Atiritiritamba 0 - 5 Groenlospor (390464568)

Due to an all-day shower, 11986 paying spectators got to see a match on a pitch-turned-bog at Atiritiritamba Arena. Gregory Briem was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Romain Bedin and Osmar Bomsdorff. A 4-4-2 alignment was the formation of choice for Atiritiritamba. Lineup: Gelling - Dopper, te Wierik, Verlinde, Oskam - Nijhof, Krijger, de Nies, Goes - Schuttenhelm, Classens.

Groenlospor had chosen a strategic 3-4-3 formation. They fielded: de Melker - Altınel, Otlu, Donís - Ferrugem, van Geilswijk, Aalders, Brandts - Eryılmaz, Moreira, Františák.

Groenlospor focused on getting players in position for long range shots. Groenlospor's S. van Geilswijk gave the visitors a 0 - 1 lead after 2 minutes with a superb strike from the right. With the scoreboard showing that 12 minutes had been played, Groenlospor nearly put themselves up another goal after L. Brandts came through on the left. Fortunately for the home crowd, the keeper made the save. After 15 minutes a combination in the middle resulted in a through ball for İ. Eryılmaz who increased Groenlospor's lead to 0 - 2. The players of Groenlospor now seemed to think the job was done and acted more defensively, just waiting for the ref to blow the final whistle. Some fine movement on the left led to a Groenlospor goal after 18 minutes, making it 0 - 3. İ. Eryılmaz was noted down as the scorer. The home crowd cheered when, after 21 minutes, İ. Eryılmaz's charge up the middle resulted in the keeper making one of his best saves of the day. After 27 minutes Atiritiritamba's G. Goes contracted a slight foot injury, but didn't want to leave the game. It was 0 - 3 at the break. Possession in this half belonged to Groenlospor, who controlled the ball 74 percent of the time.

Groenlospor's L. Brandts made it through the home team's defence on the right hand side 57 minutes into the match. After rounding the keeper, he only had to place the ball in the unguarded goal when a defender slid in and cleared the ball off the line. I. de Nies of Atiritiritamba was booked for kicking the ball away after the whistle. Some beautiful play by Groenlospor set up L. Brandts in a good shooting position after 59 minutes, but N. Gelling made a great save on the low hard shot. A. Nijhof neatly controlled the ball after a short corner, and knocked it on to P. Krijger who had the whole net open before him, but only managed to hit the post. A. Nijhof slipped and slithered in the wet grass. His usual rapid runs were nowhere to be seen today. Á. Moreira of Groenlospor took advantage of a mistake on the home side's right after 82 minutes which increased the away team's lead to 0 - 4. A drive down the left side allowed J. Františák to get in close and score another goal for Groenlospor after 83 minutes, taking the score to 0 - 5. Groenlospor focused on finding shooting opportunities from distance and after 86 minutes L. Brandts fired off the big cannon, but the shot went sailing over the cross bar and into the car park. Groenlospor had most of the ball, with 77 percent of possession.

Atiritiritamba's best player was F. Schuttenhelm. However, N. Gelling made a disastrous appearance. Most important Groenlospor player was İ. Eryılmaz. On the other hand, M. de Melker's play was disheartening. The match ends 0 - 5.