elgoléador 4 - 1 hoestsiroop (377437715)

It had rained all day, but 1078 hardy fans still made it out to elmagnifico. Manuel Stagl was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Job Läfvenholt and Manuel Fernández Pérez. elgoléador had chosen a strategic 4-4-2 formation. The following players had been chosen: Doorseele - Verheyen, Kudri, Hannon, Fack - Ward, Desimpelaere, Joris, Belouchi - Bryssinck, Ringoir.

hoestsiroop tactics involved an interesting 3-5-2 combination. Starters: Laub - Taskunen, D'Amico, Creemers - Verlie, Eliano, Thybaut, Mouton, Eyland - Claessens, Behaeghe.

For their match strategy, elgoléador had decided to use their ability to counter-attack whenever possible. Today, hoestsiroop's strategy involved concentrating on the flanks for their attacks. After some beautiful movement down the left wing, D. Ward scored for elgoléador putting them ahead 1 - 0, after 2 minutes. The muddy pitch made the game a gritty affair, which seemed to suit M. Mouton just fine. elgoléador put in a good effort on the right, but H. Kudri saw his volley fly wide of the mark 15 minutes into the game. elgoléador's C. Ringoir saw his fine effort strike the top of the bar following some good work up the middle by his teammates after 19 minutes. C. Ringoir had a hard time on the waterlogged pitch - his trademark technique was nowhere in sight today. Things were going to get worse for the visitors. D. Joris squirmed through their central defence after 28 minutes, increasing the lead to 2 - 0. After this, you could see that the players of elgoléador were more interested in killing time than scoring more goals. The opposing supporters gave the referee an earful when he only gave D. Joris from elgoléador a yellow card after a mistimed challenge from behind 31 minutes into the game. That was far too lenient! 2 - 0 was the score after the first half. elgoléador claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 58 percent.

A magnificent combination in the middle resulted in elgoléador's B. Hannon increasing the lead to 3 - 0. elgoléador's C. Fack increased the lead to 4 - 0, after he saw his shot go between the legs of the advancing goalkeeper following some good play down the right wing after 59 minutes. Morale on the visitors' bench was greatly improved when their J. Verlie reduced the lead to make it 4 - 1 after 69 minutes, following a pass from the right. elgoléador had most of the ball, with 59 percent of possession.

elgoléador's best player was I. Desimpelaere. D. Ward on the other hand, had a terrible day. O. Eyland performed admirably for hoestsiroop. B. Thybaut was a disappointment, however. The match ends 4 - 1.