Moerkerke 2 - 1 PBFC (372964992)

25570 spectators had come to Moerkerke City Arena this cloudy day. Davide Baldazzi was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Leonard Knut and Khaleel Iqbal. A 3-5-2 alignment was the formation of choice for Moerkerke. They fielded: Garnier - Faut, Van Humbeeck, Marissen - Frederix, Boussemaere, Martello, Verswijvel, Staquet - Steemans, Demedts.

PBFC started off with a 3-5-2 lineup. The following players had been chosen: Człapała - Crevits, Juur, Requejo - Zeltzer, Rintamäki, Vega, Karpfinger, Barateiro - Ercoli, Cuartas.

For their match strategy, Moerkerke had decided to use their ability to counter-attack whenever possible. This was a good period for the visitors, with several opportunities to take the lead, particularly when A. Karpfinger slipped through the defence on the right to come up alone against M. Garnier, but the home side's keeper showed his lightning reflexes. With 10 minutes played, the visitors broke through on the right after some poor defending. M. Zeltzer put the ball away for 0 - 1. With 22 minutes played, M. Zeltzer nearly put the visitors another one up as he broke through in the middle and fired from just outside the box, but his shot passed just over the bar. It was 0 - 1 at the break. Possession in this half belonged to PBFC, who controlled the ball 54 percent of the time.

After 46 minutes, Moerkerke switched E. Staquet with J. Ashburn, hoping for a quick impact on the pitch. 61 minutes into the game, Moerkerke seemed to suffer a certain amount of confusion and they fell to a solid level of organisation. Due to some great work on the right wing Moerkerke's A. Demedts was able to even the score after 69 minutes to make the score 1 - 1. 81 minutes into the game, A. Karpfinger had a great chance to put his team ahead, but his kick from the left went wide. Moerkerke's counterattack was impressive and was only stopped by a shocking foul. Somehow, the referee's cards remained in his pocket - a terrible decision! L. Van Humbeeck's resulting free kick was easily saved by the keeper. Y. Steemans knocked one home from a counterattack down the right wing, making the score 2 - 1 after 84 minutes. PBFC had most of the ball, with 57 percent of possession.

The most dominating Moerkerke player was without a doubt Y. Steemans. M. Marissen on the other hand, had a terrible day. Most important PBFC player was F. Cuartas. M. Zeltzer turned in a dismal performance, however. The match ends 2 - 1.