Tonnen 8 - 0 poenies (390385827)

It had rained all day, but 5791 hardy fans still made it out to Big Apple. Juan Hellal was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Darwin Shell and Olivier Audren. Tonnen started off with a 4-4-2 lineup. They fielded: Zawiszewski - Rain, Duursma, Palácios, Grigorov - de Liefde, Batista, González, Valcher - Kaker, Briatico Vangosa.

poenies tactics involved an interesting 4-4-2 combination. The following players took the field: Wijffels - van Osnabrugge, Vermeij, Egas, Stokvis - van Sonnen, Talen Alarcón, Lucius, Beerlings - Gelling, Morel.

Tonnen tried to focus their attacks down the middle. I. van Sonnen, who often relies on his speed, had a rotten day on the drenched grass. Tonnen took the lead after 15 minutes as a result of W. Duursma's peach of a shot from the right hand side of the box - placed beautifully in the top corner. 1 - 0. F. Egas had a hard time on the waterlogged pitch - his trademark technique was nowhere in sight today. There was concern in the stands when, at the 38 minute mark, poenies's F. Egas hit the ground hard, but he refused the attention of the trainer and rejoined his teammates on the pitch. Tonnen managed to extend their lead to 2 - 0 when G. Grigorov cut in neatly from the left side and struck a fine shot past the away team's goalkeeper. The players of Tonnen now seemed to think the job was done and acted more defensively, just waiting for the ref to blow the final whistle. W. Duursma didn't let the weather get him down and made some great moves on the pitch in spite of the rain. It was obvious that team Tonnen had instructions to attack in the middle instead of on the wings. 42 minutes into the match, the visitors' central line of defence had to look on as V. Briatico Vangosa broke through, making the score 3 - 0 for Tonnen. After 42 minutes, M. Valcher put Tonnen ahead 4 - 0 when he rose to head in a cross from the right wing. The teams went for the halftime break at 4 - 0. Tonnen had most of the ball, with 76 percent of possession.

As the match clock hit 59 minutes, Tonnen regrouped to try and keep their initiative in the game. H. Batista high-fived M. Valcher as they swapped positions on the team. The Tonnen players could smell victory in the air. M. Valcher wasn't in a hurry to leave the field as he was substituted for K. Stoyanov after 60 minutes. Tonnen players heard their coach's words ringing in their ears and steered their wing attacks to the middle instead. N. de Liefde could have increased the lead after 70 minutes, but his shot hit the post after a nice combination in the middle of the park. poenies's K. Morel got himself booked for a foul. With 80 minutes played, Tonnen put themselves up 5 - 0 when the visiting defenders lost the ball to E. Kaker, who came up from the left and proceeded to coolly round the keeper and knock the ball home. Tonnen were determined to attack in the middle, even their wing attacks ended up centrally. Tonnen solidified their lead at the 84 minute mark, as E. Kaker dribbled the ball through the opposing central defence and scored to make it 6 - 0. G. Grigorov of Tonnen was booked for kicking the ball away after the whistle. Cheers filled the stadium as N. de Liefde broke through the visitors' central defence to put away the ball to increase the lead to 7 - 0 to Tonnen. E. Kaker increased Tonnen's lead to 8 - 0 with a penalty spot cannonball. That made three goals for E. Kaker and he was marked down for the hat trick. Possession in this half belonged to Tonnen, who controlled the ball 80 percent of the time.

Most important Tonnen player was H. González. C. Zawiszewski on the other hand, had a terrible day. poenies's best player was G. van Osnabrugge. D. Wijffels was a disappointment, however. The match ends 8 - 0.