Wollies 0 - 0 Fisherman (390243004)

The crowd of 39599 turning up at De Venter Arena today were greeted with some nasty showers of rain. Iliyan Gruev was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Fernandinho Baretto and Genís Horta. A 3-5-2 alignment was the formation of choice for Wollies. The following players took the field: Domingos - Nürnberger, Moreels, Strugo - Marinescu, Noordermeer, Feith, Witteveen, Piskin - Sinai, Claret.

Fisherman tactics involved an interesting 4-5-1 combination. They fielded: Zümer - Dzik, Milić, Coluccia, Pettersen - Catello, Gaanderse, van der Roest, Coers, Habibian Fard - Friese.

It was an obvious ambition of Wollies to use their ability at attacking on the flanks. Today, Fisherman's strategy involved concentrating on the flanks for their attacks. With 11 minutes gone, Wollies had a free kick in a decent position. Despite this being a great chance for a shot, they tried a cheeky move intended to bypass the defence. However, V. Marinescu did not manage to connect with it cleanly and the ball went out. It was a bad day for the usually speedy T. Claret. The mud seemed to slow him down. Players in Wollies heard their coach's words ringing in their ears and steered their central attacks to the wings instead. Halftime score was 0 - 0. Neither team were able to dominate possession this half.

After 46 minutes, the Wollies coach made a sign to C. Piskin, who soon changed positions with R. Feith. R. Feith would have preferred to play on, but his coach decided otherwise. J. Ryckx entered the game for Wollies as the match clock showed 46 minutes. 49 minutes had elapsed when a great chance for Wollies to take the lead after a good cross from the right found E. Noordermeer alone with the keeper, but he chipped it to the wrong side of the post. It was obvious that Fisherman had instructions to attack on the wings instead of in the middle. Wollies had a chance to take the lead after S. Nürnberger's dazzling drive up the left, but the opportunity fizzled out as his shot went just over the bar after 87 minutes. With 88 minutes played, A. Habibian Fard of Fisherman fell dramatically just outside the penalty area. However, the referee was unimpressed, and booked him for diving. Wollies had most of the ball, with 53 percent of possession.

E. Noordermeer performed admirably for Wollies. N. Domingos was a disappointment, however. The most dominating Fisherman player was without a doubt H. van der Roest. However, N. Milić made a disastrous appearance. The match ends 0 - 0.