eenheid 0 - 5 Eindhoven (390623872)

It had rained all day, but 5075 hardy fans still made it out to fc de groene eenheid Arena. Janne Sadeharju was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Peter Leijonen and Taisto Schwartz. eenheid had chosen a strategic 4-4-2 formation. The following players took the field: Heerink - Lof, van den Ham, Wilstra, Rutgers - Petersen, Valkema, de Meijer, Stips - Sonius, Bodelier.

Eindhoven decided to use a 4-4-2 set up. Lineup: van der Linde - van Delden, van Dasler, Vossaert, Pen - Eiermann, Bergboer, Nelisse, Makkinga - Pieneman, Wijkstra.

G. van Dasler was uncomfortable with the soggy pitch as he couldn't move the ball around with his usual grace. eenheid had a good opportunity to take the lead as J. Bodelier came up the left side, but he struck the ball weakly and it went straight into the arms of C. van der Linde. The teams went for the halftime break at 0 - 0. eenheid had most of the ball, with 54 percent of possession.

G. Makkinga didn't let the weather get him down and made some great moves on the pitch in spite of the rain. Eindhoven's R. Vossaert managed to lose the defenders as he advanced down the right wing and scored, putting the visitors ahead after 75 minutes. 0 - 1. With 79 minutes played, a quick exchange of passes on the left wing freed H. Pen of Eindhoven to slip through the defence and score another goal for the visitors. That made the score 0 - 2. With 83 minutes played, Eindhoven put themselves up 0 - 3 after an attack from the right, caused by a defensive blunder. The scorer was M. Pieneman. The opposing supporters gave the referee an earful when he only gave E. Valkema from eenheid a yellow card after a mistimed challenge from behind 84 minutes into the game. That was far too lenient! M. Pieneman of Eindhoven had to be helped off the pitch as an injury meant he was unable to finish the game. S. Beenakker came in to finish the match. Having been awarded a free kick in an awkward position after 86 minutes, Eindhoven did not go for a shot but instead fired the ball hard into the 6 yard box. After a brief tussle with his marker, N. Nelisse was able to power the ball past the keeper to make the score 0 - 4. After this, you could see that the players of Eindhoven were more interested in killing time than scoring more goals. Eindhoven's K. Wijkstra was shown a yellow card after 88 minutes for slicing down an opponent. W. Wilstra's knee will be throbbing for days, but thankfully for eenheid, he bravely continued in the match. Eindhoven increased their lead after 89 minutes when M. Bergboer broke through on the right, upping the score to 0 - 5, much to the home crowd's dismay. Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by Eindhoven, with 54 percent of the ball.

eenheid's best player was J. Bodelier. W. Wilstra turned in a dismal performance, however. The most dominating Eindhoven player was without a doubt S. Beenakker. However, C. van der Linde made a disastrous appearance. The match ends 0 - 5.