Antwerpse 4 - 0 Wodka (388523316)

It was an exceptionally sunny day for the crowd of 28905 that came out to De parel van Antwerpen. Rigoberto Ostolaza was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Hannes Muschwitz and Dion Havlykke. Antwerpse tactics involved an interesting 3-5-2 combination. They fielded: Kullener - Col, Nicholson, Blanchet - Rotchen, Silverer, Gerencsér, Liberski, Bálint - Regan, Giordani.

Wodka started off with a 3-4-3 lineup. Lineup: Arnsberg - Verhamme, Sobrinha, Peltier - Rubio Pérez, Mizrachi, Rakowski, Jeftić - Gładki, Díaz-Guerra, Gontarek.

Antwerpse tried to focus their attacks down the middle. With 25 minutes played M. Regan almost put the home team one ahead on a cross coming in from the right, but the shot went just wide. Some great play up the middle by Antwerpse led to a chance for M. Regan to score after 35 minutes, but the shot hit the crossbar. Antwerpse could have put themselves ahead after 36 minutes but M. Silverer missed a volley shot on a ball coming in from the right. F. Giordani could have put Antwerpse into the lead after 37 minutes, but the free kick went just wide. Halftime score was 0 - 0. Antwerpse had most of the ball, with 59 percent of possession.

R. Liberski hit the corner kick straight to the keeper, but it was mishandled, giving Antwerpse's S. Blanchet an easy chance to knock it in for 1 - 0. With 68 minutes played, Antwerpse put themselves up 2 - 0 when the visiting defenders lost the ball to A. Col, who came up from the left and proceeded to coolly round the keeper and knock the ball home. 80 minutes into the game, Wodka's attack got through on the right, but N. Jeftić couldn't handle the ball and his feeble kick wound up in the keeper's arms. Antwerpse's A. Col had to watch the rest of the game from the sidelines, after twisting his ankle with 81 minutes having been played. N. Glibert was the replacement. Antwerpse had a good opportunity to attack on the wing, but remembered their instructions to go for middle attacks. Cheers filled the stadium as M. Silverer broke through the visitors' central defence to put away the ball to increase the lead to 3 - 0 to Antwerpse. N. Glibert could have put Antwerpse up one more, but he fired into the side netting after breaking free on the left after 86 minutes. Central attacks were the recipe of the day for Antwerpse, as they moved the ball from the wings to the middle with startling regularity. 89 minutes into the match, the visitors' central line of defence had to look on as N. Nicholson broke through, making the score 4 - 0 for Antwerpse. 89 minutes into the game, F. Giordani had to leave the pitch due to a knee injury. In came S. Corbusier. Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by Antwerpse, with 61 percent of the ball.

Most important Antwerpse player was I. Gerencsér. S. Corbusier turned in a dismal performance, however. Wodka's best player was A. Mizrachi. G. Rubio Pérez was a disappointment, however. The match ends 4 - 0.