scharminkels 2 - 4 Visclubje (392851223)

Overcast weather free of rain made for a crowd turnout of 35910 at scharminkels Arena today. Nico Schalkx was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Viki Torkkeli and Virgilio Megale. scharminkels started off with a 3-4-3 lineup. The following players took the field: Naets - Delhaze, Gremminger, Zdjeličan - Pasucci, Frisenna, Dorriols, Oliyai - Bodalev, Önsal, Figura.

Visclubje decided to use a 3-5-2 set up. The following players had been chosen: Bidois - Sabag, Faugeron, Joly - Duros, Dumez, Billerbeck, Selendy, Pia - van der Kleij, Šajtar.

scharminkels clearly preferred using their ability to attack in the middle. scharminkels took the lead 4 minutes into the match after a magnificent free kick by S. Bodalev that made the score 1 - 0. J. Šajtar tied the game at 1 - 1 after 22 minutes, when he converted an incredible pass from the right. É. Faugeron got left behind when scharminkels's S. Bodalev made a sudden run forward after 24 minutes, finishing off with a neat strike. 2 - 1! After 32 minutes, the visitors tied it up at 2 - 2 when a fantastic pass from the left was finished off by J. Selendy. It was 2 - 2 at the break. Visclubje claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 54 percent.

This was a good period for the visitors, with several opportunities to take the lead, particularly when J. Selendy slipped through the defence on the right to come up alone against Y. Naets, but the home side's keeper showed his lightning reflexes. The referee showed Visclubje's W. van der Kleij the yellow card after a particularly nasty challenge. scharminkels were forced into a substitution as E. Oliyai couldn't continue due to some rough treatment, forcing D. Vromant to come in off the bench. Visclubje took the lead after 69 minutes making the score 2 - 3. G. Joly placed the ball out of reach for the home side's keeper after a fine move, coming in from the left. A drive down the left side allowed W. van der Kleij to get in close and score another goal for Visclubje after 74 minutes, taking the score to 2 - 4. É. Faugeron left the field with a smile on his face as he was substituted 74 minutes into the game, as his team was in the lead. M. Prutscher was the replacement. Content with how the game was proceeding, the Visclubje coach let J. Marsh replace A. Dumez after 75 minutes. Visclubje had most of the ball, with 59 percent of possession.

The most dominating scharminkels player was without a doubt S. Bodalev. On the other hand, D. Vromant's play was disheartening. J. Šajtar performed admirably for Visclubje. H. Bidois was a disappointment, however. The match ends 2 - 4.