Berten 6 - 2 Ac_Milano_1899 (388508176)

It was an exceptionally sunny day for the crowd of 40686 that came out to Colosseum. Mihail Gyaurov was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Tommy Dalum and Luis Carlos Conde. Berten started off with a 3-5-2 lineup. Starters: Dethier - Wohlfahrt, Torroba, Šindel - Bouchet, Sip, Vermetten, Colin, Gröhn - Voithenberg, Žavoronekas.

Ac_Milano_1899 tactics involved an interesting 3-5-2 combination. They fielded: Sleiman - bin Mohd Nor, Aelterman, Lebrun - Planelles, Teixeira, Wijmeersch, Coupe, Cervello - Mráz, Fjelmar.

Berten were mostly trying to use their skill at attacking on the flanks. Several players seemed a little dazed by the warm weather, and were repeatedly tricked by the clever and agile G. Vermetten. 15 minutes into the match and the home team took a 1 - 0 lead after breaking through on the left. The scorer for Berten was N. Colin. The score became 2 - 0 at 36 minutes into the game, when Berten were given a penalty which F. Wohlfahrt blasted straight down the middle giving the keeper no chance! F. Wohlfahrt struck a 30 metre free kick home 37 minutes into the match. 3 - 0 for the home team. The players of Berten now seemed to think the job was done and acted more defensively, just waiting for the ref to blow the final whistle. Berten's F. Wohlfahrt struck his penalty well enough to beat the goalkeeper and extend the home team's lead to 4 - 0 after 39 minutes. By then F. Wohlfahrt had scored three goals - a hat trick! J. Planelles could've grabbed a goal for Ac_Milano_1899 41 minutes in when he got a pass from the left putting him free of the home side's defence, but he was unable to take advantage of the situation. After 42 minutes of play, Ac_Milano_1899's R. bin Mohd Nor unexpectedly struck an inside out ball from no angle at all and M. Mráz slotted it into the net for 4 - 1. Berten's M. Šindel increased the lead to 5 - 1, after he saw his shot go between the legs of the advancing goalkeeper following some good play down the right wing after 43 minutes. The teams went for the halftime break at 5 - 1. Berten claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 54 percent.

Players in Berten heard their coach's words ringing in their ears and steered their central attacks to the wings instead. G. Vermetten increased the lead for Berten to 6 - 1, getting a head onto a hooked ball from the right. The ball looked to have taken a deflection on the way in, but he's claiming it! Ac_Milano_1899 breathed new life into the game with an opportunity to reduce the score after 52 minutes, but the home side's defenders cleared the ball on the line, after a long shot coming in from the left rebounded off the crossbar. With 56 minutes showing on the scoreboard clock, Ac_Milano_1899 showed some good skill and were able to reduce the score to 6 - 2 when M. Mráz got past the home side's central defenders right in front of the goal. D. Cervello fired a shot from distance after 61 minutes, but the long shot couldn't find the net for Ac_Milano_1899. P. Sip unleashed a swerving effort from the right that the visitors' keeper did well to tip wide. With 69 minutes played, Berten's E. Voithenberg almost extended the lead, but his shot from the left glanced off the top of the bar to fall behind the net. After 75 minutes, Ac_Milano_1899 switched M. Mráz with T. Johansson, hoping for a quick impact on the pitch. Ac_Milano_1899 needed a fresh pair of legs on the field, and after 80 minutes D. Cervello made way for A. Feriser. Possession in this half belonged to Berten, who controlled the ball 52 percent of the time.

The most dominating Berten player was without a doubt G. Vermetten. However, F. Wohlfahrt made a disastrous appearance. F. Wijmeersch performed admirably for Ac_Milano_1899. On the other hand, M. Sleiman's play was disheartening. The match ends 6 - 2.