Nostradamus 0 - 4 Stoker (382012540)

9356 spectators had come to Nostradamus Arena this cloudy day. Ezechiele Coccia was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Thomas Stene and Péter Márkus. Nostradamus started off with a 3-5-2 lineup. Lineup: Krištůfek - Soto, Vlora, Yegah - Lamkamp, Arestia, Casale, Aitiņš, Marcel - Seyyal, Bieniaszewski.

Stoker decided to use a 3-5-2 set up. Starters: Sickman - Witjes, Glass, Bochum - Chwiłka, Hošťálek, Riabczuk, Van Hintum, Gigashvili - Baji, Dahmani.

The wings were the focus of most of Nostradamus's attacks today. 0 - 1 was the score with 9 minutes played, after R. Van Hintum cut through the central defence and chipped home a goal for Stoker. With the scoreboard showing that 12 minutes had been played, Stoker nearly put themselves up another goal after R. Van Hintum came through on the left. Fortunately for the home crowd, the keeper made the save. With 26 minutes played, B. Seyyal of Nostradamus fell dramatically just outside the penalty area. However, the referee was unimpressed, and booked him for diving. S. Gigashvili could have put his team up another goal 30 minutes into the game, after a rush down the left, but his closing shot hit the post. 32 minutes in, Stoker's S. Gigashvili received a yellow card for going into a challenge studs first. A. Marcel was the unlucky victim and couldn't continue the game, so Nostradamus's I. Wallis had to come off the bench. Given a free kick in a difficult position after 34 minutes, Stoker 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. A penalty was awarded after 36 minutes, and R. Van Hintum made the most of his chance to put Stoker up by another goal. 0 - 2 for the visitors. After this, you could see that the players of Stoker were more interested in killing time than scoring more goals. A. Witjes of Stoker was booked for kicking the ball away after the whistle. 0 - 2 was the score after the first half. Stoker had most of the ball, with 56 percent of possession.

Unhappy with the result so far in the game, the Nostradamus manager used a brief break in play after 46 minutes to give the players new directives. As the game started to slip away for Nostradamus, the manager decided to change the tactical approach. Stoker increased their lead after 71 minutes when G. Dahmani broke through on the right, upping the score to 0 - 3, much to the home crowd's dismay. G. Dahmani of Stoker seemed to be floating in the air as he elegantly headed in to make the score 0 - 4 after a corner kick that was nicely executed by R. Van Hintum. Z. Krištůfek got a fingertip on N. Glass's shot from the left 77 minutes in, and managed to keep the visitors from going up another goal. The Nostradamus coach was desperate to reverse his team's fortunes in the game, and ordered his team to change strategy. Nostradamus's S. Bieniaszewski was shown a yellow card after 87 minutes for slicing down an opponent. Stoker's R. Van Hintum went down after a savage challenge, but could continue playing after some medical attention. Possession in this half belonged to Stoker, who controlled the ball 51 percent of the time.

S. Bieniaszewski performed admirably for Nostradamus. J. Lamkamp was a disappointment, however. Most important Stoker player was N. Baji. I. Sickman turned in a dismal performance, however. The match ends 0 - 4.