engelen 0 - 3 O.U.L (380113181)

A scorching day at de witte engelen Arena, where 18796 spectators were in place for today's match. Eckhard Suete was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Oliver Stroissing and Krsto Svirčević. engelen tactics involved an interesting 5-3-2 combination. The following players had been chosen: Bäckborg - Meinen, Danhier, Druyts, Schietecatte, Knockaert - Deboudt, Oben, Darif - Demeyer, de Terwangne.

O.U.L decided to use a 3-4-3 set up. They fielded: Bierset - Hallez, Ryckaert, De Kee - Willems, Dieschburg, Fischer, Di Pietro - Nadal, Margodt, Damien.

For their match strategy, engelen had decided to use their ability to counter-attack whenever possible. The guests almost went up by a goal after 12 minutes when C. Di Pietro came through and shot from the right. The ball bounced harmlessly off the post, though. Several players seemed a little dazed by the warm weather, and were repeatedly tricked by the clever and agile C. Di Pietro. The most controversial moment of the game was likely the penalty given after 32 minutes. O.U.L's F. Willems kept his concentration, despite the upset crowd, and calmly put the ball past the keeper to make the score 0 - 1. After 43 minutes, an incisive pass through the middle gave P. Damien a chance to increase the lead for O.U.L, and he did not disappoint. The score was then 0 - 2. It was 0 - 2 at the break. O.U.L enjoyed most of the ball, as they maintained 58 percent of possession.

The home crowd was not impressed when M. De Kee came in from the right, shooting hard to score after 51 minutes. O.U.L were now up 0 - 3. Confident in their lead, O.U.L's players relaxed and focused more on defending the lead than increasing it. Usually a powerful player on the field, M. Darif looked kind of pale and tired under the hot sun. The coach of O.U.L was happy with the game so far, but still wanted to change the line up. After 60 minutes, M. Waldl-Zimmermann came on for K. Dieschburg. The O.U.L players could smell victory in the air. N. Fischer wasn't in a hurry to leave the field as he was substituted for E. Ariztoi after 60 minutes. C. Di Pietro 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. N. Bóbr was the replacement. engelen were able to mount several counterattacks, such as the impressive one after 64 minutes, but O. Druyts lofted a free kick over the crossbar. O.U.L claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 65 percent.

Most important engelen player was J. Knockaert. On the other hand, W. Demeyer's play was disheartening. O.U.L's best player was J. Nadal. M. Waldl-Zimmermann on the other hand, had a terrible day. The match ends 0 - 3.