Bondtes 3 - 1 Mortsel (393227130)

Weather conditions were fairly good for football, and Bondte's Beer Palace saw a crowd turnout of 53826. Paulo Nunes was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Luitbert Stumpfeld and Lyuben Mihaylov. Bondtes decided to use a 4-4-2 set up. The following players had been chosen: Glovenský - François, van Dulmen, Lagrou, Velde - Willaert, Verspecht, Marcisz, Bremmer - Rapola, Charkawi.

Mortsel had chosen a strategic 3-5-2 formation. Starters: Gaggero - Verstraeten, Croon, Brugmans - Anno, Volckaert, Van Gysegem, Lafosse, Van Dycke - Rukevich, Umartu.

Today, Bondtes's strategy involved concentrating on the flanks for their attacks. Bondtes took the lead 2 minutes in, as P. van Dulmen broke through on the left and put the 1 - 0 shot just beyond the reach of the outstretched keeper. M. Bremmer was in the clear after breaking the offside trap following a Bondtes counterattack from the left after 8 minutes. His neat finish made the score 2 - 0. J. Van Dycke really should have scored when he was chosen by fate to confront a wide open goal following a great play by J. Brugmans after a corner. Things were deteriorating for the away team as Bondtes scored another to make it 3 - 0 after a left side attack resulted in a goal for A. Lagrou after 37 minutes. At this point, it was obvious that the players of Bondtes lowered the tempo and became more defensively oriented. It was 3 - 0 at the break. Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by Bondtes, with 59 percent of the ball.

74 minutes in, Bondtes's A. Charkawi received a yellow card for going into a challenge studs first. Mortsel were desperate to get a goal back and pushed forward through the middle 82 minutes into the game. After a scramble in the box, the ball dropped to J. Van Dycke, who smashed it home to make the score 3 - 1. Bondtes claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 58 percent.

A. Charkawi performed admirably for Bondtes. M. Rapola was a disappointment, however. Mortsel's best player was S. Umartu. On the other hand, J. Anno's play was disheartening. The match ends 3 - 1.