Zeebonk 0 - 9 MU_Ryan (390428614)

Overcast weather free of rain made for a crowd turnout of 10834 at Pirate city today. Pieter Schøler was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Manuel Vázquez and Dietmar Koker. Zeebonk had chosen a strategic 4-4-2 formation. They fielded: Erşan - Veurink, Droogstoppel, Luksch, Hals - van Goor, Broekhuizen, van der Berg, van Mourik - Berkhout, Groeneweg.

MU_Ryan decided to use a 2-5-3 set up. Starters: Benjamin - Baetsen, Cuyp - Berends, Stauffer, Di Ronza, van Schalen, Požárek - Sisandes, Schwerke, Eckelmann.

MU_Ryan's J. Stauffer managed to lose the defenders as he advanced down the right wing and scored, putting the visitors ahead after 10 minutes. 0 - 1. V. Di Ronza received a delicate pass through the home side's central defence after 14 minutes, and chipped it past the flailing keeper to score making it 0 - 2. The MU_Ryan fans went wild, whilst the home fans started to think about leaving early. With 26 minutes played, a quick exchange of passes on the left wing freed J. Sisandes of MU_Ryan to slip through the defence and score another goal for the visitors. That made the score 0 - 3. The visitors' J. Stauffer took advantage of a misunderstanding between the home side's goalie and centre backs 34 minutes into the match. 0 - 4 for MU_Ryan. At this point, it was obvious that the players of MU_Ryan lowered the tempo and became more defensively oriented. After several obvious shirt pulling incidents, J. Cuyp got himself booked. The manager of MU_Ryan was not happy. 0 - 4 was the halftime score. MU_Ryan enjoyed most of the ball, as they maintained 76 percent of possession.

The corner kick from D. Požárek was powerfully met by the head of F. Eckelmann to make the score 0 - 5. 71 minutes into the match, M. Schwerke came through the middle and almost added to his team's lead, but the shot went wide. MU_Ryan's D. Požárek got himself booked for a foul. After 76 minutes, MU_Ryan's F. Eckelmann burst through the central defence and let loose a cannonball of a shot, scoring for 0 - 6. The visitors almost increased their lead after 80 minutes when a sweetly hit free kick looked like it was heading for the top corner. However the keeper managed to get a fingertip to it, sending it over the bar. With 81 minutes played, the excellent ball from the wing by MU_Ryan's K. Berends reached F. Eckelmann's head, and he is not one to miss such an opportunity - 0 - 7. That made three goals for F. Eckelmann and he was marked down for the hat trick. MU_Ryan increased their lead after 82 minutes when D. Požárek broke through on the right, upping the score to 0 - 8, much to the home crowd's dismay. After 84 minutes, MU_Ryan sent a free kick in high over the penalty box. In what looked like a well-rehearsed move, the ball was headed backwards and reached F. Eckelmann, who had plenty of space to place a well aimed shot - 0 - 9. Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by MU_Ryan, with 79 percent of the ball.

I. van der Berg performed admirably for Zeebonk. On the other hand, F. Droogstoppel's play was disheartening. MU_Ryan's top performer was clearly F. Eckelmann. However, A. Benjamin made a disastrous appearance. The match ends 0 - 9.