SemidefiniteFC 0 - 10 De Gieren (349313652)

The weather was pretty good, and a crowd of 12000 had shown up at The Den for the match. Ivaylo Nedelchev was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Branko Agatonović and Josip Primožić. SemidefiniteFC tactics involved an interesting 4-4-2 combination. The following players had been chosen: van Geffelen - Koolhaas, Dutilh, Bevers, van Aalderen - Pinxteren, Stolte, van der Helm, Eltink - Delang, Kolthof.

De Gieren started off with a 3-4-3 lineup. They fielded: Matsier - Vieveen, Arkaikfman, Huizen - Rathod, Glansbeek, Häggin, Januszczak - Vaitti, 清勇 (Qingyong) , Trabelsi.

After 17 minutes, De Gieren put themselves up 0 - 1, as D. Trabelsi finished off a strike from the left with a real cannonball of a shot. 19 minutes into the match, the visitors put themselves ahead 0 - 2 as A. Arkaikfman finished off an attack from the left with a spectacular scissors kick. De Gieren's R. Häggin got himself booked for a foul. H. van Geffelen of SemidefiniteFC had to be helped off the pitch as an injury meant he was unable to finish the game. B. Hulskers came in to finish the match. O. van Aalderen of SemidefiniteFC was booked for kicking the ball away after the whistle. 28 minutes into the game, SemidefiniteFC seemed a little tentative in their play as their organization fell to solid. After 29 minutes, an incisive pass through the middle gave 温. 清勇 (Qingyong) a chance to increase the lead for De Gieren, and he did not disappoint. The score was then 0 - 3. After several obvious shirt pulling incidents, S. Pinxteren got himself booked. The manager of SemidefiniteFC was not happy. 0 - 3 was the halftime score. Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by De Gieren, with 76 percent of the ball.

Despite his frustration resulting in the smashing of a few teacups, the coach of SemidefiniteFC was able to get his message across, and raised SemidefiniteFC's organisation to solid. After 53 minutes, De Gieren raised their score by one when S. Rathod's dangerous low cross was cleverly tucked in at the near post by D. Trabelsi. 0 - 4. Confident in their lead, De Gieren's players relaxed and focused more on defending the lead than increasing it. With 58 minutes played, a quick exchange of passes on the left wing freed F. Glansbeek of De Gieren to slip through the defence and score another goal for the visitors. That made the score 0 - 5. A drive down the left side allowed D. Trabelsi to get in close and score another goal for De Gieren after 60 minutes, taking the score to 0 - 6. At that, D. Trabelsi was noted down for a hat trick! 82 minutes into the game, SemidefiniteFC had difficulty finding their positions and their organisation dropped to inadequate. Several players were looking tired, especially O. van Aalderen who gifted the opposition a goal as he lost the ball to a still energetic S. Rathod of De Gieren after 86 minutes. 0 - 7 温. 清勇 (Qingyong) of De Gieren took advantage of a mistake on the home side's right after 88 minutes which increased the away team's lead to 0 - 8. With 89 minutes played, De Gieren put themselves up 0 - 9 after an attack from the right, caused by a defensive blunder. The scorer was R. Häggin. A drive down the left side allowed A. Arkaikfman to get in close and score another goal for De Gieren after 89 minutes, taking the score to 0 - 10. Possession in this half belonged to De Gieren, who controlled the ball 85 percent of the time.

O. van Aalderen performed admirably for SemidefiniteFC. K. Koolhaas turned in a dismal performance, however. Most important De Gieren player was D. Trabelsi. On the other hand, G. Huizen's play was disheartening. The match ends 0 - 10.