Zubrowka 1 - 7 sjottema (380111412)

Dark skies made the crowd of 12000 at KarpArena a little nervous, but the rain held off. Jonas Forser was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Albert Folguera and Mümin Lavani. Zubrowka had chosen a strategic 4-4-2 formation. Starters: Renaut - Simal, Butsraen, Garin, Savelbergh - Ryckx, Bodart, Palmans, De Frangh - Beauprez, Claes.

A 3-5-2 alignment was the formation of choice for sjottema. The following players had been chosen: Van Looy - Ganseuer, Bjelopavlić, Coquelet - Legrand, Guyomard, Van Eenoo, Handrich, Storms - Exadachtilos, Geelen.

Some quick footwork on the left side of the field 7 minutes into the match left sjottema's W. Van Eenoo completely free to score. 0 - 1 for the visitors. W. Van Eenoo increased the visitors' lead by putting a volley away after a pass from the right. 0 - 2. With 34 minutes played, a quick exchange of passes on the left wing freed J. Guyomard of sjottema to slip through the defence and score another goal for the visitors. That made the score 0 - 3. L. Ganseuer's lack of experience almost gave Zubrowka a goal after 35 minutes, but the shot went right into the keeper's arms. Zubrowka supporters cheered as good work down the right got the ball to R. Beauprez who reduced the visitors' lead after 36 minutes to 1 - 3. After 37 minutes, sjottema's M. Bjelopavlić burst through the central defence and let loose a cannonball of a shot, scoring for 1 - 4. 1 - 4 was the score after the first half. Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by sjottema, with 83 percent of the ball.

With 47 minutes played, sjottema put themselves up 1 - 5 after an attack from the right, caused by a defensive blunder. The scorer was R. Geelen. L. Storms received a delicate pass through the home side's central defence after 50 minutes, and chipped it past the flailing keeper to score making it 1 - 6. The sjottema fans went wild, whilst the home fans started to think about leaving early. Confident in their lead, sjottema's players relaxed and focused more on defending the lead than increasing it. M. Bjelopavlić left the field with a smile on his face as he was substituted 60 minutes into the game, as his team was in the lead. T. Siopoudis was the replacement. Given a free kick in a difficult position after 66 minutes, sjottema tried a variation that they had practised in training. The kick was sent into the area just in front of the keeper. However, the defence were on their toes and allowed no space for a finish. The coach of sjottema was happy with the game so far, but still wanted to change the line up. After 70 minutes, L. Kasowski came on for K. Handrich. After 79 minutes, a mistake by the home side's left defence allowed S. Exadachtilos to get through. He outclassed the home side's keeper, adding another goal for the visitors. 1 - 7. The opposing supporters gave the referee an earful when he only gave K. De Frangh from Zubrowka a yellow card after a mistimed challenge from behind 80 minutes into the game. That was far too lenient! Possession in this half belonged to sjottema, who controlled the ball 88 percent of the time.

Zubrowka's best player was R. Ryckx. On the other hand, T. Renaut's play was disheartening. Most important sjottema player was T. Siopoudis. L. Storms on the other hand, had a terrible day. The match ends 1 - 7.