League Play-Off

Pleegste Stadion
Spectators: 34 (Terracing: 26, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Robbie Hilberts made the kick off which started today's match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Gert Jan Henselmans in the 9th minute of play forced Tichelwerk's goalkeeper Lucas Kloppenburg to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Jacob Trip received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 11th minute. Lucas Kloppenburg tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After 15 minutes, Jacob Trip made it 1-0 with a short kick to the right side. Tichelwerk's Lucas Kloppenburg tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. A collision led to Pleegste getting a freekick after 17 minutes play. John Schulte hit a great ball. In the 18th minute, Wilfried Höhenstein ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Coos van Zalen was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-1. Gert Jan Henselmans received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 22nd minute. Lucas Kloppenburg tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Gert Jan Henselmans received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 25th minute. Lucas Kloppenburg tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Coos van Zalen showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Hans de Boer in the 29th minute of the match. Robbie Hilberts fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 32nd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Coos van Zalen having to interfere. With a little luck, Tichelwerk's Lucas Kloppenburg got control of the ball when Gert Jan Henselmans tried to sneak it across the goal line. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 1-2.

Coos van Zalen made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Wilfried Höhenstein in the 55th minute of play. After 55 minutes, John Schulte mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Pleegste and the Tichelwerk players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 55th minute, John Schulte hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Coos van Zalen was in exellent shape and made a fantastic save when he, in the 62nd minute of the match, managed to get hold of the ball after a long shot from Gio Rooze. In the 64th match minute, Tichelwerk was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Erben Oldenborger to maneuver through the defense. When the match clock showed 67 minutes, the score became 2-2 when Jacob Trip sped through Tichelwerk's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Lucas Kloppenburg. Lucas Kloppenburg showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Jacob Trip in the 71st minute of the match. Robbie Hilberts sent away a hard shot on goal in the 76th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 80th minute, Tichelwerk's Robbie Hilberts dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 2-3. After some fancy dribbling in the 86th minute, Robbie Hilberts managed to get in a good position for a shot. Tichelwerk's supporters rose to their feet, but Robbie Hilberts was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Coos van Zalen breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Gert Jan Henselmans fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 89th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Lucas Kloppenburg having to interfere. In the 90th match minute, Tichelwerk was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Hans de Boer to maneuver through the defense. Lucas Kloppenburg showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Jacob Trip, who was totally free with the ball in the 92nd minute. Koen Akkerman kicked well hit freekick during the 92nd minute of the match. In the 94th minute, Gert Jan Henselmans left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Pleegste fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 3-3. Jeers came from both ends of the stadium when the final whistle went. Neither team had looked impressive and the draw seeemd a fair result.