Weather conditions were fairly good for football, and sven of light saw a crowd turnout of 18004. A 3-5-2 alignment
was the formation of choice for svenderland. They fielded: Bakshi - Raybaudi-Massili, Woestenburg, Williamson - Crossland,
Ocio, Noordam, Morocho, Bean - Hoek, Blake.
Rockers decided to use a 5-3-2 set up. The following players took
the field: Santasus - Válido, Selhami, Eijkenaar, Ngoyi, Cheyne - Callow, Evans, Ismail - Adolfsson, Meyers.
It was
an obvious ambition of svenderland to use their ability at attacking on the flanks. Rockers saw most attack opportunites
on the wings.
Joe-Max Blake gave his svenderland the lead with 1 - 0, as he successfully challenged the guests' central defenders, then placed the ball
unreachably at the keeper's right post. Cheers filled the stadium as
Abraham Woestenburg broke through the visitors' central defence to put away the 2 - 0 goal for svenderland. At this point in the game, defending
their lead became the main priority for svenderland. 2 - 0 was the halftime score. This half belonged to svenderland,
who controlled the ball 74 percent of the time.
In the 76th minute, Rockers's
Sami Selhami received a yellow card for going into a challenge studs first. In the 83rd minute of the match, the visitors' central
line of defence had to look on as
Gerald Crossland dashed through, knocking home 3 - 0 for svenderland. Rockers seemed a little tentative in their play as their organization
fell to
passable. svenderland, bringing their ball possession to 74 percent, dominated the battle.
svenderland's top performer
was clearly
Abraham Woestenburg. On the other hand,
Gerald Crossland's play was disheartening. Rockers's top performer was clearly
Ted Eijkenaar.
Harry Evans on the other hand, had a terrible day. The match ends 3 - 0.
