A brilliantly sunny day had enticed a crowd of 27708 to
Brikke Oave.
Roberto Solórzano was the appointed referee with assistance provided by
Heiko Brückling and
Sammy Ridenour.
BFC had chosen a strategic 3-5-2 formation.
The following players took the field: Stijger - Schelbert, Trochim, Pålsson - Prati, Zamorano, Buca, Floridia, Fau - Bakx, Prina.
ball tactics involved an interesting 3-5-2 combination.
Lineup: Miharwiyanto - Calame, De Florio, Hennig - Pieck, Kardas, Snel, Dique, Jagtmans - Wagenborg, Corvaja.
BFC seemed to prefer attacking in the middle.
ball used their ability to concentrate their attacks in the middle of the pitch, rather than on the wings.
BFC were determined to attack in the middle, even their wing attacks ended up centrally.
After a fine move down the middle
B. Prati nearly gave the home side a goal after 13 minutes. However the finishing shot went just wide.
14 minutes into the game,
T. Prina had to leave the pitch due to a knee injury. In came
E. Rougoor.
15 minutes into the match, a typically brave header by
F. Bakx from
M. Fau's cross looped just over the opposing goalkeeper's desperate reach. Goal for BFC, making the score 1 - 0.
F. Bakx unleashed a swerving effort from the right that the visitors' keeper did well to tip wide.
ball's
P. De Florio got himself booked for a foul.
In a fantastic display of determination, BFC's
M. Trochim forced himself to his feet, after an opponent viciously knocked him down.
E. Rougoor should probably have put his team up another goal after 36 minutes, but some great goalkeeping by
A. Miharwiyanto kept the visitors in the game.
A speedy charge from the left side of the field increased the lead of BFC to 2 - 0 as
D. Buca finished it off competently, firing in from an acute angle.
It was 2 - 0 at the break.
BFC enjoyed most of the ball, as they maintained 51 percent of possession.
With 65 minutes played, BFC put themselves up 3 - 0 when the visiting defenders lost the ball to
F. Zamorano, who came up from the left and proceeded to coolly round the keeper and knock the ball home.
After this, you could see that the players of BFC were more interested in killing time than scoring more goals.
ball reduced the deficit to 3 - 1 with a penalty placed perfectly beside the left post by
L. Snel.
After 75 minutes, the BFC players received new instructions from their manager on how to keep in control of the game.
After 84 minutes, BFC sent a free kick in high over the penalty box. In what looked like a well-rehearsed move, the ball was headed backwards and reached
E. Rougoor, who had plenty of space to place a well aimed shot - 4 - 1.
Possession in this half belonged to BFC, who controlled the ball 52 percent of the time.
Most important BFC player was
M. Fau.
E. Rougoor turned in a dismal performance, however.
R. Corvaja performed admirably for ball.
However,
Y. Pieck made a disastrous appearance.
The match ends 4 - 1.