Olympic 2 - 2 FC.ellendelingen (372962149)

33185 fans braved the pouring rain at Hoefsmid Park. Walter Maier was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Jan Kocian and David Mahieu. Everyone was excited about the upcoming Antwerpen derby and the crowd was divided evenly. A 3-5-2 alignment was the formation of choice for Olympic. Lineup: Cegastia - Schaek, Antoin, Rydzak - Jovančević, Amoroso, Mahringer, Mafra, Rong Chang - Gústafsson, Blairon.

FC.ellendelingen started off with a 3-5-2 lineup. Starters: Helskins - Quispel, Franquet, Cox - Sieraal, Rajoy, Leroux, Lamoline, Gilles - Van Vyve, Barriga.

Á. Leroux didn't let the weather get him down and made some great moves on the pitch in spite of the rain. Olympic took the lead, 1 - 0, after a penalty 9 minutes into the match. A. Mahringer scored from the penalty spot. It was a bad day for the usually speedy V. Rajoy. The mud seemed to slow him down. E. Gilles finished off a quick charge from the left of the field by chipping the ball just past the home side's keeper, making the score 1 - 1 23 minutes into the match. P. Amoroso was uncomfortable with the soggy pitch as he couldn't move the ball around with his usual grace. FC.ellendelingen took the lead 27 minutes into the game, making the score 1 - 2 after some elegant movement down the middle. J. Van Vyve was the scorer. 1 - 2 was the score after the first half. FC.ellendelingen had most of the ball, with 51 percent of possession.

The coach of FC.ellendelingen was happy with the game so far, but still wanted to change the line up. After 46 minutes, G. Greeve came on for S. Quispel. After 50 minutes, D. Antoin got through on the right and was very close to equalising for the home side, but didn't get the shot away. Olympic's S. Blairon put his head to a high ball coming in from the right after 53 minutes, but the ball went wide. After 60 minutes, D. Antoin made a dash down the middle past the away team's defenders to score the goal that made it 2 - 2. 73 minutes into the game, S. Blairon had to leave the pitch due to a knee injury. In came A. Mernissi. Olympic enjoyed most of the ball, as they maintained 53 percent of possession.

The most dominating Olympic player was without a doubt S. Gústafsson. D. Jovančević on the other hand, had a terrible day. FC.ellendelingen's top performer was clearly J. Van Vyve. On the other hand, R. Cox's play was disheartening. The match ends 2 - 2.