Warriors 0 - 7 soccerteam (388671926)

Clouds darkened the skies at Phoenix Canyon as 12000 spectators turned up for the match. Marco Polo was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Xaver Ridderhoff and Alessandro De Carlo. Everyone was excited about the upcoming Oost-Vlaanderen derby and the crowd was divided evenly. Warriors had chosen a strategic 4-4-2 formation. Starters: Bosschaerts - Farnung, Naudts, Havelange, Verdonck - Verplanken, Ringoet, Rochez, Lamy - Jensen, Funkel.

soccerteam tactics involved an interesting 3-5-2 combination. They fielded: Gamberini - Brouns, Băluţă, Džaferagić - Nissim, Schöffmann, Jørgensen, Neuhäuser, Smith - Mikkelberg, Jørgensen.

It was an obvious ambition of soccerteam to use their ability at attacking on the flanks. F. Jørgensen came close to putting the visiting team one up 8 minutes into the match, following a solo raid down the middle, but S. Bosschaerts managed to tip the ball to a corner. The terraces were silenced after 15 minutes when soccerteam's F. Jørgensen put the guests ahead 0 - 1, following an attack on the right. It was obvious that soccerteam had instructions to attack on the wings instead of in the middle. A. Mikkelberg of soccerteam took advantage of a mistake on the home side's right after 33 minutes which increased the away team's lead to 0 - 2. The soccerteam players could smell victory in the air. P. Gamberini wasn't in a hurry to leave the field as he was substituted for A. Ruiz after 40 minutes. N. Jørgensen increased the visitors' lead by putting a volley away after a pass from the right. 0 - 3. After 41 minutes, a mistake by the home side's left defence allowed A. Mikkelberg to get through. He outclassed the home side's keeper, adding another goal for the visitors. 0 - 4. The players of soccerteam now seemed to think the job was done and acted more defensively, just waiting for the ref to blow the final whistle. Halftime score was 0 - 4. Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by soccerteam, with 77 percent of the ball.

M. Schöffmann wanted to play on, but the soccerteam coach had other ideas, and he was replaced 46 minutes into the game by R. Lammens. The soccerteam free kick 52 minutes into the match seemed wasted, as the shot was both short and off target. But was this actually a plan? The ball landed at the feet of A. Băluţă, who was completely unmarked in the box. That's 0 - 5! 60 minutes into the game a free kick by L. Nissim found its way through the home side's poorly assembled defensive formation, making soccerteam's lead 0 - 6. F. Van Zundert was called on to replace soccerteam's K. Neuhäuser after 78 minutes following a nasty collision. With 79 minutes played, soccerteam put themselves up 0 - 7 after an attack from the right, caused by a defensive blunder. The scorer was A. Mikkelberg. At that, A. Mikkelberg was noted down for a hat trick! A. Mikkelberg of soccerteam received a yellow card after 81 minutes for unsportsmanlike behaviour. Possession in this half belonged to soccerteam, who controlled the ball 82 percent of the time.

S. Havelange performed admirably for Warriors. C. Jensen was a disappointment, however. soccerteam's best player was C. Smith. B. Džaferagić on the other hand, had a terrible day. The match ends 0 - 7.