fc-arsenal. 1 - 2 Black Drag (392782818)

Dark skies made the crowd of 1194 at 68°noord a little nervous, but the rain held off. Tim Boost was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Iwan van der Zanden and Antoine Hollard. fc-arsenal. started off with a 4-5-1 lineup. The following players had been chosen: Cameirão - Schelkens, Caparrós, Lourenço, Bendidouh - Delarge, Ruśniak, Maus, Beks, Samaille - De Groote.

Black Drag had chosen a strategic 3-5-2 formation. Lineup: Culubret - Hochepied, Estaña, Ligtenberg - Kervella, Hänel, Buehler, Gourdon, Aldeia - Magnuski, De Moor.

fc-arsenal. clearly preferred using their ability to attack in the middle. Black Drag seemed to prefer attacking in the middle. After 35 minutes, Black Drag's B. Kervella made his way through the middle and nonchalantly placed the ball out of the keeper's reach, putting the visitors up 0 - 1. After 41 minutes a combination in the middle resulted in a through ball for P. Estaña who increased Black Drag's lead to 0 - 2. Black Drag's F. Hänel's long shot really ought to have found the net 44 minutes into the match, but it fell just wide of the target. It was 0 - 2 at the break. Black Drag enjoyed most of the ball, as they maintained 60 percent of possession.

After the ball was lifted in from the left, P. Estaña was on his own in the home side's penalty area and should have scored after 54 minutes, but missed, probably due to lack of concentration. The referee showed fc-arsenal.'s A. Bendidouh the yellow card after a particularly nasty challenge. Due to a severely mistimed tackle, D. Hochepied of Black Drag spent some time on the grass writhing in agony before he could get up and continue the game. K. De Groote was the first to reach the corner kick, but his header was blocked by the keeper. However, fc-arsenal.'s K. Delarge managed to get hold of the rebound and tucked the ball into the empty net. 1 - 2 With 76 minutes played, R. De Moor nearly put the visitors another one up as he broke through in the middle and fired from just outside the box, but his shot passed just over the bar. The swift technical skills of K. Delarge were often too much for the tall but somewhat slow F. Hänel who was humiliated after 80 minutes. He'll be breathing a huge sigh of relief after the final shot went wide. Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by Black Drag, with 60 percent of the ball.

The most dominating fc-arsenal. player was without a doubt A. Caparrós. However, B. Samaille made a disastrous appearance. Black Drag's top performer was clearly P. Estaña. N. Gourdon was a disappointment, however. The match ends 1 - 2.