kingsmen 1 - 1 FLIPNR1 (393680892)

1149 spectators had found their way to The kingsmen Arena, despite the heavy rain. Leonardo Martellini was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Ghindã-Nicolae Bondoc and Staszek Romanowski. kingsmen had chosen a strategic 5-4-1 formation. The following players had been chosen: de Winter - van Weelie, Sluiters, Bel, Zeilstra, Schalken - Beeris, Ismail, Ellerman, Loggers - Kardolus.

FLIPNR1 tactics involved an interesting 5-4-1 combination. Starters: Meulenberg - Thörnstedt, Herbály, van den Hout, Tiedmannsdorff, Torland - Tukšinieks, González Asarta, Maman, Grbavac - Sluiter.

The wings were the focus of most of kingsmen's attacks today. The rain made it hard for players like S. van den Hout to show their technical control of the ball on this soggy day. Some things can only be learned through experience, and E. Ellerman should take his lesson to heart after nearly gifting FLIPNR1 a goal with 24 minutes of the match played. kingsmen's E. Bel was shown a yellow card after 28 minutes for slicing down an opponent. kingsmen's G. van Weelie's long shot really ought to have found the net 31 minutes into the match, but it fell just wide of the target. The teams went for the halftime break at 0 - 0. Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by kingsmen, with 56 percent of the ball.

Some quick footwork on the left side of the field 68 minutes into the match left FLIPNR1's A. Maman completely free to score. 0 - 1 for the visitors. A handball in the penalty area gave the home team a penalty 77 minutes into the match, and G. Kardolus was able to score, taking the scoreline to 1 - 1. 81 minutes had elapsed when a great chance for kingsmen to take the lead after a good cross from the right found G. Kardolus alone with the keeper, but he chipped it to the wrong side of the post. kingsmen claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 59 percent.

kingsmen's best player was F. Beeris. L. Loggers on the other hand, had a terrible day. S. van den Hout performed admirably for FLIPNR1. On the other hand, E. Meulenberg's play was disheartening. The match ends 1 - 1.