bunga 3 - 4 Schwalbe (390241869)

The weather was pretty good, and a crowd of 54496 had shown up at the palace of cows for the match. Hermeto Praxedes was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Leif Erdal and Maurice Jasarevic. bunga tactics involved an interesting 2-5-3 combination. The following players took the field: Kelemen - Valdoviño, Demirel - Janukowicz, de Neef, van Xanten, Nijmeijer, van Eupen - Schipper, Radosavljević, Smaal.

A 3-5-2 alignment was the formation of choice for Schwalbe. Lineup: Magnetti - Calbijo, Chizhikov, Julien - Kublar-Glueck, Klimeck, Jové, Blom, Eedema - Lund, Abrantes.

Today, Schwalbe's strategy involved concentrating on the flanks for their attacks. The opposing supporters gave the referee an earful when he only gave W. Blom from Schwalbe a yellow card after a mistimed challenge from behind 3 minutes into the game. That was far too lenient! H. van Xanten of bunga had to be helped off the pitch as an injury meant he was unable to finish the game. K. Hellbom came in to finish the match. W. Blom of Schwalbe seemed to be floating in the air as he elegantly headed in to make the score 0 - 1 after a corner kick that was nicely executed by R. Eedema. Schwalbe had a good opportunity to attack in the middle, but remembered their instructions to focus on wing attacks instead. Some fine movement on the left led to a Schwalbe goal after 36 minutes, making it 0 - 2. H. Lund was noted down as the scorer. The players of Schwalbe now seemed to think the job was done and acted more defensively, just waiting for the ref to blow the final whistle. With 44 minutes played, Schwalbe put themselves up 0 - 3 after an attack from the right, caused by a defensive blunder. The scorer was C. Julien. An amazing free kick flew past the home keeper 44 minutes into the match, putting Schwalbe ahead 0 - 4. R. Eedema was the scorer. The teams went for the halftime break at 0 - 4. Schwalbe claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 51 percent.

bunga didn't give in and with 55 minutes played L. Schipper was able to make the score 1 - 4 after an attack on the right. bunga's L. Schipper cut towards the middle after 59 minutes, receiving a brilliant pass and slicing through the visiting team's central defence, reducing the lead to 2 - 4. bunga's Z. Janukowicz was shown a yellow card after 73 minutes for slicing down an opponent. The home team's supporters got excited again when A. Smaal broke through the visitors' central defence and caught their keeper off guard, making it 3 - 4. The Schwalbe coach was visibly pleased with the score so far, but still ordered a few tactical changes 89 minutes into the game. Neither team was controlling the possession at this point in the match, with the stats showing a 50:50 split.

bunga's best player was A. Smaal. On the other hand, R. de Neef's play was disheartening. Most important Schwalbe player was B. Abrantes. B. Calbijo was a disappointment, however. The match ends 3 - 4.