smis 8 - 0 Ganja (388543187)

38000 punters turned up at de smis Arena, and despite threatening clouds on the horizon, no rain came. Tomi Pinola was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Roland Garbin and Twan Moria. All of Vlaams Brabant was shut down for the day, as fans of both clubs came to the derby. A 3-5-2 alignment was the formation of choice for smis. The following players had been chosen: Tretscher - Avila, Tarzia, Ramon - Hertecant, Snoeckx, Bocken, Mathijssens, Sterzl - Bubiak, Decloux.

Ganja decided to use a 4-4-2 set up. They fielded: Facchini - Hautekeete, Paulissen, Davidts, Caeyman - Accou, Vlaemynck, Dekimpe, Huyse - Kreuze, Vermorgen.

smis displayed their ability to play creatively. smis took the lead after 3 minutes as a result of A. Bubiak's peach of a shot from the right hand side of the box - placed beautifully in the top corner. 1 - 0. Things were going to get worse for the visitors. A. Bubiak squirmed through their central defence after 13 minutes, increasing the lead to 2 - 0. W. Inghelram was called on to replace smis's J. Decloux after 18 minutes following a nasty collision. A great save by keeper O. Facchini after 28 minutes kept the visitors in the game after J. Sterzl struck from the left with a real cannonball. W. Inghelram's experience almost gave smis a goal after 30 minutes but the keeper made a great save. After 31 minutes, R. Hertecant put smis ahead 3 - 0 when he rose to head in a cross from the right wing. The players of smis now seemed to think the job was done and acted more defensively, just waiting for the ref to blow the final whistle. smis managed to extend their lead to 4 - 0 when G. Tarzia cut in neatly from the left side and struck a fine shot past the away team's goalkeeper. 37 minutes in, smis's A. Bocken received a yellow card for going into a challenge studs first. 4 - 0 was the score after the first half. smis enjoyed most of the ball, as they maintained 87 percent of possession.

After 69 minutes Ganja's J. Huyse contracted a slight foot injury, but didn't want to leave the game. smis increased the lead as J. Sterzl struck to make the score 5 - 0 after an attack from the left left him unmarked in front of the keeper. Things were deteriorating for the away team as smis scored another to make it 6 - 0 after a left side attack resulted in a goal for H. Mathijssens after 80 minutes. Ganja's O. Facchini had to watch the rest of the game from the sidelines, after twisting his ankle with 80 minutes having been played. S. Nagelmakers was the replacement. smis solidified their lead at the 81 minute mark, as J. Sterzl dribbled the ball through the opposing central defence and scored to make it 7 - 0. A. Bubiak increased the lead for smis to 8 - 0, 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! That was his third goal of the match - a hat trick for A. Bubiak. smis had most of the ball, with 89 percent of possession.

smis's best player was H. Avila. E. Tretscher turned in a dismal performance, however. Most important Ganja player was P. Accou. However, S. Nagelmakers made a disastrous appearance. The match ends 8 - 0.