Vgo 1 - 2 Freckled (393632132)

Fairly good weather for football had drawn a crowd of 2595 to coast arena. Tadeusz Stępniak was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Mirnes Dzaferhodzic and Fredrik Andersson. A 4-4-2 alignment was the formation of choice for Vgo. Lineup: Thys - Siwkowski, Devarwaere, Gerth, De Taeye - Tetaert, Aelaerts, Devarwaere, Veltmans - Haertjens, Smiri.

Freckled tactics involved an interesting 5-3-1 combination. The following players had been chosen: Le Reste - Kaenel, Rousch, Blumenthal, Blum, Bertoglio - Schwarber, Magnuski, Brack - Lönnén.

Vgo saw most attack opportunities on the wings. Freckled were relying on their ability to counter-attack. 16 minutes into the game, Freckled seemed a little tentative in their play as their organization fell to passable. Freckled's J. Brack was dominating his wing and kept sending fine balls into the opposition's box - J. Lönnén managed to volley one of them into the net to make it 0 - 1 after 17 minutes. After the ball was lifted in from the left, B. Blum was on his own in the home side's penalty area and should have scored after 33 minutes, but missed, probably due to lack of concentration. D. Thys got a fingertip on M. Blumenthal's shot from the left 38 minutes in, and managed to keep the visitors from going up another goal. After 40 minutes, there was a bit of a mixup on the field as Freckled found themselves out of position and their organisation level dropped to passable. A lack of experience caused K. De Taeye to make a difficult dribble close to dangerous opponent J. Schwarber of Freckled, who took the opportunity to score making it 0 - 2. It was 0 - 2 at the break. Freckled had most of the ball, with 54 percent of possession.

A review of the gameplan helped Freckled get back to a solid organisation when the referee blew his whistle again. Vgo needed a fresh pair of legs on the field, and after 46 minutes S. Aelaerts made way for A. Maurissen. Vgo's K. De Taeye found himself alone on the left side 47 minutes into the match and laid down a perfect shot - right into the arms of the keeper! After 48 minutes Vgo's A. Maurissen contracted a slight foot injury, but didn't want to leave the game. A defender managed to keep the ball from crossing the goal-line after a curling shot coming in from the right from B. Blum after 58 minutes, and prevented Freckled from going up another goal. 73 minutes into the game, Freckled seemed to suffer a certain amount of confusion and they fell to a weak level of organisation. 74 minutes into the match, M. Bertoglio came through the middle and almost added to his team's lead, but the shot went wide. 82 minutes in, Vgo's A. Maurissen received a yellow card for going into a challenge studs first. The referee showed Freckled's J. Lönnén the yellow card after a particularly nasty challenge. A loud groan was heard from the fans of Vgo, as R. Veltmans left the pitch in too much pain to finish the match. E. Trompet took his place on the field. R. Devarwaere of Vgo received a yellow card after 89 minutes for unsportsmanlike behaviour. Players in Vgo heard their coach's words ringing in their ears and steered their central attacks to the wings instead. Vgo didn't give in and with 89 minutes played M. Siwkowski was able to make the score 1 - 2 after an attack on the right. Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by Vgo, with 51 percent of the ball.

Vgo's best player was M. Siwkowski. D. Thys on the other hand, had a terrible day. Most important Freckled player was J. Lönnén. On the other hand, J. Kaenel's play was disheartening. The match ends 1 - 2.