ratatoulle 0 - 6 Nieuwkuis (388563562)

Overcast weather free of rain made for a crowd turnout of 17188 at rattentempel today. Claudiu Nica was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Ryszard Czerski and Bogdan Duda. ratatoulle decided to use a 3-5-2 set up. Starters: Vitík - Buluş, Tomkovics, Olofsson - Sossai, Motlana, Swoboda, Ossendrijver, Jaspers - Tálosi, Virves.

A 3-5-2 alignment was the formation of choice for Nieuwkuis. Lineup: Kim - Sunesson, Al Oawayran, Negretto - Pinhal, Arze, Ritter, Ehrhardt, Cervi - Svantesson, Cambon.

ratatoulle tried to focus their attacks down the middle. Nieuwkuis were mostly trying to use their skill at attacking on the flanks. Nieuwkuis took the lead after 7 minutes making the score 0 - 1. O. Svantesson placed the ball out of reach for the home side's keeper after a fine move, coming in from the left. The home crowd cheered when, after 10 minutes, G. Negretto's charge up the middle resulted in the keeper making one of his best saves of the day. After 12 minutes Nieuwkuis's R. Cambon limped slightly after a late challenge, but he was able to continue. After 13 minutes, Nieuwkuis's R. Cambon burst through the central defence and let loose a cannonball of a shot, scoring for 0 - 2. 18 minutes in, Nieuwkuis's G. Negretto received a yellow card for going into a challenge studs first. 0 - 2 was the score after the first half. Nieuwkuis enjoyed most of the ball, as they maintained 64 percent of possession.

The home crowd was not impressed when G. Ritter came in from the right, shooting hard to score after 48 minutes. Nieuwkuis were now up 0 - 3. Some fine movement on the left led to a Nieuwkuis goal after 53 minutes, making it 0 - 4. A. Pinhal was noted down as the scorer. With 60 minutes played, Nieuwkuis put themselves up 0 - 5 after an attack from the right, caused by a defensive blunder. The scorer was O. Svantesson. By now, the players in Nieuwkuis felt that victory was guaranteed and began to play it safe, focusing on defence and not risking too much going forward. 80 minutes into the match, the visitors put themselves ahead 0 - 6 as R. Cambon finished off an attack from the left with a spectacular scissors kick. Possession in this half belonged to Nieuwkuis, who controlled the ball 65 percent of the time.

ratatoulle's best player was K. Tálosi. D. Jaspers turned in a dismal performance, however. The most dominating Nieuwkuis player was without a doubt H. Ehrhardt. R. Arze was a disappointment, however. The match ends 0 - 6.