hintham 2 - 4 dakonderdebal (390282805)

The 28227 fans in attendance at De Kuip were roasting in the hot sun. Carl Mårtensson was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Per Åhén and Virginio Flores. The derby had been the talk of Noord-Brabant all week and fans of both teams could be seen throughout the stadium. hintham had chosen a strategic 3-5-2 formation. The following players had been chosen: Kadastik - Auroy, Jevrić, Ebels - Juuso, Schoeman, Lamon, Joosen, Karanović - Hamrah, Sárközi.

dakonderdebal started off with a 4-4-2 lineup. Starters: Hermansen - Arıçel, Camilli, Yuva, Fava - Santman, Martorell, Popa, Ljubics - Sival, Portugal.

hintham decided to play creatively. It was a hot and sunny day, and several players seemed worn out. Maybe this was why E. Sival found an unusual amount of space for his snappy footwork. With 31 minutes played, the home side managed to get a 1 - 0 lead as A. Sárközi flipped the ball in after a cross from the right. 36 minutes into the game, hintham seemed to suffer a certain amount of confusion and they fell to a solid level of organisation. dakonderdebal bypassed the midfield with their counterattack, leading to a free kick goal by M. Camilli for 1 - 1. After 40 minutes, dakonderdebal put themselves up 1 - 2, as D. Fava finished off a strike from the left with a real cannonball of a shot. V. Ebels missed a penalty after 41 minutes that would have put the teams level. The teams went for the halftime break at 1 - 2. hintham claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 54 percent.

A review of the gameplan helped hintham get back to a solid organisation when the referee blew his whistle again. The crowd chanted their encouragement as hintham's A. Sárközi came in from the right after 52 minutes and put the ball in the net to level the score at 2 - 2. After 55 minutes, there was a bit of a mixup on the field as hintham found themselves out of position and their organisation level dropped to solid. 57 minutes had elapsed when a great chance for hintham to take the lead after a good cross from the right found A. Sárközi alone with the keeper, but he chipped it to the wrong side of the post. The guests took the lead 61 minutes into the match, after a right-side attack resulted in M. Santman scoring to make it 2 - 3. The opposing supporters gave the referee an earful when he only gave S. Arıçel from dakonderdebal a yellow card after a mistimed challenge from behind 65 minutes into the game. That was far too lenient! 76 minutes into the game, hintham had difficulty finding their positions and their organisation dropped to inadequate. R. Martorell of dakonderdebal took advantage of a mistake on the home side's right after 77 minutes which increased the away team's lead to 2 - 4. hintham enjoyed most of the ball, as they maintained 52 percent of possession.

B. Hamrah performed admirably for hintham. D. Jevrić on the other hand, had a terrible day. dakonderdebal's best player was E. Sival. However, S. Arıçel made a disastrous appearance. The match ends 2 - 4.