schacks 4 - 0 Cercle (388634802)

4770 spectators arrived at fc de schacks Arena, where weather conditions were pretty good for football. Ferhat Ayşan was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Jon Ivarsson and José Soto Ruiz. A 4-4-2 alignment was the formation of choice for schacks. They fielded: Dello - Verdievel, Achahboun, Van Audenrode, Torrent - Moeyaert, Nackaerts, Jamotte, Nowak - Landtsheere, Marquette.

Cercle decided to use a 4-4-2 set up. The following players took the field: Vande Ginste - Arcq, Peeters, Den Haerynck, Hart - Minten, Roche, Smet, Vanfraeyenhoven - Vandermarliere, Delahaut.

It wasn't a pretty goal, but the free kick by P. Verdievel after 13 minutes somehow found its way past the keeper. schacks takes the lead, 1 - 0! An equalising goal seemed certain after 37 minutes when R. Roche attacked down the left wing, but J. Dello just managed to make a save to keep the ball out of the net. Cercle's M. Vande Ginste had to watch the rest of the game from the sidelines, after twisting his ankle with 43 minutes having been played. C. de Kerchove d'Ousselgem was the replacement. Cheers filled the stadium as A. Achahboun broke through the visitors' central defence to put away the ball to increase the lead to 2 - 0 to schacks. At this point, it was obvious that the players of schacks lowered the tempo and became more defensively oriented. Halftime score was 2 - 0. Possession in this half belonged to schacks, who controlled the ball 61 percent of the time.

A magnificent combination in the middle resulted in schacks's P. Landtsheere increasing the lead to 3 - 0. L. Van Audenrode could have increased the lead after 50 minutes, but his shot hit the post after a nice combination in the middle of the park. L. Van Audenrode increased the lead for schacks to 4 - 0, getting a head onto a hooked ball from the right. The ball looked to have taken a deflection on the way in, but he's claiming it! After 61 minutes, a couple of quick and successful challenges followed by a shot from just outside the penalty area by L. Nowak might have resulted in another goal for schacks. However, C. de Kerchove d'Ousselgem made a spectacular save. With 62 minutes played, schacks's G. Jamotte almost extended the lead, but his shot from the left glanced off the top of the bar to fall behind the net. Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by schacks, with 63 percent of the ball.

The most dominating schacks player was without a doubt P. Landtsheere. On the other hand, J. Nackaerts's play was disheartening. Cercle's top performer was clearly O. Smet. J. Den Haerynck on the other hand, had a terrible day. The match ends 4 - 0.