Foreburgh 4 - 1 Gouwe (374639165)

A brilliantly sunny day had enticed a crowd of 54924 to De Foreburght. Tódor Harkai was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Gérard Alberto and Harmen Kok. Foreburgh had chosen a strategic 3-5-2 formation. They fielded: Stannek - Dănilă, Pöyhönen, Jünke - Salomons, Bouriez, Torres, Palmans, Lázaro - Johnson, Greeven.

A 5-4-1 alignment was the formation of choice for Gouwe. The following players took the field: van Ooijen - Rinkinen, Dokoza, Zembala, Stewart, Medori - Ferentheil, Babadishev, Filimonov, Pita Caños - Zuabi.

Using their counter-attacking abilities was the strategy of choice for Gouwe. The home side put themselves ahead 1 - 0 after 4 minutes courtesy of a breakthrough from S. Dănilă, who scored with a stunning volley following a cross from the right wing. R. Greeven had a fantastic opportunity to put Foreburgh up another goal 18 minutes into the match, but he fired just over the crossbar. P. Maier was called on to replace Foreburgh's A. Lázaro after 19 minutes following a nasty collision. Things were deteriorating for the away team as Foreburgh scored another to make it 2 - 0 after a left side attack resulted in a goal for S. Dănilă after 29 minutes. The players of Foreburgh now seemed to think the job was done and acted more defensively, just waiting for the ref to blow the final whistle. S. Dănilă of Foreburgh seemed to be floating in the air as he elegantly headed in to make the score 3 - 0 after a corner kick that was nicely executed by J. Johnson. That made three goals for S. Dănilă and he was marked down for the hat trick. Halftime score was 3 - 0. Foreburgh had most of the ball, with 66 percent of possession.

Gouwe's K. Zuabi was shown a yellow card after 65 minutes for slicing down an opponent. Gouwe bypassed the midfield with their counterattack, leading to a free kick goal by R. Pita Caños for 3 - 1. With 73 minutes played, Foreburgh put themselves up 4 - 1 when the visiting defenders lost the ball to P. Maier, who came up from the left and proceeded to coolly round the keeper and knock the ball home. The referee showed Foreburgh's L. Jünke the yellow card after a particularly nasty challenge. Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by Foreburgh, with 68 percent of the ball.

Most important Foreburgh player was J. Torres. On the other hand, B. Salomons's play was disheartening. The most dominating Gouwe player was without a doubt H. Ferentheil. H. Stewart on the other hand, had a terrible day. The match ends 4 - 1.