Wessel 2 - 2 Wilgenboys (390292108)

Clear skies welcomed the 28033 spectators who had made their way to Het Kasteel. Juan Carlos Rey was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Damien Bouchard and Celino López. A 4-4-2 alignment was the formation of choice for Wessel. Starters: Spanjer - Walser, Krym, Chupin, Haigh - Kunstenaar, Arquimbau, Damianakos, Immerzeel - Van den Neucker, Welschen.

Wilgenboys decided to use a 3-5-2 set up. Lineup: Niv - Baranek, Le Bolloch, Bartošek - Kamandieris, De Mel, Korder, Daene, Zeferina - Nassini, Garmata.

Wilgenboys mostly ignored the flanks in favour of their ability to attack in the middle. 18 minutes into the match and the home team took a 1 - 0 lead after breaking through on the left. The scorer for Wessel was R. Krym. 31 minutes into the match M. Van den Neucker put Wessel ahead 2 - 0 with a truly marvelous free kick. After this, you could see that the players of Wessel were more interested in killing time than scoring more goals. A bit later, Wilgenboys's B. Korder easily reduced the lead to 2 - 1 after a misunderstanding in the home side's central defence. Wilgenboys levelled the score after 42 minutes to make it 2 - 2, as K. Kamandieris struck home after a fine midfield combination through the centre, which left him completely unmarked. 2 - 2 was the score after the first half. Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by Wilgenboys, with 51 percent of the ball.

J. Baranek received some harsh words from his coach after he acted foolishly 73 minutes into the match, probably out of lack of experience, and almost let an opponent score. After several obvious shirt pulling incidents, A. Chupin got himself booked. The manager of Wessel was not happy. Neither team were able to dominate possession this half.

R. Krym performed admirably for Wessel. M. Spanjer on the other hand, had a terrible day. Most important Wilgenboys player was V. Garmata. However, T. Zeferina made a disastrous appearance. The match ends 2 - 2.