Zwolle 10 - 0 Adjappa (390380116)

11970 spectators arrived at 't zwollse arena, where weather conditions were pretty good for football. Mats Davidsson was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Gaetano Piovani and Robbert Tuitert. Zwolle had chosen a strategic 3-5-2 formation. They fielded: Kasper - Kivi, Langevin, Waas - Saavedra, Calasanz, Westendorp, van Vlaanderen, Piendibene - Avnskjold, Abu-Kaleel.

Adjappa started off with a 4-4-2 lineup. Starters: Morriën - van Coevorden, van Gelderen, Stevenhagen, Stork - van der Bijl, Branten, Stuur, Hensen - Halkema, van Wijngaarden.

Zwolle mostly ignored the flanks in favour of their ability to attack in the middle. M. Westendorp gave Zwolle 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 Cheers filled the stadium as F. Piendibene broke through the visitors' central defence to put away the ball to increase the lead to 2 - 0 to Zwolle. The referee showed Adjappa's M. van der Bijl the yellow card after a particularly nasty challenge. The opposing supporters gave the referee an earful when he only gave S. Langevin from Zwolle a yellow card after a mistimed challenge from behind 34 minutes into the game. That was far too lenient! Zwolle solidified their lead at the 35 minute mark, as I. Abu-Kaleel dribbled the ball through the opposing central defence and scored to make it 3 - 0. The players of Zwolle now seemed to think the job was done and acted more defensively, just waiting for the ref to blow the final whistle. Things were going to get worse for the visitors. I. Abu-Kaleel squirmed through their central defence after 36 minutes, increasing the lead to 4 - 0. Zwolle increased the lead as F. Piendibene struck to make the score 5 - 0 after an attack from the left left him unmarked in front of the keeper. The teams went for the halftime break at 5 - 0. Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by Zwolle, with 85 percent of the ball.

A magnificent combination in the middle resulted in Zwolle's W. van Vlaanderen increasing the lead to 6 - 0. After 63 minutes, the away team failed to deal with a good exchange of passes on the right, and L. Kivi gave the Zwolle supporters even more to cheer about when he increased the lead to 7 - 0. Things were going to get worse for the visitors. M. Saavedra squirmed through their central defence after 67 minutes, increasing the lead to 8 - 0. Zwolle had a good opportunity to attack on the wing, but remembered their instructions to go for middle attacks. 72 minutes into the match, the visitors' central line of defence had to look on as L. Kivi broke through, making the score 9 - 0 for Zwolle. 82 minutes in, Adjappa's F. Halkema received a yellow card for going into a challenge studs first. 83 minutes into the match, the visitors' central line of defence had to look on as S. Langevin broke through, making the score 10 - 0 for Zwolle. Possession in this half belonged to Zwolle, who controlled the ball 87 percent of the time.

Zwolle's best player was L. Kivi. However, J. Calasanz made a disastrous appearance. Most important Adjappa player was S. Hensen. F. Stuur turned in a dismal performance, however. The match ends 10 - 0.