League

Zandplaat
Spectators: 7443 (Terracing: 5635, Seating: 1728, VIP seats: 80) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Harris Eiting started the match with the kick off. Dirk Kuijpers showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Carsten Trenning in the 12th minute of the match. Rein Zomer sent away a hard shot on goal in the 15th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. A collision led to VV Druten getting a freekick after 19 minutes play. Derk Snoeks hit a great ball. Zandplaat's Hans Haremeijer couldn't find anyone to pass the ball to, so he shot a long shot towards the goal in the 22nd minute. The shot went wide which resulted in a goal kick for VV Druten. Otto Luikens made a fantastic save in the 23rd minute, when Joop van der Aa sent off a good shot on target. VV Druten's Otto Luikens proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 25th minute of the match, managed to save VV Druten from getting a goal against them. 27 minutes into the match, VV Druten's Carsten Trenning sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Dirk Kuijpers narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Dirk Kuijpers made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Carsten Trenning in the 34th minute of play. Joop van der Aa's shot when he came free in front of the goal in the 39thth minute, Otto Luikens skillfully showed off with a save to what seemed to be an obvious goal. Otto Luikens made an important save on a dangerous shot by Joop van der Aa in the 41st minute. The score stood at 0-0 when the half time whistle went. Both sets of players seemed reasonably pleased with how the match was going.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Carsten Trenning made a kick off. Elmar Schoonbeek fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 53rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Otto Luikens having to interfere. Otto Luikens took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Adriaan de Rooy, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Otto Luikens took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Harris Eiting, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After 60 played minutes VV Druten got a freekick which was hit by Derk Snoeks. Joop van der Aa fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 64th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Otto Luikens having to interfere. Joop van der Aa fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 69th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Otto Luikens having to interfere. After a defensive mix-up in VV Druten's zone, Harris Eiting stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Otto Luikens came out of the goal and Harris Eiting tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Derk Snoeks hit a great freekick 78 minutes into the match. After having played for 79 minutes, Harris Eiting managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Zandplaat's supporters crossed their fingers, but Harris Eiting was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. When the match had gone on for 83 minutes, Carsten Trenning took a quick shot and it went in 0-1 without a chance for Dirk Kuijpers to make any attempt to save it. Dirk Kuijpers showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Carsten Trenning in the 95th minute of the match. When the referee blew the final whistle jeers and boos were heard from the home team's supporters. They were angered to see Zandplaat lose a match they had controlled from the kick-off.