Blubber 1 - 1 Tikkie (390283943)

23495 spectators arrived at Heipaal Dome, where weather conditions were pretty good for football. Kornelius Wilkau was the appointed referee with assistance provided by John Tranhult and Eric Devillers. A 3-5-2 alignment was the formation of choice for Blubber. They fielded: Lobo Freire - Yoo, Valduerteles, van Saenredam - Mürisep, Filipović, Aliotta, Valdivia, Borst - Paolini, Maniscalco.

Tikkie tactics involved an interesting 3-5-2 combination. The following players took the field: van Bremen - Kamrani, Iborra, Pagoto - Maas, Hofkes, Branten, Logister, van Efferink - Pandelea, Feldmeier.

Tikkie had to make a substitution after 14 minutes. N. Branten limped off the field and was replaced by J. Zwaartman. Tikkie's J. Zwaartman refused to leave the field after injuring his achilles tendon after 20 minutes. Halftime score was 0 - 0. Blubber had most of the ball, with 59 percent of possession.

The referee showed Blubber's E. Mürisep the yellow card after a particularly nasty challenge. Due to a severely mistimed tackle, J. van Bremen of Tikkie spent some time on the grass writhing in agony before he could get up and continue the game. Blubber took the lead after 86 minutes as a result of M. Valdivia's peach of a shot from the right hand side of the box - placed beautifully in the top corner. 1 - 0. Tikkie's J. Hofkes was shown a yellow card after 87 minutes for slicing down an opponent. Blubber were forced into a substitution as S. Yoo couldn't continue due to some rough treatment, forcing A. Shalit to come in off the bench. A really bad tackle inside the penalty area 89 minutes into the match gave the referee no other choice but to award the visiting Tikkie a penalty. A. Pandelea knocked it home. 1 - 1 Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by Blubber, with 56 percent of the ball.

Blubber's best player was M. Valdivia. A. Shalit turned in a dismal performance, however. J. Hofkes performed admirably for Tikkie. However, J. Zwaartman made a disastrous appearance. The match ends 1 - 1.