gorgani 0 - 2 Vlek (393626318)

1824 spectators had found their way to gorgani Arena, despite the heavy rain. Henrik Spørring was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Alpcan Aksümer and Lluís Yebra. gorgani started off with a 4-4-2 lineup. The following players took the field: Tervala - Zamfirescu, Costa Morais, Muñoz, Dybikowski - Bance, Ollivier, Opiłka, Charneau - Pérez, de la Bretoniere.

Vlek decided to use a 3-5-2 set up. The following players had been chosen: Bruns - Warnaar, Vossers, Herben - Walvisch, Vriezema, Wellenberg, Voeten, Müller - van der Holst, van der Staaij.

Using their counter-attacking abilities was the strategy of choice for gorgani. Vlek seemed to prefer attacking in the middle. Given a free kick in a difficult position after 6 minutes, Vlek tried a variation that they had practised in training. The kick was sent into the area just in front of the keeper. However, the defence were on their toes and allowed no space for a finish. After 16 minutes, Vlek's J. Müller made his way through the middle and nonchalantly placed the ball out of the keeper's reach, putting the visitors up 0 - 1. 36 minutes into the game, gorgani had difficulty finding their positions and their organisation dropped to weak. J. Opiłka behaved like an inexperienced youth player after 39 minutes as he gave the ball away to F. Wellenberg. Lucky for him though, there was no goal. The teams went for the halftime break at 0 - 1. Vlek enjoyed most of the ball, as they maintained 66 percent of possession.

Despite his frustration resulting in the smashing of a few teacups, the coach of gorgani was able to get his message across, and raised gorgani's organisation to passable. Y. Herben had a hard time on the waterlogged pitch - his trademark technique was nowhere in sight today. 74 minutes into the match, Y. Herben came through the middle and almost added to his team's lead, but the shot went wide. 77 minutes into the game, gorgani seemed a little tentative in their play as their organization fell to passable. After 80 minutes, a mistake by the home side's left defence allowed J. Müller to get through. He outclassed the home side's keeper, adding another goal for the visitors. 0 - 2. 81 minutes into the game, gorgani seemed to suffer a certain amount of confusion and they fell to a inadequate level of organisation. The visitors almost increased their lead after 84 minutes when a sweetly hit free kick looked like it was heading for the top corner. However the keeper managed to get a fingertip to it, sending it over the bar. 85 minutes in, Vlek's J. van der Holst received a yellow card for going into a challenge studs first. Thighs bulging, A. Muñoz charged past the weaker players, seemingly oblivious to the rain. The home crowd cheered when, after 87 minutes, D. Walvisch's charge up the middle resulted in the keeper making one of his best saves of the day. Possession in this half belonged to Vlek, who controlled the ball 68 percent of the time.

F. Charneau performed admirably for gorgani. On the other hand, V. Costa Morais's play was disheartening. Most important Vlek player was R. Warnaar. H. Bruns turned in a dismal performance, however. The match ends 0 - 2.