MonsterMagnet 0 - 0 Rijntje (390361170)

15568 fans braved the pouring rain at TAB. Önsal Karakoca was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Oskar Kruszelnicki and Štefan Kašiar. A 5-3-2 alignment was the formation of choice for MonsterMagnet. They fielded: Hassing - Egberink, Hooijberg, Cheshmeh Kaboudi, Gordijn, Mrasek - Polignino, van der Helm, Blokker - Israëls, Slot.

Rijntje decided to use a 4-4-2 set up. Lineup: Pacheco - Brown, Nielsen, Rochette, Maillard - Logsdon, Bächer, Bescond, Pejovés - Koryciak, Cruciani.

MonsterMagnet clearly had decided to counter-attack when they could. 21 minutes of the match played, and a comedy of errors by the home side gave the visitors a chance at the lead, but J. Maillard, after finding himself dashing down on goal from the left with only the keeper to beat, sliced his shot horribly wide. I. Egberink was uncomfortable with the soggy pitch as he couldn't move the ball around with his usual grace. Down the middle came Á. Pejovés, making a fantastic play that nearly had Rijntje take the lead after 34 minutes, but J. Hassing preserved the tie. 0 - 0 was the score after the first half. Rijntje had most of the ball, with 60 percent of possession.

Good work by the MonsterMagnet defensive line after 73 minutes produced a good counterattack chance, which cut elegantly down the middle of the pitch and found I. Egberink alone in front of the goal, but his shot whistled just wide. 75 minutes into the game, Y. Rochette almost gave the visitors the lead, as he clipped a delicate lob over the keeper, but the ball glanced harmlessly off the crossbar. Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by Rijntje, with 58 percent of the ball.

MonsterMagnet's best player was M. Blokker. G. Gordijn on the other hand, had a terrible day. The most dominating Rijntje player was without a doubt G. Cruciani. On the other hand, P. Pacheco's play was disheartening. The match ends 0 - 0.