july 2 - 2 Rengos (390890387)

22549 spectators had come to july Arena this cloudy day. Fabio Parmeggiani was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Umberto Ciaccia and Fritz Scharneder. july tactics involved an interesting 4-4-2 combination. The following players took the field: Estrada - Rijnsewijn, Abid, Willers, Rostovskiy - Nuijten, Derboven, Kovar, Antoine - Rojas, Kuyper.

Rengos decided to use a 3-5-2 set up. Starters: Öger - Lipovský, Feuchtgruber, Jalbă - Hellén, Gros, Euskirchen, Somlyódy, Michlin - Cabrera, Pagniez.

After 2 minutes, Rengos were awarded a free kick. Rather than shooting straight at goal, the taker went for an indirect variant which seemed to take his team mates a bit by surprise. F. Euskirchen did attempt a finish, but from an awkward position, sending the ball into the away fans. Rengos's H. Michlin was shown a yellow card for standing over the ball and blocking an opponent's quick free kick after 6 minutes. Rengos's B. Somlyódy could have put the guests one up after 15 minutes after chasing a through ball from the right, but J. Estrada was as fast as a snake, grabbing the ball from under his nose. july made a bid to take the lead as a ball coming in on the right hand side left S. Nuijten completely alone with keeper C. Öger, who made a spectacular block. 30 minutes into the game, A. Jalbă had a great chance to put his team ahead, but his kick from the left went wide. Good work by the july defensive line after 31 minutes produced a good counterattack chance, which cut elegantly down the middle of the pitch and found M. Abid alone in front of the goal, but his shot whistled just wide. R. Derboven caused the crowd to go mental with his goal up the middle after 32 minutes. This gave july the 1 - 0 lead. 35 minutes into the game Rengos's H. Michlin found a gap in the home side's central defence and scored with a fabulous shot, making it 1 - 1. T. Gros of Rengos received a yellow card after 36 minutes for unsportsmanlike behaviour. 41 minutes into the game, july seemed to suffer a certain amount of confusion and they fell to a inadequate level of organisation. The teams went for the halftime break at 1 - 1. Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by Rengos, with 54 percent of the ball.

The coach gave his players an extra tactical briefing during the break, and after that july had solid organisation. After 50 minutes, the visitors nearly went up a goal, but T. Gros's free kick hit the crossbar. P. Willers of july was booked for kicking the ball away after the whistle. Rengos took the lead 73 minutes into the game, making the score 1 - 2 after some elegant movement down the middle. A. Pagniez was the scorer. M. Abid caught everyone off guard with a great opening pass - but unfortunately S. Nuijten was as surprised by the move as anybody else, and managed to miss the extraordinary opportunity. U. Rijnsewijn showed the skills that make him a real crowd pleaser as he, after 83 minutes, wove through the guests' entire central defence and put the 2 - 2 equaliser away. Down the middle came H. Michlin, making a fantastic play that nearly had Rengos take the lead after 86 minutes, but J. Estrada preserved the tie. H. Michlin of Rengos got sent off for kicking the ball after the whistle, a completely uncalled for move, earning him his second yellow card of the game. 88 minutes into the game, july seemed a little tentative in their play as their organization fell to inadequate. july had most of the ball, with 53 percent of possession.

The most dominating july player was without a doubt T. Kuyper. However, P. Willers made a disastrous appearance. Rengos's top performer was clearly I. Lipovský. F. Cabrera turned in a dismal performance, however. The match ends 2 - 2.