League Play-Off

VerwachtingArena
Spectators: 41 (Terracing: 32, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Stijn Boswijk started the match with the kick off. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Stijn Boswijk in the 4th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Herbert Hilhorst saved Verwachting from getting behind. Twan Hesseling might have been able to make a better finish in the 5th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Domenik van Someren. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Twan Hesseling ran back to his position shaking his head. 7 minutes into the match, Snits United Reloaded's goal looked a bit too open when Twan Hesseling came free, but Domenik van Someren reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Mathias de Boer kicked well hit freekick during the 13th minute of the match. 17 minutes into the match, Verwachting's Twan Hesseling sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Domenik van Someren narrowly saved just below the crossbar. In the 24th minute of the game Berry Hommes made a throw-in which Dolf Caluwé played forward. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Stijn Boswijk in the 25th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Herbert Hilhorst saved Verwachting from getting behind. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Stijn Boswijk in the 26th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Herbert Hilhorst saved Verwachting from getting behind. After 28 minutes Verwachting's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Mario Zoolingen who took care of the corner kick. In the 28th minute, Stefano Kaspers hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 33rd minute Verwachting were awarded a corner. Vincent Koekkoek went to the cornerflag to take it. The corner led Verwachting's Vincent Koekkoek to fire away a dangerous shot which Domenik van Someren despite some difficulties managed to get hold on the ball. A collision led to Verwachting getting a freekick after 38 minutes play. Harm de Freitas hit a great ball. Herbert Hilhorst took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Stefano Kaspers, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. The crowd rose to their feet as Twan Hesseling kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Domenik van Someren. That made the score 1-2 in the 45 minute of play. The Verwachting players were disheartened as they walked off the pitch after the first half. Snits United Reloaded were winning 1-2.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Twan Hesseling was the one to do the kick off. Snits United Reloaded's Mario Zoolingen managed, thanks to a brazen rush, stole the ball on a throw-in made by Ruud Geels in the 51 minute of the game. If Twan Hesseling had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 54th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. 58 minutes into the match, Verwachting's goal looked a bit too open when Stijn Boswijk came free, but Herbert Hilhorst reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After 59 minutes Verwachting's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Mario Zoolingen who took care of the corner kick. A nice corner shot did that Mario Zoolingen got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Herbert Hilhorst quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. Twan Hesseling sent away a hard shot on goal in the 61st minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Herbert Hilhorst made a fantastic save in the 64th minute, when Stefano Kaspers sent off a good shot on target. In the 66thth minute of the game Stijn Boswijk who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Verwachting's Herbert Hilhorst was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. 72 minutes into the match, Snits United Reloaded's goal looked a bit too open when Christijan Schreuder came free, but Domenik van Someren reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Harm de Freitas's late challenge caught a Snits United Reloaded's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Harm de Freitas helped the player get up and apologised. In the 78th match minute, Verwachting was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Harm de Freitas to maneuver through the defense. When Verwachting's Twan Hesseling in the 80th minute got a chance for a shot 80th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Snits United Reloaded's goalie prevented a goal. 81 minutes into the match, Snits United Reloaded's goal looked a bit too open when Twan Hesseling came free, but Domenik van Someren reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 83rd match minute, Snits United Reloaded was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Mario Zoolingen to maneuver through the defense. Snits United Reloaded's Brain Das was substituted for Stefano Kaspers. In the 85th minute, Mario Zoolingen hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. When the match had gone on for 88 minutes, Stijn Boswijk put it in 1-3 from a short distance just to the right of Herbert Hilhorst. The audience was convinced that Stijn Boswijk's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Herbert Hilhorst was relentless in the 92nd minute of the game. A sloppy throw-in by Mathias de Boer in the 93rd minute of the game went astray and was snapped up by Verwachting's Harm de Freitas. The referee blew the final whistle, and the away crowd roared, having watched Snits United Reloaded eke out a victory against a very well matched opponent.