Hoofdweg 0 - 4 toncru (377602208)

The weather was pretty good, and a crowd of 2160 had shown up at Bos en Lommer Arena for the match. Bora Elit was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Augusto Lavelli and André Sequeira. Hoofdweg had chosen a strategic 3-5-2 formation. Lineup: Sanvicens - van der Lip, de Wilde, Schuil - Veth, Yvon, Aerenson, Fleica, Osenga - Penders, van Anrooij.

toncru decided to use a 4-5-1 set up. They fielded: Poncin - Thate, Gomes de Sá, Borges, Ferrara - Chifflet, Testoni, Tallac, Cor, Naldi - Ortiz.

toncru saw most attack opportunities on the wings. At 7 minutes played, M. Fleica came in from the right with the intention of giving Hoofdweg the lead, but his rocket of a shot rattled the crossbar. Down the middle came B. Ortiz, making a fantastic play that nearly had toncru take the lead after 17 minutes, but M. Sanvicens preserved the tie. toncru had several good opportunities to take the lead, especially 21 minutes in when J. Thate came up alone against M. Sanvicens who managed a block. D. Ferrara gave the visitors the lead 41 minutes into the match to make it 0 - 1. The goal was scored from the penalty spot after a handball in the penalty area. The visitors' P. Cor took advantage of a misunderstanding between the home side's goalie and centre backs 42 minutes into the match. 0 - 2 for toncru. 0 - 2 was the halftime score. toncru claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 70 percent.

The bench was restless, and with 60 minutes passed Hoofdweg's coach gave N. Hammen the opportunity the player had been hoping for. K. Penders reluctantly left the field. toncru increased the lead to 0 - 3 as D. Ferrara scored from the penalty spot, putting the ball in near the top left corner. By now, the players in toncru felt that victory was guaranteed and began to play it safe, focusing on defence and not risking too much going forward. The visitors added to their lead 84 minutes into the game, after a sensational penalty kick by toncru's D. Ferrara slid just past the home keeper. 0 - 4. At that, D. Ferrara was noted down for a hat trick! With 86 minutes gone, a long pass from the defence of Hoofdweg resulted in a counterattack that set J. Veth free through the middle, but the keeper made a spectacular diving save. toncru had most of the ball, with 71 percent of possession.

Hoofdweg's top performer was clearly M. Fleica. On the other hand, R. Aerenson's play was disheartening. The most dominating toncru player was without a doubt A. Testoni. However, J. Chifflet made a disastrous appearance. The match ends 0 - 4.