Cabrio-Cruising 0 - 5 Tirolers (393048168)

Overcast weather free of rain made for a crowd turnout of 37487 at De Nieuwe Kuip today. Szymon Sobina was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Antonio Simeone and Luca Rippe. The derby had been the talk of Gelderland all week and fans of both teams could be seen throughout the stadium. Cabrio-Cruising had chosen a strategic 3-4-3 formation. Starters: Moreira - Bottero, Svensson, Premm - Bedia, Magis, Venneker, Marando - Vodsgaard, Birvydas, Gardas.

Tirolers tactics involved an interesting 3-4-3 combination. Lineup: Mesdag - Boetes, Nooitmeer, Warmenhoven - van der Feen, Zoomers, Plevier, Broekman - Hassing, Welmers, Munín.

Tirolers's N. van der Feen managed to lose the defenders as he advanced down the right wing and scored, putting the visitors ahead after 27 minutes. 0 - 1. After 30 minutes, Tirolers's C. Nooitmeer burst through the central defence and let loose a cannonball of a shot, scoring for 0 - 2. Confident in their lead, Tirolers's players relaxed and focused more on defending the lead than increasing it. Tirolers made it 0 - 3 as C. Nooitmeer got a touch to the floated corner kick and flicked the ball to H. Warmenhoven who whipped a low drive in off the far post. After 39 minutes a combination in the middle resulted in a through ball for J. Zoomers who increased Tirolers's lead to 0 - 4. 0 - 4 was the score after the first half. Tirolers claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 56 percent.

One of many good crosses from N. van der Feen on the wing was received and skillfully taken care of by K. Welmers, who scored for Tirolers. 0 - 5 A misunderstanding between the visitors' keeper I. Mesdag and his left defence could have resulted in a goal for Cabrio-Cruising, but G. Birvydas's finish was way too lame. Tirolers enjoyed most of the ball, as they maintained 55 percent of possession.

Cabrio-Cruising's best player was L. Vodsgaard. G. Birvydas on the other hand, had a terrible day. O. Hassing performed admirably for Tirolers. H. Warmenhoven was a disappointment, however. The match ends 0 - 5.