ROBCATS 2 - 8 Flemming (393307171)

Weather conditions were fairly good for football, and IBONDE II saw a crowd turnout of 3657. Fredrik Larsson was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Nicolas Mauntler and Giacomo Filesi. ROBCATS tactics involved an interesting 3-5-2 combination. Lineup: Tassotti - Mubiru, Kalyegira, Kavuma - Taisne, Lobnig, Player, Clarke, Herpers - Nuopponen, Ple.

Flemming decided to use a 2-5-3 set up. They fielded: Ockert - Castro, Hansen - Rensen, Avonds, Almograbi, Bering, Ritter - Peña, Kristiansen, van Enckhuyzen.

Today, ROBCATS's strategy involved concentrating on the flanks for their attacks. A mistake by the home side's central defence after 5 minutes allowed A. Kristiansen to score for Flemming. The scoreboard now read 0 - 1. A. Kristiansen received a delicate pass through the home side's central defence after 16 minutes, and chipped it past the flailing keeper to score making it 0 - 2. The Flemming fans went wild, whilst the home fans started to think about leaving early. After 21 minutes, an incisive pass through the middle gave A. Kristiansen a chance to increase the lead for Flemming, and he did not disappoint. The score was then 0 - 3. This third goal completed a hattrick for A. Kristiansen. 28 minutes into the match, ROBCATS's H. Nuopponen collected a ball sent down the right and put it in the back of the net, narrowing the score to 1 - 3. Halftime score was 1 - 3. Possession in this half belonged to Flemming, who controlled the ball 58 percent of the time.

After 51 minutes a combination in the middle resulted in a through ball for A. Kristiansen who increased Flemming's lead to 1 - 4. Although the whole team were struggling to impress, ROBCATS's G. Taisne was singled out as being the problem as he was called off the pitch after 60 minutes. I. Kateregga was given a chance to change things around. ROBCATS needed a fresh pair of legs on the field, and after 60 minutes T. Lobnig made way for E. Bonnaud. The bench was restless, and with 70 minutes passed ROBCATS's coach gave F. Gillard the opportunity the player had been hoping for. H. Nuopponen reluctantly left the field. Some fine movement on the left led to a Flemming goal after 71 minutes, making it 1 - 5. S. Almograbi was noted down as the scorer. Confident in their lead, Flemming's players relaxed and focused more on defending the lead than increasing it. A drive down the left side allowed Q. Peña to get in close and score another goal for Flemming after 73 minutes, taking the score to 1 - 6. The visitors' Q. Peña took advantage of a misunderstanding between the home side's goalie and centre backs 77 minutes into the match. 1 - 7 for Flemming. After 79 minutes ROBCATS's L. Herpers contracted a slight foot injury, but didn't want to leave the game. ROBCATS's J. Player cut towards the middle after 82 minutes, receiving a brilliant pass and slicing through the visiting team's central defence, reducing the lead to 2 - 7. With 83 minutes played, a quick exchange of passes on the left wing freed J. van Enckhuyzen of Flemming to slip through the defence and score another goal for the visitors. That made the score 2 - 8. Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by Flemming, with 56 percent of the ball.

The most dominating ROBCATS player was without a doubt F. Gillard. However, J. Player made a disastrous appearance. Most important Flemming player was N. Bering. S. Ockert on the other hand, had a terrible day. The match ends 2 - 8.