Cruel 10 - 0 Schapenrust (390372433)

Dark skies made the crowd of 20848 at De Meer a little nervous, but the rain held off. Tomasz Sobiczewski was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Augustus Huijsman and Wouter Bruggemann. Cruel tactics involved an interesting 3-5-2 combination. They fielded: Mellino - Říha, Pompeo, Telese - Talmor, Vangsgaard, Hole, Winsch, Enache - Geusendam, van de Arend.

Schapenrust decided to use a 4-4-2 set up. Lineup: Heertje - Lusink, Plug, Stolwijk, Boudrie - Konings, Röling, Fransman, Hanemaaijer - van de Westelaken, Diederiks.

Today, Cruel's strategy involved concentrating on the flanks for their attacks. 8 minutes into the match and the home team took a 1 - 0 lead after breaking through on the left. The scorer for Cruel was I. Enache. The referee showed Cruel's A. Geusendam the yellow card after a particularly nasty challenge. 20 minutes into the game, Schapenrust seemed a little tentative in their play as their organization fell to wretched. Some things can only be learned through experience, and T. Vangsgaard should take his lesson to heart after nearly gifting Schapenrust a goal with 26 minutes of the match played. Things were deteriorating for the away team as Cruel scored another to make it 2 - 0 after a left side attack resulted in a goal for R. Winsch after 29 minutes. With 32 minutes played, Cruel's well-worked indirect free kick caused havoc in the penalty area, and when the ball eventually fell to E. Pompeo he gleefully slotted the ball home to make it 3 - 0. Confident in their lead, Cruel's players relaxed and focused more on defending the lead than increasing it. Attacking on the wings was the choice for Cruel, and they were successfully passing the ball from the middle to the wings to attack. Cruel increased the lead as A. Geusendam struck to make the score 4 - 0 after an attack from the left left him unmarked in front of the keeper. Cruel had to make a substitution after 36 minutes. T. Vangsgaard limped off the field and was replaced by M. Buitenkant. Cruel had a good opportunity to attack in the middle, but remembered their instructions to focus on wing attacks instead. Cruel managed to extend their lead to 5 - 0 when E. Telese cut in neatly from the left side and struck a fine shot past the away team's goalkeeper. The teams went for the halftime break at 5 - 0. Cruel enjoyed most of the ball, as they maintained 91 percent of possession.

The coach gave his players an extra tactical briefing during the break, and after that Schapenrust had inadequate organisation. With 47 minutes played, Cruel put themselves up 6 - 0 when the visiting defenders lost the ball to A. Geusendam, who came up from the left and proceeded to coolly round the keeper and knock the ball home. 65 minutes into the game, Schapenrust seemed to suffer a certain amount of confusion and they fell to a inadequate level of organisation. C. van de Arend increased Cruel's lead to 7 - 0 with a penalty spot cannonball. After several obvious shirt pulling incidents, H. Hanemaaijer got himself booked. The manager of Schapenrust was not happy. Cruel put themselves up 8 - 0 when R. Winsch broke through on the right, leaving the entire defence trailing in his wake. Cruel solidified their lead at the 88 minute mark, as C. van de Arend dribbled the ball through the opposing central defence and scored to make it 9 - 0. E. Telese increased the lead for Cruel to 10 - 0, getting a head onto a hooked ball from the right. The ball looked to have taken a deflection on the way in, but he's claiming it! Cruel had most of the ball, with 90 percent of possession.

S. Hole performed admirably for Cruel. R. Winsch was a disappointment, however. Schapenrust's top performer was clearly A. Konings. H. Heertje turned in a dismal performance, however. The match ends 10 - 0.