rotterdam 9 - 0 Macaronis (390479986)

Clear skies welcomed the 28410 spectators who had made their way to het kasteel 1888. Stefan Pettersson was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Ture Gregersen and Dirk Piechot. rotterdam decided to use a 4-4-2 set up. The following players took the field: Boertien - van Alkemade, Frizzera, Gruber-Veit, Cornaglia - Bennes, Castañer, Rupar, Łechtański - Nosowicz, Dam.

Macaronis started off with a 4-4-2 lineup. Lineup: Kleistra - Koenderink, Eusweg, Galjaart, Beekenkamp - van der Spek, Abid, Hensen, Cerfontaine - Franck, Esch.

The wings were the focus of most of rotterdam's attacks today. After some beautiful movement down the left wing, R. van Alkemade scored for rotterdam putting them ahead 1 - 0, after 19 minutes. Things were going to get worse for the visitors. V. Dam squirmed through their central defence after 25 minutes, increasing the lead to 2 - 0. rotterdam's V. Dam had to watch the rest of the game from the sidelines, after twisting his ankle with 37 minutes having been played. M. van Raamsdonck was the replacement. 39 minutes into the game, Macaronis seemed to suffer a certain amount of confusion and they fell to a solid level of organisation. rotterdam managed to extend their lead to 3 - 0 when M. Rupar cut in neatly from the left side and struck a fine shot past the away team's goalkeeper. Players in rotterdam heard their coach's words ringing in their ears and steered their central attacks to the wings instead. After 41 minutes, I. Łechtański put rotterdam ahead 4 - 0 when he rose to head in a cross from the right wing. After 42 minutes, there was a bit of a mixup on the field as Macaronis found themselves out of position and their organisation level dropped to inadequate. A well-executed free kick by P. Castañer after 43 minutes made it 5 - 0 for rotterdam. After this, you could see that the players of rotterdam were more interested in killing time than scoring more goals. 44 minutes into the game, Macaronis had difficulty finding their positions and their organisation dropped to weak. The teams went for the halftime break at 5 - 0. rotterdam enjoyed most of the ball, as they maintained 87 percent of possession.

Despite his frustration resulting in the smashing of a few teacups, the coach of Macaronis was able to get his message across, and raised Macaronis's organisation to passable. After 47 minutes, rotterdam's P. Castañer found the back of the goal with a beautiful free kick. 6 - 0. 59 minutes into the game, Macaronis seemed a little tentative in their play as their organization fell to weak. The coach of rotterdam was happy with the game so far, but still wanted to change the line up. After 60 minutes, X. Comadira came on for M. Rupar. Content with how the game was proceeding, the rotterdam coach let B. Abbema replace I. Łechtański after 60 minutes. 62 minutes into the match, the visitors' central line of defence had to look on as B. Nosowicz broke through, making the score 7 - 0 for rotterdam. N. Bennes had a fantastic opportunity to put rotterdam up another goal 63 minutes into the match, but he fired just over the crossbar. After 78 minutes Macaronis's A. Abid had to be carried off on a stretcher in agony. D. van Houwelingen came in to replace him. Cheers filled the stadium as B. Nosowicz broke through the visitors' central defence to put away the ball to increase the lead to 8 - 0 to rotterdam. rotterdam solidified their lead at the 81 minute mark, as M. van Raamsdonck dribbled the ball through the opposing central defence and scored to make it 9 - 0. rotterdam claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 89 percent.

Most important rotterdam player was N. Bennes. However, R. Boertien made a disastrous appearance. W. Eusweg performed admirably for Macaronis. I. Kleistra turned in a dismal performance, however. The match ends 9 - 0.