olst 2 - 3 haaksbergse (390623869)

7799 spectators had come to fc van olst Arena this cloudy day. Eran Maman was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Taumaturgo Pereira Jr. and Manuel Sorarrain. A 4-4-2 alignment was the formation of choice for olst. Starters: Jagerman - Hartmans, Rijvers, Sluiters, de Borst - van Hessen, Oppenheim, van Doorn, Weemhoff - Finkers, Maduro.

haaksbergse decided to use a 4-4-2 set up. They fielded: Grafhorst - Heide, Grave, van der Stap, Brekveld - Woestenenk, Coens, Koolhof, Bokelaar - Oldenziel, Eshuys.

G. Bokelaar came close to putting the visiting team one up 4 minutes into the match, following a solo raid down the middle, but J. Jagerman managed to tip the ball to a corner. olst had a chance to take the lead after I. Sluiters's dazzling drive up the left, but the opportunity fizzled out as his shot went just over the bar after 8 minutes. haaksbergse's defence sent a ball soaring up the middle on a beautiful counterattack with 9 minutes gone, but T. van der Stap's finish was met by the reaching hands of the keeper. After 22 minutes of play, I. Sluiters gave the home team a 1 - 0 lead after an attack coming in from the right. After several obvious shirt pulling incidents, J. Eshuys got himself booked. The manager of haaksbergse was not happy. 24 minutes into the match the visitors levelled the score at 1 - 1 as M. Oldenziel struck home from a rebound off the crossbar, following a shot from the right. C. Heide gave the visitors the lead 26 minutes into the match to make it 1 - 2. The goal was scored from the penalty spot after a handball in the penalty area. It was 1 - 2 at the break. haaksbergse claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 52 percent.

After 54 minutes a combination in the middle resulted in a through ball for M. Oldenziel who increased haaksbergse's lead to 1 - 3. The referee showed olst's W. Oppenheim the yellow card after a particularly nasty challenge. olst's H. Finkers found himself alone on the left side 79 minutes into the match and laid down a perfect shot - right into the arms of the keeper! H. Coens of haaksbergse was booked for kicking the ball away after the whistle. olst supporters cheered as good work down the right got the ball to I. Sluiters who reduced the visitors' lead after 86 minutes to 2 - 3. haaksbergse enjoyed most of the ball, as they maintained 53 percent of possession.

Most important olst player was G. Maduro. On the other hand, S. Rijvers's play was disheartening. haaksbergse's top performer was clearly G. Grave. S. Grafhorst on the other hand, had a terrible day. The match ends 2 - 3.