koppen 4 - 5 KFCTN (388521617)

Weather conditions were fairly good for football, and klets koppen kuip saw a crowd turnout of 18500. Michael Jakobsen was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Valentin Avril and Arthur Bruning. koppen decided to use a 4-3-3 set up. Lineup: Diogo - Delbrassinne, Derop, Rehepap, De Brouwer - Villaverde, Skerys, Martonosi - Van Der Cruyssen, Zanzi, Altıner.

KFCTN had chosen a strategic 3-5-2 formation. Starters: Akata - Motyovszki, Helved Laursen, Poks - Azzi, Uunila, Mensur, Nowicki, Diemand - Narkowicz, Dildick.

koppen seemed to prefer attacking in the middle. KFCTN mostly ignored the flanks in favour of their ability to attack in the middle. Some quick footwork on the left side of the field 6 minutes into the match left KFCTN's M. Dildick completely free to score. 0 - 1 for the visitors. 25 minutes in, KFCTN's M. Dildick received a yellow card for going into a challenge studs first. With 29 minutes having been played, koppen scored to make it 1 - 1. A dribble down the left wing, followed by a shot which took a wicked bounce off a defender resulted in the keeper having no chance. Everyone thought it'd been an own goal, but F. Derop was marked down as the scorer. K. Delbrassinne of koppen was booked for kicking the ball away after the whistle. The guests took the lead 41 minutes into the match, after a right-side attack resulted in C. Diemand scoring to make it 1 - 2. After 42 minutes, a mistake by the home side's left defence allowed M. Dildick to get through. He outclassed the home side's keeper, adding another goal for the visitors. 1 - 3. After several obvious shirt pulling incidents, D. De Brouwer got himself booked. The manager of koppen was not happy. 1 - 3 was the halftime score. KFCTN claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 57 percent.

The game was close to savage at times, and koppen's D. De Brouwer received a second yellow card after 55 minutes; his ticket out of the game. After 60 minutes, koppen switched T. Rehepap with D. Hauman, hoping for a quick impact on the pitch. koppen had a good opportunity to attack on the wing, but remembered their instructions to go for middle attacks. koppen's M. Van Der Cruyssen cut towards the middle after 64 minutes, receiving a brilliant pass and slicing through the visiting team's central defence, reducing the lead to 2 - 3. C. Narkowicz of KFCTN took advantage of a mistake on the home side's right after 69 minutes which increased the away team's lead to 2 - 4. By now, the players in KFCTN felt that victory was guaranteed and began to play it safe, focusing on defence and not risking too much going forward. With 70 minutes played, the koppen coach decided a substitution may help turn the game around. S. Goeman came on, T. Altıner had to leave the fray. koppen needed a fresh pair of legs on the field, and after 80 minutes F. Derop made way for L. Cristofaro. The home crowd was given a certain amount of consolation when S. Goeman scored after a brilliant midfield combination through the centre, reducing the lead to 3 - 4. After 85 minutes a combination in the middle resulted in a through ball for C. Narkowicz who increased KFCTN's lead to 3 - 5. A corner kick created great disorder in the penalty area with a goal nearly scored by K. Martonosi. At last, koppen's L. Cristofaro was able to backheel the ball in. 4 - 5. Possession in this half belonged to KFCTN, who controlled the ball 56 percent of the time.

The most dominating koppen player was without a doubt A. Zanzi. On the other hand, L. Cristofaro's play was disheartening. Most important KFCTN player was C. Narkowicz. However, O. Akata made a disastrous appearance. The match ends 4 - 5.