Haskerhorne 0 - 8 Unicorns (374652162)

19282 spectators arrived at De Hasker-Tobbe, where weather conditions were pretty good for football. Alfonso Palacios was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Niklas Fogelhall and Alexandre Serres. Haskerhorne started off with a 3-5-2 lineup. Lineup: van der Zee - Andrade, van der Geest, de Sá - Klapper, Chkhenkeli, Sánchez, Théron, Bonds - Beutlin, Steg.

A 3-5-2 alignment was the formation of choice for Unicorns. They fielded: Eekhof - van der Ven, Both, Jensen - Poelstra, Hodinius, van Meekeren, Jaakke, Wildeboer - Mesker, Numan.

The home crowd was not impressed by the fancy moves of Unicorns's E. Both after 3 minutes. He converted a pass from the left for a goal, resulting in the visitors taking the 0 - 1 lead. With 4 minutes played, a quick exchange of passes on the left wing freed R. Wildeboer of Unicorns to slip through the defence and score another goal for the visitors. That made the score 0 - 2. Confident in their lead, Unicorns's players relaxed and focused more on defending the lead than increasing it. The visitors' H. Numan took advantage of a misunderstanding between the home side's goalie and centre backs 22 minutes into the match. 0 - 3 for Unicorns. The home crowd was not impressed when Q. Jaakke came in from the right, shooting hard to score after 30 minutes. Unicorns were now up 0 - 4. R. Beutlin of Haskerhorne received a yellow card after 32 minutes for unsportsmanlike behaviour. The teams went for the halftime break at 0 - 4. Unicorns had most of the ball, with 63 percent of possession.

Q. Jaakke of Unicorns took advantage of a mistake on the home side's right after 55 minutes which increased the away team's lead to 0 - 5. Haskerhorne's O. de Sá was shown a yellow card after 57 minutes for slicing down an opponent. F. Poelstra's knee will be throbbing for days, but thankfully for Unicorns, he bravely continued in the match. The Unicorns free kick 59 minutes into the match seemed wasted, as the shot was both short and off target. But was this actually a plan? The ball landed at the feet of F. Mesker, who was completely unmarked in the box. That's 0 - 6! A well placed corner kick from R. Wildeboer was followed by H. Numan's hard but accurate header. The well executed routine resulted in a goal for Unicorns, the score now 0 - 7. 80 minutes into the match, the visitors put themselves ahead 0 - 8 as Q. Jaakke finished off an attack from the left with a spectacular scissors kick. By then Q. Jaakke had scored three goals - a hat trick! Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by Unicorns, with 60 percent of the ball.

The most dominating Haskerhorne player was without a doubt R. Beutlin. O. de Sá on the other hand, had a terrible day. Unicorns's best player was F. Mesker. On the other hand, W. Jensen's play was disheartening. The match ends 0 - 8.