KSR 4 - 0 veenendaal (390314162)

Overcast weather free of rain made for a crowd turnout of 44329 at E-sports Dome today. Roland Robinsson was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Serban Plãticã and Manfred Wimmer. KSR had chosen a strategic 5-3-2 formation. Starters: Sikkes - Anninga, Sobieraj, van Lochem, van Kemenade, Risum - Kim, Hauer, Kaulėnas - Alves, Pintea.

veenendaal tactics involved an interesting 3-5-2 combination. Lineup: Combes - Reynoso, Traçado, Sutter-Ertl - Prelazzi, Chodkiewicz, Derdák, Asara, Burdak - Spangen, Henriksson.

KSR clearly had decided to counter-attack when they could. D. Risum finished off the counterattack of KSR from the left rather easily, making the score 1 - 0. After 14 minutes, K. van Lochem sent the corner kick right to D. Risum who headed it sharply past the keeper. 2 - 0! 18 minutes into the match, K. van Lochem could have extended the lead, but his powerful free kick went just over the bar. 23 minutes in, veenendaal's C. Prelazzi received a yellow card for going into a challenge studs first. In a fantastic display of determination, KSR's K. Kaulėnas forced himself to his feet, after an opponent viciously knocked him down. veenendaal's M. Sutter-Ertl was shown a yellow card for standing over the ball and blocking an opponent's quick free kick after 28 minutes. KSR had to make a substitution after 29 minutes. A. Sikkes limped off the field and was replaced by T. Dehne. P. Hauer was handed the KSR captain's armband. Things were going to get worse for the visitors. F. Alves squirmed through their central defence after 30 minutes, increasing the lead to 3 - 0. KSR were great at switching from defence to attack, and after 39 minutes, P. Hauer swept through the middle on a counterattack, making the score 4 - 0. By now, the players in KSR felt that victory was guaranteed and began to play it safe, focusing on defence and not risking too much going forward. It was 4 - 0 at the break. Possession in this half belonged to veenendaal, who controlled the ball 59 percent of the time.

53 minutes into the game, P. Derdák had to leave the pitch due to a knee injury. In came B. Dascoli. The opposing supporters gave the referee an earful when he only gave M. Spangen from veenendaal a yellow card after a mistimed challenge from behind 59 minutes into the game. That was far too lenient! Unfortunately for KSR, M. van Kemenade was injured when the game became more physical, and he had to leave the field. L. Walerowski replaced him. Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by veenendaal, with 56 percent of the ball.

The most dominating KSR player was without a doubt F. Alves. T. Dehne on the other hand, had a terrible day. veenendaal's top performer was clearly C. Asara. However, A. Reynoso made a disastrous appearance. The match ends 4 - 0.