fcld 0 - 4 Fikkie (390279538)

23198 punters turned up at Terrordome, and despite threatening clouds on the horizon, no rain came. Wenceslao Quintanilla was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Mikael L. Bohgård and Mathijs Donkers. A 4-3-3 alignment was the formation of choice for fcld. The following players took the field: Albersen - Morgan, Ollesch, Hendel, Forese - Knapek, Jurica, Nelisse - Valecce, Fődi, Tokan.

Fikkie decided to use a 3-5-2 set up. Starters: Masin - Lunghi, Mokhtari, Szűcs - Dopazo, Goderis, Rżany, van Anraat, Tulissio - Santiago, Wahlskär.

fcld clearly preferred using their ability to attack in the middle. The home crowd was not impressed by the fancy moves of Fikkie's I. Dopazo after 7 minutes. He converted a pass from the left for a goal, resulting in the visitors taking the 0 - 1 lead. 27 minutes into the match, the visitors put themselves ahead 0 - 2 as H. Goderis finished off an attack from the left with a spectacular scissors kick. L. Ollesch got left behind when Fikkie's L. Wahlskär made a sudden run forward after 30 minutes, finishing off with a neat strike. 0 - 3! The players of Fikkie now seemed to think the job was done and acted more defensively, just waiting for the ref to blow the final whistle. With 36 minutes gone, Y. Tokan suddenly found himself completely free on the right wing when a counterattack by fcld caught their opponents by surprise. Only a great save by the opposing keeper prevented him from scoring. Fikkie came close to extending their lead as J. Rżany delivered a low effort on goal from the right after 37 minutes, but the angle was too narrow and the shot went harmlessly into the side netting. The referee showed fcld's M. Nelisse the yellow card after a particularly nasty challenge. 0 - 3 was the halftime score. Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by Fikkie, with 59 percent of the ball.

The visitors' L. Wahlskär took advantage of a misunderstanding between the home side's goalie and centre backs 47 minutes into the match. 0 - 4 for Fikkie. F. van Anraat was, after 72 minutes, almost able to extend the visitors' lead with a well placed diving header after the ball had looped into the centre, but the home side's keeper J. Albersen made the save. After the ball was lifted in from the left, F. Santiago was on his own in the home side's penalty area and should have scored after 73 minutes, but missed, probably due to lack of concentration. Possession in this half belonged to Fikkie, who controlled the ball 56 percent of the time.

fcld's best player was M. Valecce. A. Forese turned in a dismal performance, however. Most important Fikkie player was L. Wahlskär. I. Dopazo on the other hand, had a terrible day. The match ends 0 - 4.