Holthuizen 3 - 2 verplaatsing (393276721)

The weather was pretty good, and a crowd of 1124 had shown up at Holthuizen Park for the match. Luděk Pivoňka was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Paulo Nunes and Tom Torsson. Holthuizen tactics involved an interesting 3-5-2 combination. The following players took the field: Balboa - Peters, Carballo, Ceballos - Svitaň, Kohlkopp, Schmüser, Aleca, Henriksen - Laurijsen, Parsons.

A 4-5-1 alignment was the formation of choice for verplaatsing. They fielded: Boekhoff - Schakel, Heydari, Güçal, Erlich - Duis, Cordes, van der Pol, Richard, Keizer - Şima.

Today, verplaatsing's strategy involved concentrating on the flanks for their attacks. It was obvious that verplaatsing had instructions to attack on the wings instead of in the middle. The terraces were silenced after 2 minutes when verplaatsing's J. Cordes put the guests ahead 0 - 1, following an attack on the right. J. Peters was just a finger's breadth away from an equaliser for Holthuizen with a strike from the left, but K. Boekhoff managed to ward the shot off for a corner. J. Cordes caused mayhem in his own defensive line with some mad dribbles within his own penalty zone, but Holthuizen's J. Svitaň's shot went just wide. With a shot curled in from just outside the middle of the penalty area after 34 minutes played, D. Parsons of Holthuizen made the score 1 - 1. 39 minutes had elapsed when a great chance for Holthuizen to take the lead after a good cross from the right found J. Svitaň alone with the keeper, but he chipped it to the wrong side of the post. The teams went for the halftime break at 1 - 1. Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by Holthuizen, with 57 percent of the ball.

After a fine move down the middle J. Svitaň nearly gave the home side a goal after 49 minutes. However the finishing shot went just wide. They were singing the praises of J. Peters 71 minutes into the match after his speculative chip from the middle of the penalty box found its way over the visitors' keeper to make the score 2 - 1 to Holthuizen. J. Cordes stunned the crowd with a brilliant counterattack from the left, giving verplaatsing the goal to make it 2 - 2. T. Henriksen gave Holthuizen the lead as he successfully challenged the guests' central defenders, then slotted the ball into the bottom corner, giving the keeper no chance. 3 - 2 There was concern in the stands when, at the 85 minute mark, Holthuizen's J. Peters hit the ground hard, but he refused the attention of the trainer and rejoined his teammates on the pitch. Holthuizen enjoyed most of the ball, as they maintained 57 percent of possession.

The most dominating Holthuizen player was without a doubt H. Kohlkopp. A. Balboa on the other hand, had a terrible day. Most important verplaatsing player was M. Keizer. O. Güçal was a disappointment, however. The match ends 3 - 2.