Koninklijke 4 - 2 Magnificent (388527609)

33816 spectators had come to Space Dome this cloudy day. Jannick Jensen was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Eimutis Audrinis and Toni Klicar. Fans of both teams had been eagerly awaiting this Antwerpen derby and were doing their best to outshout their opponents. Koninklijke started off with a 3-4-3 lineup. They fielded: Paiva - Meng, Brekveld, Dalcq - Gigante, Amorim, Macikowski, Radresa - Vis, Impilä, Kusé.

Magnificent decided to use a 3-5-2 set up. Lineup: bin Ismail - MacAndrew, Buffel, Gómez - Dumont, Di Gabriele, Holbură, Decaux, Sadowa - Saydam, Gottarelli.

Koninklijke used their ability to concentrate their attacks in the middle of the pitch, rather than on the wings. 11 minutes into the match and the home team took a 1 - 0 lead after breaking through on the left. The scorer for Koninklijke was J. Vis. Magnificent's S. Decaux got himself booked for a foul. Things were going to get worse for the visitors. J. Vis squirmed through their central defence after 22 minutes, increasing the lead to 2 - 0. The players of Koninklijke now seemed to think the job was done and acted more defensively, just waiting for the ref to blow the final whistle. J. Vis was the first to reach the corner kick, but his header was blocked by the keeper. However, Koninklijke's R. Brekveld managed to get hold of the rebound and tucked the ball into the empty net. 3 - 0 Halftime score was 3 - 0. Magnificent enjoyed most of the ball, as they maintained 54 percent of possession.

The visitors' right side was dangerous today; A. Saydam made the home team's keeper look foolish as he easily reduced the lead to make it 3 - 1 60 minutes into the match. With 64 minutes played, Koninklijke put themselves up 4 - 1 when the visiting defenders lost the ball to C. Macikowski, who came up from the left and proceeded to coolly round the keeper and knock the ball home. Central attacks were the recipe of the day for Koninklijke, as they moved the ball from the wings to the middle with startling regularity. T. Impilä could have increased the lead after 70 minutes, but his shot hit the post after a nice combination in the middle of the park. The visitors got one back when F. Gottarelli finished off a pass from the left and scored after 74 minutes. 4 - 2 was the score. Possession in this half belonged to Magnificent, who controlled the ball 57 percent of the time.

Koninklijke's best player was J. Vis. On the other hand, N. Paiva's play was disheartening. Magnificent's top performer was clearly S. Decaux. A. bin Ismail on the other hand, had a terrible day. The match ends 4 - 2.