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Quote[/b] (A loyal supporter @ Jan. 26 2005,15:38)]Just played a friendly against a Belgium team and couldn't understand why I took a 7-1 trouncing.
Until I checked my line up and realised I was only playing with ten men! For some reason my central midfield was a player light, very strange!
Could this possibly be because you had a player sent off after 76 minutes meaning that the reason you were thrashed had nothing to do with 10 men, just poor management.
Bloody newbies
Fairly good weather for football had drawn a crowd of 1445 to Den Dwoas. Gilead had chosen a strategic 3-5-2 formation. They fielded: Krahenbuhl - Dekeyser, den Tex, Simons - D'hondt, Marinho, Pütt, Schaeffer, Wenzl - Pattyn, Hardeel.
Jaypea had chosen a strategic 4-4-2 formation. Lineup: Bakens - O'Drain, Kaliappan, Doolan, Allard - Ambrose, Schraml, Buckley, Hannah - Jansen, Singh.
In the 17:th minute an unfortunate play by Kylliann Krahenbuhl gave the visitors a chance at the lead, but Ronan O'Drain, finding himself alone with the keeper, was unable to take advantage of the situation. In the 26:th minute the visitors broke through on the right after some poor defending and Adigadadhara Singh put the ball away for 0 - 1. After a fatal mistake from the away teams right side defense in the 29:th minute, an alert Wolfgang Wenzl bagged the ball, evening the score to 1 - 1. In the games 33rd minute Jaypea´s Irwin Buckley fell dramatically just outside the penalty area. However, the referee booked Irwin Buckley for taking a dive. Ebert D'hondt gave his Gilead the lead with 2 - 1, as he successfully challenged both the guests central defenders, then placed the ball unreachably at the goaltenders right post. In the 33rd minute Gilead put themselves up 3 - 1. The visitors defenders lost the ball to Friedbert Pütt coming up from the left, who proceeded to cooly round the goaltender and knock the ball home. In the games 34:th minute Jaypea´s Leon Ambrose fell dramatically just outside the penalty area. However, the referee booked Leon Ambrose for taking a dive. The teams went for a half-time break at 3 - 1. Gilead held the ball, with a clear 61 percent possession rate.
A bit later, a magnificent combination in the middle resulted in Gilead´s Ebert D'hondt putting the lead up to 4 - 1. By now Gilead were drawing the troops back in order to defend their lead. Gilead put themselves up 5 - 1 when Hélder Marinho broke through on the right, leaving the entire defensive box behind him. Wolfgang Wenzl was dominating his wing and kept sending fine balls into the enemy box - Simon Hardeel managed to kick one of them into 6 - 1 in the 61st minute. Jaypea were pushed back, and had many dangerous counterattacks, such as the impressive one in the 68:th minute that Jean Jansen narrowly missed a free kick attempt on. Unsportsmanlike behaviour by Irwin Buckley rendered him his second booking of the match, and Jaypea had to finish the game with a reduced squad. In the games 76:th minute Gilead´s Friedbert Pütt fell dramatically just outside the penalty area. However, the referee booked Friedbert Pütt for taking a dive. A speedy charge from the left side of the field put Gilead lead up with 7 - 1. Simon Hardeel finished that one off competently, firing from an acute angle. The referee showed Gileads Ebert D'hondt the yellow card after a particularly nasty challenge. The fortyfive minutes were dominated by Gilead, with an impressive 79 percent possession of the ball.
Most important Gilead player was Simon Hardeel. Ebert D'hondt was a disappointment, however. Jaypea´s best player was Adigadadhara Singh. John Hannah on the other hand, had a terrible day. The match ends 7 - 1.
