glaviator 2 - 0 Michiel (388586017)

12000 spectators had come to The glaviator house this cloudy day. Siem Kools was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Rudie Sprik and Arlindo Neto. glaviator started off with a 4-4-2 lineup. Starters: Romo - De Martelaere, Van Attenhoven, Zwartkruis, Paulissen - Lenczewski, Ombelets, Kratochvíl, Karaelmas - Mzhavia, Pinto.

Michiel decided to use a 3-5-2 set up. They fielded: Popczyk - Rigas, Tarradellas, Chatzisiros - Fossanova, Reyntjens, Zeno, Cabrera, van Reeuwijk - Šipka, Bogaerts.

Today, glaviator's strategy involved concentrating on the flanks for their attacks. Counter-attacking seemed to be the preferred strategy of Michiel. After 10 minutes of play, M. Mzhavia gave the home team a 1 - 0 lead after an attack coming in from the right. 34 minutes in, glaviator's P. Kratochvíl received a yellow card for going into a challenge studs first. The home side's R. De Martelaere came close to extending the lead 36 minutes into the game. His shot came in from the right hand side but M. Popczyk managed to save it with an unbelievable reaction stop. Attacking on the wings was the choice for glaviator, and they were successfully passing the ball from the middle to the wings to attack. glaviator's R. De Martelaere swung in a good chance from the left, but the visitors' defence were able to clear the ball. glaviator managed to extend their lead to 2 - 0 when S. Zwartkruis cut in neatly from the left side and struck a fine shot past the away team's goalkeeper. 41 minutes were showing on the scoreboard when glaviator's P. Kratochvíl received his second yellow card and was sent off. M. Fossanova's knee will be throbbing for days, but thankfully for Michiel, he bravely continued in the match. The teams went for the halftime break at 2 - 0. Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by glaviator, with 60 percent of the ball.

R. Ombelets could have put glaviator up one more, but he fired into the side netting after breaking free on the left after 50 minutes. With 70 minutes played, the Michiel coach decided a substitution may help turn the game around. V. Delfanti came on, T. Bogaerts had to leave the fray. The glaviator players could smell victory in the air. R. Ombelets wasn't in a hurry to leave the field as he was substituted for E. Gottstål after 70 minutes. Players in glaviator heard their coach's words ringing in their ears and steered their central attacks to the wings instead. A. Reyntjens received some harsh words from his coach after he acted foolishly 76 minutes into the match, probably out of lack of experience, and almost let an opponent score. With 77 minutes played, glaviator's Â. Pinto almost extended the lead, but his shot from the left glanced off the top of the bar to fall behind the net. The coach of glaviator was happy with the game so far, but still wanted to change the line up. After 80 minutes, J. Sterremans came on for M. Mzhavia. I. Lenczewski was handed the glaviator captain's armband. It was obvious that glaviator had instructions to attack on the wings instead of in the middle. After 85 minutes, Michiel switched F. van Reeuwijk with D. Tatulli, hoping for a quick impact on the pitch. glaviator claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 59 percent.

The most dominating glaviator player was without a doubt Â. Pinto. However, R. De Martelaere made a disastrous appearance. Michiel's best player was V. Delfanti. On the other hand, V. Cabrera's play was disheartening. The match ends 2 - 0.