rijnvogels 9 - 0 Limburgs (390280478)

Overcast weather free of rain made for a crowd turnout of 31512 at De Rijnsevogel today. Martin Wiedemeier was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Andrés González and Idzi Gwadera. rijnvogels had chosen a strategic 3-5-2 formation. The following players had been chosen: Elzer - Pereda, Jiménez Bernabeu, Buíça - Arnau, Sousa, Stolker, Gout, Steg - van Beem, Teerlink.

Limburgs decided to use a 4-4-2 set up. The following players took the field: Joosen - Huijgen, Heemskerk, van der Reis, Hanssen - van Alebeek, Zander, Flohr, Gadella - Wammes, van den Hoven.

rijnvogels mostly ignored the flanks in favour of their ability to attack in the middle. After 20 minutes of play, R. Stolker gave the home team a 1 - 0 lead after an attack coming in from the right. 21 minutes into the match, the visitors' central line of defence had to look on as J. Sousa broke through, making the score 2 - 0 for rijnvogels. The players of rijnvogels now seemed to think the job was done and acted more defensively, just waiting for the ref to blow the final whistle. rijnvogels's J. van Beem increased the lead to 3 - 0, after he saw his shot go between the legs of the advancing goalkeeper following some good play down the right wing after 28 minutes. With 37 minutes played, rijnvogels put themselves up 4 - 0 when the visiting defenders lost the ball to J. Sousa, who came up from the left and proceeded to coolly round the keeper and knock the ball home. rijnvogels's T. Teerlink was shown a yellow card for standing over the ball and blocking an opponent's quick free kick after 38 minutes. The teams went for the halftime break at 4 - 0. rijnvogels enjoyed most of the ball, as they maintained 87 percent of possession.

After 54 minutes, R. Jiménez Bernabeu put rijnvogels ahead 5 - 0 when he rose to head in a cross from the right wing. rijnvogels increased the lead as M. Steg struck to make the score 6 - 0 after an attack from the left left him unmarked in front of the keeper. Things were going to get worse for the visitors. C. Buíça squirmed through their central defence after 73 minutes, increasing the lead to 7 - 0. rijnvogels solidified their lead at the 82 minute mark, as M. Gout dribbled the ball through the opposing central defence and scored to make it 8 - 0. Cheers filled the stadium as T. Teerlink broke through the visitors' central defence to put away the ball to increase the lead to 9 - 0 to rijnvogels. rijnvogels claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 90 percent.

Most important rijnvogels player was J. van Beem. On the other hand, R. Stolker's play was disheartening. N. van den Hoven performed admirably for Limburgs. W. Joosen on the other hand, had a terrible day. The match ends 9 - 0.