reberton 3 - 2 Emmen (390241709)

69022 punters turned up at Stef's kamertje, and despite threatening clouds on the horizon, no rain came. Merlijn Coulen was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Nicolas Mauntler and Ulrich Brunnenmaier. reberton tactics involved an interesting 4-5-1 combination. Lineup: Hajdu - Eltink, Moylan, 達日 (Dari) , Sarri - Beutelrock, Duijker, Kjeldberg, Baardman, Thomas - Moncayo.

A 3-5-2 alignment was the formation of choice for Emmen. They fielded: Chiloudakis - Simonin, Jartos, Buet - Oskarsson, Niinikorpi, van der Pouw Kraan, Duyvelshof, Răducanu - van Kuppeveld, Hassert.

Emmen saw most attack opportunities on the wings. A badly positioned defensive formation on a free kick after 9 minutes led to Emmen's J. Buet giving the visitors the lead 0 - 1. Emmen's P. Jartos got himself booked for a foul. Due to some great work on the right wing reberton's M. Thomas was able to even the score after 24 minutes to make the score 1 - 1. After 33 minutes of play, the free-spirited N. Beutelrock decided to go for goal as he struck the ball from the corner of the pitch. The ball hit a defender in the face and bounced out of play. Emmen's J. Buet was shown a yellow card after 36 minutes for slicing down an opponent. It was 1 - 1 at the break. This part of the game was a standoff between the teams in terms of possession.

L. Baardman caused the crowd to go mental with his goal up the middle after 57 minutes. This gave reberton the 2 - 1 lead. After 60 minutes, Emmen used a short break in the game to take new instructions from their coach. 61 minutes in, Emmen's R. van der Pouw Kraan received a yellow card for going into a challenge studs first. N. Beutelrock had a fantastic opportunity to put reberton up another goal 64 minutes into the match, but he fired just over the crossbar. After 70 minutes, Emmen switched J. Buet with A. de Gooijer, hoping for a quick impact on the pitch. C. Oskarsson was the new captain of Emmen - handed the armband by the departing player. With 74 minutes gone, reberton had a free kick in a decent position. Despite this being a great chance for a shot, they tried a cheeky move intended to bypass the defence. However, A. Moncayo did not manage to connect with it cleanly and the ball went out. A lovely run by Emmen's G. Răducanu left his markers for dead and should have resulted in a goal, but the finish went just wide. reberton increased the lead as T. Eltink struck to make the score 3 - 1 after an attack from the left left him unmarked in front of the keeper. 81 minutes into the match, Emmen replied and reduced the lead to 3 - 2. H. Hassert scored on a marvellous cross pass coming in from the left. Possession in this half belonged to reberton, who controlled the ball 52 percent of the time.

Most important reberton player was A. Moncayo. However, F. Sarri made a disastrous appearance. Emmen's best player was A. de Gooijer. On the other hand, P. Jartos's play was disheartening. The match ends 3 - 2.