voetbal1974 2 - 0 Standard (388599794)

Clear skies welcomed the 28785 spectators who had made their way to Hel van oostvlaanderen. Eduardo Motta Cifuentes was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Frank Kuschel and Wander Amarante. A 3-5-2 alignment was the formation of choice for voetbal1974. Starters: González del Solar - Včasný, Essbaumer, Corbin - Vachulík, Kuliešauskas, Kennedy, Andrukajtis, Déruy - Kolesov, Voit.

Standard had chosen a strategic 3-4-3 formation. They fielded: Neijonen - Lütter, Holuba, Lecordier - Chagas Cruz, Parschau, Mandragallo, Delauw - Tourbier, Orkola, Schräghans.

voetbal1974 used their ability to concentrate their attacks in the middle of the pitch, rather than on the wings. It was obvious that Standard were using their pressing skill as their primary tactic. voetbal1974 were determined to attack in the middle, even their wing attacks ended up centrally. G. Kuliešauskas caused the crowd to go mental with his goal up the middle after 7 minutes. This gave voetbal1974 the 1 - 0 lead. After 15 minutes, the away team failed to deal with a good exchange of passes on the right, and K. Voit gave the voetbal1974 supporters even more to cheer about when he increased the lead to 2 - 0. voetbal1974 put in a good effort on the right, but M. Andrukajtis saw his volley fly wide of the mark 21 minutes into the game. S. Kolesov should probably have put his team up another goal after 25 minutes, but some great goalkeeping by S. Neijonen kept the visitors in the game. Halftime score was 2 - 0. Possession in this half belonged to voetbal1974, who controlled the ball 68 percent of the time.

G. Kennedy had a fantastic opportunity to put voetbal1974 up another goal 67 minutes into the match, but he fired just over the crossbar. voetbal1974 had most of the ball, with 70 percent of possession.

voetbal1974's top performer was clearly G. Kuliešauskas. R. Essbaumer on the other hand, had a terrible day. K. Parschau performed admirably for Standard. On the other hand, S. Neijonen's play was disheartening. The match ends 2 - 0.