doelers 0 - 3 Brothers (388621372)

15852 punters turned up at Olimpia S.Y., and despite threatening clouds on the horizon, no rain came. António Nascimento was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Gerold Eiben and Pekka Holm. A 4-3-3 alignment was the formation of choice for doelers. Lineup: Ntouvaridis - Ingelrest, Arghir, Łysek, Santorromán - Rywin, Airosa, Galazzo - Rizza, Nilsson, Batalla.

Brothers tactics involved an interesting 3-5-2 combination. The following players had been chosen: Vinkx - Kerkstoel, Flament, Madani - Rossignol, De Henau, Goffinet, Montana, Schreurs - Vanoverberghe, Mergeay.

Today, doelers's strategy involved concentrating on the flanks for their attacks. Brothers's C. De Henau had to watch the rest of the game from the sidelines, after twisting his ankle with 4 minutes having been played. L. Mathijs was the replacement. M. Schreurs was the new captain of Brothers - handed the armband by the departing player. 5 minutes into the match, Brothers nearly took the lead, as G. Rossignol broke through on the right. A. Ntouvaridis made the save, however. After several obvious shirt pulling incidents, P. Airosa got himself booked. The manager of doelers was not happy. The visitors were very close to gaining the lead with a marvellous free kick after 31 minutes, but A. Ntouvaridis made a beautiful one-handed save. 0 - 1 was the score with 33 minutes played, after L. Montana cut through the central defence and chipped home a goal for Brothers. Brothers's A. Kerkstoel was shown a yellow card after 34 minutes for slicing down an opponent. 36 minutes into the game doelers managed a counterattack, but A. Rywin took a soft shot from the left flank that was easy prey for the alert keeper. 0 - 1 was the halftime score. Brothers enjoyed most of the ball, as they maintained 60 percent of possession.

After 52 minutes, Brothers's L. Mathijs burst through the central defence and let loose a cannonball of a shot, scoring for 0 - 2. There was concern in the stands when, at the 53 minute mark, Brothers's F. Madani hit the ground hard, but he refused the attention of the trainer and rejoined his teammates on the pitch. P. Mergeay of Brothers took advantage of a mistake on the home side's right after 76 minutes which increased the away team's lead to 0 - 3. After this, you could see that the players of Brothers were more interested in killing time than scoring more goals. Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by Brothers, with 56 percent of the ball.

doelers's top performer was clearly P. Arghir. However, C. Santorromán made a disastrous appearance. Brothers's best player was P. Mergeay. N. Vinkx turned in a dismal performance, however. The match ends 0 - 3.