blackrangers 4 - 5 G.C.K. (379782829)

It had rained all day, but 940 hardy fans still made it out to black out arena. Lance Boone was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Carlo Dellasantina and Harald Bernd. blackrangers had chosen a strategic 4-4-2 formation. Lineup: Svantesson - Vanneste, Paeßler, Francesi, Blancke - Martin, Ruzzante, Meersseman, Peksan - Ene, Årvik.

A 4-4-2 alignment was the formation of choice for G.C.K.. The following players had been chosen: Tavola - Ezzati, Walspuski, Targoński, Antuma - Rowan, Reinisch, Vanaerschot, Janssen - Pintens, Mast.

blackrangers decided to play creatively. The visitors' central defence should have had no trouble clearing the pass to C. Paeßler, but the blackrangers player managed to shrug them off and fired a low shot past the keeper to give his team the lead. 1 - 0! blackrangers's P. Francesi was shown a yellow card after 24 minutes for slicing down an opponent. G.C.K.'s F. Targoński had to watch the rest of the game from the sidelines, after twisting his ankle with 37 minutes having been played. N. Hodorogea was the replacement. M. Ezzati didn't let the weather get him down and made some great moves on the pitch in spite of the rain. blackrangers put themselves up 2 - 0 when Ç. Peksan broke through on the right, leaving the entire defence trailing in his wake. blackrangers's F. Ruzzante got himself booked for a foul. G.C.K. managed to reduce the score to 2 - 1 as N. Hodorogea finished off a well-played combination from the left, easily carving through the defence. F. Ruzzante of blackrangers got sent off for kicking the ball after the whistle, a completely uncalled for move, earning him his second yellow card of the game. The referee showed G.C.K.'s R. Antuma the yellow card after a particularly nasty challenge. After 44 minutes, the visitors tied it up at 2 - 2 when a fantastic pass from the left was finished off by E. Reinisch. G.C.K.'s M. Walspuski managed to lose the defenders as he advanced down the right wing and scored, putting the visitors ahead after 44 minutes. 2 - 3. 2 - 3 was the score after the first half. Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by G.C.K., with 52 percent of the ball.

N. Vanneste received some harsh words from his coach after he acted foolishly 47 minutes into the match, probably out of lack of experience, and almost let an opponent score. The head of H. Janssen connected with a corner kick after 48 minutes, and the ball ended up with E. Reinisch of G.C.K. who blasted the ball into the net, making the score 2 - 4. After 49 minutes, an incisive pass through the middle gave E. Reinisch a chance to increase the lead for G.C.K., and he did not disappoint. The score was then 2 - 5. At that, E. Reinisch was noted down for a hat trick! Confident in their lead, G.C.K.'s players relaxed and focused more on defending the lead than increasing it. The home crowd cheered when, after 62 minutes, D. Rowan's charge up the middle resulted in the keeper making one of his best saves of the day. The blackrangers free kick 63 minutes into the match seemed wasted, as the shot was both short and off target. But was this actually a plan? The ball landed at the feet of C. Paeßler, who was completely unmarked in the box. That's 3 - 5! blackrangers's F. Martin got the home crowd going when he finished off a left wing charge, reducing the away team's lead to 4 - 5. G.C.K. enjoyed most of the ball, as they maintained 52 percent of possession.

blackrangers's best player was D. Meersseman. On the other hand, N. Vanneste's play was disheartening. Most important G.C.K. player was M. Walspuski. J. Mast on the other hand, had a terrible day. The match ends 4 - 5.