snottebel 1 - 2 mikeunited (390241719)

Overcast weather free of rain made for a crowd turnout of 42302 at Het Bennie de Beer stadion today. Giuseppe Italiano was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Maik Dietzschold and Tom Scheinhart. snottebel decided to use a 3-5-2 set up. The following players took the field: Manzanares - Harteveld, Majorkiewicz, Reyskens - Toorenaer, van der Tuuk, Arets, Bleeker, Greep - Rood, Segers.

mikeunited started off with a 5-2-3 lineup. Lineup: Ellenbroek - Sánchez, Larrieu, Alexandrov, Martins, Pasero - Multiņš, Heltborg - Bezdahu, van de Kamp, Hoogendoorn.

Using their counter-attacking abilities was the strategy of choice for mikeunited. V. Ellenbroek had to be alert to tip W. Majorkiewicz's fantastic penalty kick over the bar, denying snottebel a chance at the lead. J. Hoogendoorn knocked one home from a counterattack down the right wing, making the score 0 - 1 after 12 minutes. After 25 minutes, A. van der Tuuk got through on the right and was very close to equalising for the home side, but didn't get the shot away. mikeunited's defence sent a ball soaring up the middle on a beautiful counterattack with 31 minutes gone, but Y. Bezdahu's finish was met by the reaching hands of the keeper. With 32 minutes played, snottebel's E. Rood found an opening in the visitors' left side defence, but his shot was handled easily by the keeper. snottebel's M. Segers made a successful breakthrough on the left after 34 minutes and should have levelled the score, but instead he clipped it over the bar. 0 - 1 was the score after the first half. snottebel claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 83 percent.

snottebel's M. Segers almost tied things up with 56 minutes played after breaking through on the right, but his shot deflected off the post. 71 minutes into the match, snottebel's A. Arets maneuvered his way around the opposition on the left flank, delighting the crowd with his twists and turns. The effort paid off as the ball found the back of the net, evening the score at 1 - 1. After 78 minutes, the defensive line of mikeunited created a counterattack through the middle that gave M. Pasero a good look at the goal, but his shot glanced harmlessly off the crossbar. Some great play up the middle by snottebel led to a chance for E. Rood to score after 80 minutes, but the shot hit the crossbar. mikeunited caught their opponents out with a clever counterattack down the right wing 81 minutes into the match. Y. Bezdahu was able to finish off the move - 1 - 2. Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by snottebel, with 83 percent of the ball.

snottebel's best player was M. Segers. On the other hand, B. Harteveld's play was disheartening. P. Multiņš performed admirably for mikeunited. However, M. Pasero made a disastrous appearance. The match ends 1 - 2.