Willie 2 - 2 shaggy (390242147)

59352 spectators arrived at Art Fabrie stadion, where weather conditions were pretty good for football. Adam Schnupfhagn was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Iván Bodnár and Hans Palm. Willie tactics involved an interesting 3-4-3 combination. The following players had been chosen: van der Weerd - Van Hintum, van der Zijde, Honig - Beeke, van Osch, Drenthen, Bruens - Streppel, Loevestein, Sies.

A 3-5-2 alignment was the formation of choice for shaggy. Starters: Bahia - Peersman, Garben, Lelieveld - Vermandere, Weijnen, Havelaar, Maalderink, van Aken - Netelenbos, Kampstra.

Today, shaggy's strategy involved concentrating on the flanks for their attacks. There was concern in the stands when, at the 11 minute mark, Willie's L. van der Zijde hit the ground hard, but he refused the attention of the trainer and rejoined his teammates on the pitch. J. Sies caused the crowd to go mental with his goal up the middle after 31 minutes. This gave Willie the 1 - 0 lead. The crowd was silenced 34 minutes into the match as the visiting team's R. van Aken came in from the left, levelling the score to 1 - 1. Halftime score was 1 - 1. Willie claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 55 percent.

R. van Aken's speed is always a threat when he gets a little room to move, and 67 minutes into the match was no different as he broke free of his man to send a delightful through ball to A. Kampstra who knocked it in for shaggy. 1 - 2! G. Havelaar caused mayhem in his own defensive line with some mad dribbles within his own penalty zone, but Willie's T. Beeke's shot went just wide. With a shot curled in from just outside the middle of the penalty area after 81 minutes played, J. Sies of Willie made the score 2 - 2. After 81 minutes, the shaggy coach had a quick word about the tactical set-up and decided to try another approach. shaggy had a good opportunity to attack in the middle, but remembered their instructions to focus on wing attacks instead. shaggy had a great opportunity to score following a counterattack after 83 minutes, but B. Peersman's shot from the left sailed high over the bar. With 84 minutes played, S. Lelieveld of shaggy fell dramatically just outside the penalty area. However, the referee was unimpressed, and booked him for diving. Possession in this half belonged to Willie, who controlled the ball 54 percent of the time.

Most important Willie player was H. Streppel. L. van der Weerd was a disappointment, however. shaggy's best player was A. Kampstra. On the other hand, B. Peersman's play was disheartening. The match ends 2 - 2.