Eemnes 7 - 0 ooskappel (390277941)

25616 punters turned up at Sportpark Eemnes, and despite threatening clouds on the horizon, no rain came. Vagn Larsen was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Brian Abel and Niels Ebbe Povlsen. Eemnes tactics involved an interesting 3-4-3 combination. Lineup: Spruijt - Gálvez, Jagtmans, Văn Tài - Delius, Alexander, Handgraaf, Polini - Malone, Barreveld, Pezzini.

A 3-5-2 alignment was the formation of choice for ooskappel. The following players had been chosen: Wiertlewski - Aimetti, Baatje, Bäumle - te Riele, Catabriga, Prodinger, Vilaseca, Pasman - Iacono, Gyepes.

Eemnes's A. Polini had a good first touch on the flank, but was crowded and, after a change of plan, sent the ball to G. Pezzini who somehow managed to curl the ball wide. A. Malone gave Eemnes the lead as he successfully challenged the guests' central defenders, then slotted the ball into the bottom corner, giving the keeper no chance. 1 - 0 Eemnes managed to extend their lead to 2 - 0 when A. Malone cut in neatly from the left side and struck a fine shot past the away team's goalkeeper. After 36 minutes, the away team failed to deal with a good exchange of passes on the right, and H. Văn Tài gave the Eemnes supporters even more to cheer about when he increased the lead to 3 - 0. A speedy charge from the left side of the field increased the lead of Eemnes to 4 - 0 as Q. Jagtmans finished it off competently, firing in from an acute angle. Confident in their lead, Eemnes's players relaxed and focused more on defending the lead than increasing it. It was 4 - 0 at the break. Eemnes claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 61 percent.

A. Malone could have put Eemnes up one more, but he fired into the side netting after breaking free on the left after 53 minutes. With 57 minutes played, B. te Riele of ooskappel fell dramatically just outside the penalty area. However, the referee was unimpressed, and booked him for diving. Eemnes solidified their lead at the 66 minute mark, as A. Malone dribbled the ball through the opposing central defence and scored to make it 5 - 0. That made three goals for A. Malone and he was marked down for the hat trick. A free kick just outside of the visitors' penalty area after 71 minutes could have resulted in another goal, but D. Wiertlewski got a hand out and tipped the ball over the bar. The score became 6 - 0 at 72 minutes into the game, when Eemnes were given a penalty which A. Polini blasted straight down the middle giving the keeper no chance! Eemnes showed their counterattack skill 76 minutes into the match by breaking through the middle, with Q. Jagtmans scoring uncontested for 7 - 0. Possession in this half belonged to Eemnes, who controlled the ball 61 percent of the time.

Eemnes's top performer was clearly A. Malone. M. Spruijt was a disappointment, however. The most dominating ooskappel player was without a doubt M. Pasman. K. Gyepes on the other hand, had a terrible day. The match ends 7 - 0.