 0 - 1. 67 minutes into the game, K. Bartman came close to levelling the score with a dangerous shot from the centre of the area that went just over the bar. After 68 minutes Mergroate's M. Loepfe contracted a slight foot injury, but didn't want to leave the game. V. Grigelova had a hard time on the waterlogged pitch - his trademark technique was nowhere in sight today. With 86 minutes played, after a good run down the left, V. Grigelova went down looking for a penalty after a challenge from the visitors' right fullback, but the referee waved play on, and later warned him for diving. Mergroate had most of the ball, with 69 percent of possession.

Mergroate's best player was R. Fábri. E. Nanni turned in a dismal performance, however. The most dominating rottweilers player was without a doubt N. Bruhn. However, A. Gorte made a disastrous appearance. The match ends 0 - 1.