Heron 2 - 3 waterbloem (388547720)

Clouds darkened the skies at Deadly as 19815 spectators turned up for the match. Iustin Melinte was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Sepp Aplanalp and Bilge Behlülgil. Heron had chosen a strategic 3-5-2 formation. Lineup: Van Broeckhoven - Diop, Negroni, Arnou - Uvijn, Otzberg, Wajsberg, White, Edelynck - Roeygens, Jelčić.

A 4-4-2 alignment was the formation of choice for waterbloem. They fielded: Péret - Radmilović, Lieffijn, Cuzzo, Pandolfini - De Quint, Van Landschoot, Pancioni, Capoeira - Patteeuw, Ghitti.

The wings were the focus of most of waterbloem's attacks today. Heron fans held their breath as I. White scampered down the left side. He successfully avoided all challenges and cracked home the shot for 1 - 0! E. Negroni could have increased the lead after 27 minutes, but his shot hit the post after a nice combination in the middle of the park. waterbloem tied it all up, 38 minutes in, after a spectacular goal by C. Ghitti, who miraculously broke through the home side's central defence, making it 1 - 1. The teams went for the halftime break at 1 - 1. Heron claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 56 percent.

The home side put themselves ahead 2 - 1 after 51 minutes courtesy of a breakthrough from J. Jelčić, who scored with a stunning volley following a cross from the right wing. J. Jelčić had a fantastic opportunity to put Heron up another goal 52 minutes into the match, but he fired just over the crossbar. waterbloem levelled the score after 55 minutes to make it 2 - 2, as G. Capoeira struck home after a fine midfield combination through the centre, which left him completely unmarked. With the match clock at 60 minutes, waterbloem modified their style of play a little bit. Many thought B. Edelynck ought to have been awarded a penalty 67 minutes into the game, as he went down trying to dribble around S. Péret after a determined run through the middle. After 75 minutes, waterbloem put themselves up 2 - 3, as C. De Quint finished off a strike from the left with a real cannonball of a shot. Heron had most of the ball, with 53 percent of possession.

The most dominating Heron player was without a doubt B. Edelynck. K. Van Broeckhoven on the other hand, had a terrible day. C. Ghitti performed admirably for waterbloem. However, D. Lieffijn made a disastrous appearance. The match ends 2 - 3.