Flevoland 4 - 1 forces (390745313)

Overcast weather free of rain made for a crowd turnout of 7000 at Flevoland Stadion today. Senna van den Berge was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Cornelus de With and Gerónimo Nafarroa Lopez. Flevoland decided to use a 4-4-2 set up. The following players took the field: Drost - Blokzijl, Guijt, Brandt, van Solkema - Rietveld, Bens, de Maar, Konijnenbelt - Dasberg, Lap.

forces tactics involved an interesting 4-4-2 combination. Lineup: de Grande - Silvius, Bredero, Oudman, Koorevaar - Hoddenbach, Zillissen, van Ginneken, Tideman - Olijslager, Wijnen.

J. Brandt of Flevoland was booked for kicking the ball away after the whistle. The counterattacks of Flevoland were deadly and 28 minutes into the game, E. Rietveld received a nice pass from the right flank, making it 1 - 0. A free kick just outside of the visitors' penalty area after 33 minutes could have resulted in another goal, but A. de Grande got a hand out and tipped the ball over the bar. It was almost a goal for Flevoland following H. de Maar's good header after a corner, it went just over the bar though. After 39 minutes forces's A. de Grande contracted a slight foot injury, but didn't want to leave the game. E. Rietveld had a fantastic opportunity to put Flevoland up another goal 40 minutes into the match, but he fired just over the crossbar. 43 minutes in, forces's J. Oudman received a yellow card for going into a challenge studs first. With 43 minutes played, seemingly due to lack of experience, J. van Ginneken needlessly tripped an opponent just outside the penalty area, but the free kick that followed didn't succeed. It was 1 - 0 at the break. Flevoland had most of the ball, with 62 percent of possession.

Things were deteriorating for the away team as Flevoland scored another to make it 2 - 0 after a left side attack resulted in a goal for F. Konijnenbelt after 48 minutes. Confident in their lead, Flevoland's players relaxed and focused more on defending the lead than increasing it. A corner kick created great disorder in the penalty area with a goal nearly scored by S. Wijnen. At last, forces's J. Oudman was able to backheel the ball in. 2 - 1. K. van Solkema increased the lead for Flevoland to 3 - 1, getting a head onto a hooked ball from the right. The ball looked to have taken a deflection on the way in, but he's claiming it! A. Dasberg could have put Flevoland up one more, but he fired into the side netting after breaking free on the left after 78 minutes. With 79 minutes played, Flevoland put themselves up 4 - 1 when the visiting defenders lost the ball to E. Rietveld, who came up from the left and proceeded to coolly round the keeper and knock the ball home. Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by Flevoland, with 63 percent of the ball.

J. Blokzijl performed admirably for Flevoland. D. Drost on the other hand, had a terrible day. forces's top performer was clearly J. Oudman. However, A. de Grande made a disastrous appearance. The match ends 4 - 1.