League

Hof van Weena
Spectators: 7975 (Terracing: 5983, Seating: 1834, VIP seats: 158) Weena's Gooitzen Witting started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. Marcel Sandbergen took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Riemer Waesbergen, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Alex van Dalfsen sent away a hard shot on goal in the 8th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Jan Vennegoor fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 10th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Olof Rekers having to interfere. The audience was convinced that Gooitzen Witting's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Olof Rekers was relentless in the 11th minute of the game. In the 14th match minute, FC Cityside was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Cor Struik to maneuver through the defense. With his leg Olof Rekers managed to avoid a goal in the 24thth minute, when Weena's Gooitzen Witting fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. In the 27th minute, Tjeerd van den Bergh hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. The audience was convinced that Gooitzen Witting's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Olof Rekers was relentless in the 30th minute of the game. The audience was convinced that Gooitzen Witting's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Olof Rekers was relentless in the 35th minute of the game. In the 37thth minute of the game Gooitzen Witting who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but FC Cityside's Olof Rekers was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. An unexpected shot in the 38th minute by Simon Hartogh got the crowd on their feet, but to their dismay it went out on the left side. Gooitzen Witting received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 41st minute. Olof Rekers tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Gooitzen Witting recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 43rd minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Jan Vennegoor was extremely unlucky when he, in the 44th minute, took a shot that hit the right post and went out. After a very even first half the match was still tied. The players went to their respective dressing rooms to discuss the tactics for the second half.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Gio Eefting stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. After some fancy dribbling in the 53rd minute, Gooitzen Witting managed to get in a good position for a shot. Weena's supporters rose to their feet, but Gooitzen Witting was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Olof Rekers breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Gooitzen Witting received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 58th minute. Olof Rekers tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Tjeerd van den Bergh received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 60th minute. Olof Rekers tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 61stth minute of the game Gooitzen Witting who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but FC Cityside's Olof Rekers was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Tjeerd van den Bergh fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 62nd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Olof Rekers having to interfere. In the 63rd minute, Ruud Brouwer hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Gooitzen Witting sent away a hard shot on goal in the 65th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Jan Vennegoor took the ball and in the 67 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Olof Rekers. Olof Rekers dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 1-0. In the 71st minute of the match Tjeerd van den Bergh shot from a long distance. The ball could have gone into the goal to the right of the goalkeeper, but Olof Rekers showed his good shape when he easily got hold of the ball. A collision led to Weena getting a freekick after 74 minutes play. Tommie Sparnaaij hit a great ball. In the 79th minute of the match Tommie Sparnaaij sent off a long shot with destination to the right of the goalkeeper, but Olof Rekers skillfully saved the ball. Olof Rekers took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Jan Vennegoor, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 86 minutes into the match, Weena's Gooitzen Witting sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Olof Rekers narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Gertjan van Zwam kicked well hit freekick during the 87th minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Gooitzen Witting in the 93rd minute of play forced FC Cityside's goalkeeper Olof Rekers to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. It was no surprise that this one had ended in a win for the home team. Weena had played much better football throughout.