Tigers 4 - 1 Vegas" (393245678)

Due to an all-day shower, 283 paying spectators got to see a match on a pitch-turned-bog at Café Daaf Stadium. Gennady Pavlovskiy was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Dietrich Demyttenaere and Florian Scharpenberg. Tigers tactics involved an interesting 4-4-2 combination. They fielded: Albano - Lupant, Desprès, Tuinenburg, Orins - Pierins, Drappier, Acken, Vlaemynck - Babieca, Văn Lương.

Vegas" had chosen a strategic 3-4-3 formation. Lineup: Bober - Coppens, Germanà, Ravesloot - Vandael, Boris, 瞬梁 (Shunliang) , Met Den Ancxt - Vouga, Schafschnitz, Teti.

Tigers took a creative approach on the field. Vegas" clearly had decided to counter-attack when they could. Some things can only be learned through experience, and A. Orins should take his lesson to heart after nearly gifting Vegas" a goal with 4 minutes of the match played. Some quick footwork on the left side of the field 11 minutes into the match left Vegas"'s 汤. 瞬梁 (Shunliang) completely free to score. 0 - 1 for the visitors. Some fine passing in the middle of the pitch, carving open the away defence, should have led to a goal for Tigers, but B. Pierins's shot went over the bar. A tussle 32 minutes into the match resulted in a penalty being awarded to the home team and M. Tuinenburg put the ball into the back of the net without any difficulty. That tied the score up at 1 - 1. One of many good crosses from M. Vlaemynck on the wing was received and skillfully taken care of by J. Babieca, who scored for Tigers. 2 - 1 B. Pierins didn't let the weather get him down and made some great moves on the pitch in spite of the rain. Vegas"'s defence sent a ball soaring up the middle on a beautiful counterattack with 42 minutes gone, but C. Vandael's finish was met by the reaching hands of the keeper. F. Coppens spent most of the time in a heap on the ground today, his normally rapid movement hindered by the slippery pitch. Good work by the Vegas" defensive line after 44 minutes produced a good counterattack chance, which cut elegantly down the middle of the pitch and found E. Germanà alone in front of the goal, but his shot whistled just wide. The teams went for the halftime break at 2 - 1. Tigers had most of the ball, with 66 percent of possession.

Content with how the game was proceeding, the Tigers coach let Ö. Önder replace B. Drappier after 46 minutes. M. Vlaemynck unleashed a swerving effort from the right that the visitors' keeper did well to tip wide. After 67 minutes, the away team failed to deal with a good exchange of passes on the right, and Đ. Văn Lương gave the Tigers supporters even more to cheer about when he increased the lead to 3 - 1. Tigers's M. Tuinenburg increased the lead to 4 - 1, after he saw his shot go between the legs of the advancing goalkeeper following some good play down the right wing after 68 minutes. At this point, it was obvious that the players of Tigers lowered the tempo and became more defensively oriented. M. Tuinenburg almost put Tigers ahead another goal when he curled a free kick over the defensive wall and almost into the net, but the visitors' keeper got there just in time to knock it wide. Tigers claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 71 percent.

Most important Tigers player was B. Pierins. On the other hand, C. Desprès's play was disheartening. E. Germanà performed admirably for Vegas". M. Ravesloot on the other hand, had a terrible day. The match ends 4 - 1.