verliezers 3 - 1 Toxique (388621572)

Overcast weather free of rain made for a crowd turnout of 7513 at svdstadion today. Benjamin Altmann was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Roger Dietrich and Darío Fernando Rubio. Everyone was excited about the upcoming West-Vlaanderen derby and the crowd was divided evenly. verliezers tactics involved an interesting 4-4-2 combination. The following players had been chosen: Tomov - Peeters, D'Hauwe, Karami, Scheerens - Sarsfield, De Rossi, Nowak, Manelli - Chaushev, Saelens.

Toxique decided to use a 4-4-2 set up. The following players took the field: Ryckoort - Cappaert, De Paepe, Konakchiyski, Sarkisyan - Marsch, Hourula, Astier, Hecq - Capperino, Auguste.

27 minutes into the match, Toxique nearly took the lead, as G. Konakchiyski broke through on the right. B. Tomov made the save, however. Toxique's V. Capperino left the field after 29 minutes because of a nasty blow to the shin. His replacement was J. Freitas. T. Astier became the new Toxique captain. With 31 minutes gone, Toxique had a free kick in a decent position. Despite this being a great chance for a shot, they tried a cheeky move intended to bypass the defence. However, J. Hourula did not manage to connect with it cleanly and the ball went out. The home crowd breathed a collective sigh of relief when J. Freitas was unable to put the ball in the net after his show of skill down the left 35 minutes into the match. He was seen beating the pitch in frustration at missing such a good chance to give his team the lead! verliezers's T. D'Hauwe had to watch the rest of the game from the sidelines, after twisting his ankle with 36 minutes having been played. G. Gavart was the replacement. The corner kick from G. Peeters was powerfully met by the head of D. Saelens to make the score 1 - 0. 1 - 0 was the score after the first half. Possession in this half belonged to Toxique, who controlled the ball 57 percent of the time.

A magnificent combination in the middle resulted in verliezers's G. Gavart increasing the lead to 2 - 0. Almost all the way down to the corner flag, verliezers's G. Manelli somehow managed to get a perfect pass into the middle, impossible to miss for M. Sarsfield, who struck for 3 - 0. 68 minutes in, O. Auguste made an incredible run up the middle and nearly reduced the home side's lead, but B. Tomov refused to let the ball slip by him. Toxique were desperate to get a goal back and pushed forward through the middle 71 minutes into the game. After a scramble in the box, the ball dropped to H. Hecq, who smashed it home to make the score 3 - 1. Toxique's J. Hourula was shown a yellow card after 73 minutes for slicing down an opponent. The referee showed verliezers's V. Chaushev the yellow card after a particularly nasty challenge. D. Marsch of Toxique was booked for kicking the ball away after the whistle. Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by Toxique, with 57 percent of the ball.

verliezers's top performer was clearly D. Saelens. On the other hand, G. Gavart's play was disheartening. Most important Toxique player was J. Hourula. G. De Paepe turned in a dismal performance, however. The match ends 3 - 1.