munchen69 2 - 5 draakjes (394307696)

Due to an all-day shower, 345 paying spectators got to see a match on a pitch-turned-bog at munchen69 Arena. Grigore Vlad was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Aapo Hangasmaa and Erwin Nemeth. munchen69 decided to use a 4-3-3 set up. The following players had been chosen: Van Der Borght - Deroo, Van Overtveldt, Matterne, Tinant - Cornelissens, Colmant, Bertjens - Decocq, Marit, Van Ouytsel.

draakjes started off with a 5-4-1 lineup. They fielded: Übelhardt - de Koning, Damen, Adam, Stet, Grooteman - Kvaraciejus, Eisemann, Santello, van Scheppingen - Rana.

The wings were the focus of most of draakjes's attacks today. munchen69's K. Cornelissens was shown a yellow card after 37 minutes for slicing down an opponent. A loud groan was heard from the fans of draakjes, as R. Rana left the pitch in too much pain to finish the match. O. Schäferkordt took his place on the field. 40 minutes in, munchen69 appeared unsure on how to play and their organisation was only passable. The guests took the lead 43 minutes into the match, after a right-side attack resulted in A. Kvaraciejus scoring to make it 0 - 1. 43 minutes into the match, munchen69's E. Van Ouytsel demonstrated his famed speed as he raced past his marker and passed the ball to Y. Decocq who chipped it in for 1 - 1. draakjes's E. Santello managed to lose the defenders as he advanced down the right wing and scored, putting the visitors ahead after 43 minutes. 1 - 2. The opposing supporters gave the referee an earful when he only gave E. Van Ouytsel from munchen69 a yellow card after a mistimed challenge from behind 44 minutes into the game. That was far too lenient! draakjes increased their lead after 44 minutes when P. Grooteman broke through on the right, upping the score to 1 - 3, much to the home crowd's dismay. E. Van Ouytsel remonstrated furiously with the referee after munchen69 had another decision go against them. The referee had no alternative but to show him another yellow card and send him from the pitch. After 44 minutes, D. Marit sent the corner kick right to R. Tinant who headed it sharply past the keeper. 2 - 3! 2 - 3 was the halftime score. Possession in this half belonged to draakjes, who controlled the ball 69 percent of the time.

The munchen69 players spent the break getting a rerun of the team's tactical organisation and regained a solid organisation when the game started again. Content with how the game was proceeding, the draakjes coach let S. Eckelaer replace T. Damen after 65 minutes. The referee showed munchen69's J. Deroo the yellow card after a particularly nasty challenge. Unfortunately for draakjes, E. Santello was injured when the game became more physical, and he had to leave the field. W. Toren replaced him. J. van Scheppingen was the new captain of draakjes - handed the armband by the departing player. 80 minutes into the match, A. Kvaraciejus came through the middle and almost added to his team's lead, but the shot went wide. 82 minutes into the game, munchen69 had difficulty finding their positions and their organisation dropped to poor. After 83 minutes a combination in the middle resulted in a through ball for W. Toren who increased draakjes's lead to 2 - 4. Some fine movement on the left led to a draakjes goal after 84 minutes, making it 2 - 5. S. Stet was noted down as the scorer. The players of draakjes now seemed to think the job was done and acted more defensively, just waiting for the ref to blow the final whistle. V. Van Der Borght kept the home side in the game with a magnificent save when A. Eisemann delivered an almost perfect free kick to the far post. draakjes had most of the ball, with 77 percent of possession.

Most important munchen69 player was D. Marit. On the other hand, V. Van Der Borght's play was disheartening. draakjes's top performer was clearly S. Stet. W. Toren turned in a dismal performance, however. The match ends 2 - 5.