Heavens 4 - 0 Superiors (390461563)

Clouds darkened the skies at Heaven as 4592 spectators turned up for the match. Humberto Miranda Galeano was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Bastian Kienast and Stéphane Croix. A 3-5-2 alignment was the formation of choice for Heavens. Starters: Folini - Santegoeds, Knuth, Hamer - Pierelli, Azevedo Nunes, Blomgreen, Dubas, Hamerlinck - Hérent, Woudstra.

Superiors tactics involved an interesting 4-3-3 combination. Lineup: Pamppunen - Boomkamp, Oost, Heijne, van Meenen - Leeuwerik, Bouwkamp, Huizen - Berner, Abid, Berlijn.

Superiors were relying on their ability to counter-attack. After a fine move down the middle A. Pierelli nearly gave the home side a goal after 5 minutes. However the finishing shot went just wide. After 6 minutes, the defensive line of Superiors created a counterattack through the middle that gave K. Berlijn a good look at the goal, but his shot glanced harmlessly off the crossbar. Heavens took the lead after 15 minutes as a result of S. Santegoeds's peach of a shot from the right hand side of the box - placed beautifully in the top corner. 1 - 0. Superiors's Y. Berner got himself booked for a foul. 27 minutes into the match, the visitors' central line of defence had to look on as F. Hérent broke through, making the score 2 - 0 for Heavens. Heavens increased the lead as V. Azevedo Nunes struck to make the score 3 - 0 after an attack from the left left him unmarked in front of the keeper. The opposing supporters gave the referee an earful when he only gave D. Dubas from Heavens a yellow card after a mistimed challenge from behind 37 minutes into the game. That was far too lenient! A great save by keeper E. Pamppunen after 38 minutes kept the visitors in the game after V. Azevedo Nunes struck from the left with a real cannonball. 3 - 0 was the score after the first half. Possession in this half belonged to Heavens, who controlled the ball 68 percent of the time.

After 47 minutes, the away team failed to deal with a good exchange of passes on the right, and R. Hamerlinck gave the Heavens supporters even more to cheer about when he increased the lead to 4 - 0. The referee showed Heavens's B. Blomgreen the yellow card after a particularly nasty challenge. After 60 minutes, a couple of quick and successful challenges followed by a shot from just outside the penalty area by B. Blomgreen might have resulted in another goal for Heavens. However, E. Pamppunen made a spectacular save. Superiors had a fair chance to reply after 69 minutes due to some fine moves down the left, but in the end L. van Meenen was slow to keep up with the play and was unable to make it into the penalty box to apply a finish. A. Huizen of Superiors was booked for kicking the ball away after the whistle. D. Dubas could have increased the lead after 75 minutes, but his shot hit the post after a nice combination in the middle of the park. Heavens enjoyed most of the ball, as they maintained 68 percent of possession.

Heavens's top performer was clearly M. Woudstra. V. Azevedo Nunes was a disappointment, however. Superiors's best player was K. Berlijn. E. Pamppunen on the other hand, had a terrible day. The match ends 4 - 0.