DVG 5 - 3 Chaos (390241841)

Overcast weather free of rain made for a crowd turnout of 66339 at het nest today. Andrzej Myslak was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Niko Visala and Christophe Mora. DVG started off with a 3-5-2 lineup. They fielded: van Amsterdam - Barloo, Kramers, van der Marel - Sanders, Enzing, Kolk, Hilboezen, Marruocco - Komatsu, Lust.

Chaos tactics involved an interesting 3-5-2 combination. The following players had been chosen: van Essen - van Etten, Walschap, Akyüzlü - Kalkman, Cals, Snoeij, Sjouwerman, Graaff - Kusters, Wolfs.

Chaos's B. Cals gave the visitors a 0 - 1 lead after 12 minutes with a superb strike from the right. With a shot curled in from just outside the middle of the penalty area after 26 minutes played, M. Sanders of DVG made the score 1 - 1. The guests took the lead 30 minutes into the match, after a right-side attack resulted in L. Sjouwerman scoring to make it 1 - 2. Chaos's B. Kalkman had to watch the rest of the game from the sidelines, after twisting his ankle with 33 minutes having been played. A. Mons was the replacement. It was 1 - 2 at the break. DVG claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 61 percent.

DVG's E. Marruocco put his head to a well placed ball, lifted in from the left, and scored to make the score 2 - 2 with 51 minutes showing on the scoreboard clock. After a fine move down the middle R. Kolk nearly gave the home side a goal after 53 minutes. However the finishing shot went just wide. H. Wolfs had a good opportunity to give Chaos the lead as he charged down the right and struck the ball towards the top corner, but the home team's goalkeeper made the save. A. van der Marel finished off the counterattack of DVG from the left rather easily, making the score 3 - 2. With 69 minutes played, DVG put themselves up 4 - 2 when the visiting defenders lost the ball to M. Sanders, who came up from the left and proceeded to coolly round the keeper and knock the ball home. A speedy charge from the left side of the field increased the lead of DVG to 5 - 2 as E. Marruocco finished it off competently, firing in from an acute angle. The players of DVG now seemed to think the job was done and acted more defensively, just waiting for the ref to blow the final whistle. The visitors replied 79 minutes into the game, reducing the home side's lead to 5 - 3, as H. Snoeij dashed up the middle, easily lobbing the ball over the home team's keeper. Possession in this half belonged to DVG, who controlled the ball 61 percent of the time.

DVG's top performer was clearly K. Komatsu. On the other hand, E. Marruocco's play was disheartening. Chaos's best player was T. Kusters. A. Mons on the other hand, had a terrible day. The match ends 5 - 3.