indiaantjes 2 - 3 flandria (388598860)

Fairly good weather for football had drawn a crowd of 14926 to de indiaantjes arena. Quintiliano Stefani was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Roman Hruby and Ezechiele Coccia. indiaantjes started off with a 4-5-1 lineup. Lineup: Mevis - Colombo, Pragana, Möllerborg, Olaves - Coudurier, Kaszai, Zjeżdżałka, Lenarčić, Balamanesh - Elbers.

flandria decided to use a 3-4-3 set up. Starters: Balbiano - Lindström, de Marneffe, Sáez - Kopylov, Stromberger, Verver, Aggeloudis - Enciu, Luomala, Drignat.

For their match strategy, indiaantjes had decided to use their ability to counter-attack whenever possible. It was obvious that flandria were using their pressing skill as their primary tactic. S. Luomala had a good try after 6 minutes, coming in on a fine move from the left, but the ball went wide. flandria's S. Luomala was shown a yellow card after 17 minutes for slicing down an opponent. indiaantjes were forced into a substitution as A. Olaves couldn't continue due to some rough treatment, forcing O. Rousek to come in off the bench. After 20 minutes, M. Enciu sprinted between the opposing defenders and squared the ball, but the keeper deflected S. Luomala's shot. indiaantjes fans held their breath as O. Rousek scampered down the left side. He successfully avoided all challenges and cracked home the shot for 1 - 0! 36 minutes into the match the visitors levelled the score at 1 - 1 as M. Enciu struck home from a rebound off the crossbar, following a shot from the right. indiaantjes's P. Kaszai got himself booked for a foul. flandria's I. Aggeloudis was dominating his wing and kept sending fine balls into the opposition's box - S. Luomala managed to volley one of them into the net to make it 1 - 2 after 39 minutes. G. Drignat received a delicate pass through the home side's central defence after 40 minutes, and chipped it past the flailing keeper to score making it 1 - 3. The flandria fans went wild, whilst the home fans started to think about leaving early. Had it not been for one of the home defenders, T. Lindström would have put flandria up another goal 41 minutes into the match with his audacious lob from the right wing. With the clock showing 42 minutes played, a great pass from the defensive line of indiaantjes resulted in a counterattack that was smoothly brought under control by K. Zjeżdżałka in the centre of the opposition's penalty area, but his finish went high. 1 - 3 was the score after the first half. Possession in this half belonged to flandria, who controlled the ball 54 percent of the time.

With 67 minutes played, I. Aggeloudis nearly put the visitors another one up as he broke through in the middle and fired from just outside the box, but his shot passed just over the bar. flandria's ability to press all over the field frequently paid dividends. 71 minutes in, flandria's G. Drignat received a yellow card for going into a challenge studs first. flandria's S. Kopylov was shown a yellow card for standing over the ball and blocking an opponent's quick free kick after 82 minutes. flandria came close to extending their lead as M. de Marneffe delivered a low effort on goal from the right after 83 minutes, but the angle was too narrow and the shot went harmlessly into the side netting. M. Pragana was first to reach a ball launched long through the center from indiaantjes's defence 84 minutes into the game. He managed to keep his cool and beat the goalkeeper to make the score 2 - 3. S. Kopylov was, after 85 minutes, almost able to extend the visitors' lead with a well placed diving header after the ball had looped into the centre, but the home side's keeper R. Mevis made the save. indiaantjes were pushed back, and had many dangerous counterattacks. An impressive one came 86 minutes into the match, but A. Colombo narrowly missed the free kick attempt that was awarded as a result of a foul. Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by flandria, with 54 percent of the ball.

indiaantjes's best player was P. Möllerborg. However, C. Coudurier made a disastrous appearance. G. Drignat performed admirably for flandria. F. Balbiano was a disappointment, however. The match ends 2 - 3.