Deng_mamm 0 - 3 Diddeleng (388886214)

The weather was pretty good, and a crowd of 49745 had shown up at Mittal Steel Park for the match. Figo Beudeker was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Ramses Van der Elst and Cyrill Ballard. People from all over Esch-Uelzecht had joined up for the derby. Deng_mamm had chosen a strategic 4-5-1 formation. Lineup: Sletten - Schweitzer, Wattrelot, Rousseau, Zan - Garcia, Benoist, Danyukin, Urbain, Engeldinger - Kokkoniemi.

A 3-5-2 alignment was the formation of choice for Diddeleng. They fielded: De Napoli - Cannon, Oparin, Jung - Justesen, Gallús, Johnson, Freen, Zanda - Frinsel, Panzenböck.

Deng_mamm used their skill at pressing to cut off the attack angles of their opponents all over the field. Today, Diddeleng's strategy involved concentrating on the flanks for their attacks. The guests took the lead 5 minutes into the match, after a right-side attack resulted in L. Jung scoring to make it 0 - 1. A drive down the left side allowed L. Jung to get in close and score another goal for Diddeleng after 6 minutes, taking the score to 0 - 2. By now, the players in Diddeleng felt that victory was guaranteed and began to play it safe, focusing on defence and not risking too much going forward. Deng_mamm pressed their opponents, causing the game to be a bit of a stalemate at times. Diddeleng increased their lead after 14 minutes when L. Jung broke through on the right, upping the score to 0 - 3, much to the home crowd's dismay. At that, L. Jung was noted down for a hat trick! 19 minutes into the game, Diddeleng worked the left side industriously creating several opportunities to add to their lead, but just couldn't apply the finishing touch. Diddeleng had a good opportunity to attack in the middle, but remembered their instructions to focus on wing attacks instead. A. Johnson could have put his team up another goal 33 minutes into the game, after a rush down the left, but his closing shot hit the post. 0 - 3 was the score after the first half. Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by Diddeleng, with 56 percent of the ball.

After 53 minutes, Deng_mamm switched V. Danyukin with A. Bache, hoping for a quick impact on the pitch. Deng_mamm needed a fresh pair of legs on the field, and after 70 minutes E. Kokkoniemi made way for J. Molard. Although the whole team were struggling to impress, Deng_mamm's M. Rousseau was singled out as being the problem as he was called off the pitch after 74 minutes. J. Lira was given a chance to change things around. J. Lira was the new captain of Deng_mamm - handed the armband by the departing player. After the ball was lifted in from the left, T. Oparin was on his own in the home side's penalty area and should have scored after 82 minutes, but missed, probably due to lack of concentration. After several obvious shirt pulling incidents, W. Frinsel got himself booked. The manager of Diddeleng was not happy. Unfortunately for Deng_mamm, J. Schweitzer suffered a concussion after 87 minutes and had to be taken for tests. The coach had his head in his hands after realising he could not send a replacement onto the pitch, and the team had to continue a man short. J. Molard tried to get a goal back for Deng_mamm but despite all his hard work down the right, he just couldn't complete the move. Diddeleng's W. Frinsel made it through the home team's defence on the right hand side 89 minutes into the match. After rounding the keeper, he only had to place the ball in the unguarded goal when a defender slid in and cleared the ball off the line. Diddeleng enjoyed most of the ball, as they maintained 59 percent of possession.

Deng_mamm's best player was F. Urbain. K. Benoist was a disappointment, however. Most important Diddeleng player was S. Justesen. On the other hand, S. De Napoli's play was disheartening. The match ends 0 - 3.