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Spectators: 8448 (Terracing: 6337, Seating: 1943, VIP seats: 168) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Maarten Wortelboer kicked off to start the match. Marco Assendelft sent away a hard shot on goal in the 3rd minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. An unexpectedly hard shot by Marco Assendelft in the 3rd minute of play forced Kubotai F.C.'s goalkeeper Fabrizio Oroni to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Marco Assendelft in the 6th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Fabrizio Oroni saved Kubotai F.C. from getting behind. Ignacio Shepherd's late challenge caught a De hijgende Hertjes's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Ignacio Shepherd helped the player get up and apologised. After a rather tough play, Kubotai F.C.'s Ignacio Shepherd got a free kick in the 10th minute. Marco Assendelft received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 12th minute. Fabrizio Oroni tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. The throw-in from Leendert Zuurman in the 19th minute of the game was unfortunally taken care of by Kubotai F.C.'s Ferdi Siepel. 25 minutes into the match, Maarten Wortelboer notched a goal, 0-1, to the right of De hijgende Hertjes's Henk van der Werff. Henk van der Werff was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. After 29 played minutes De hijgende Hertjes got a freekick which was hit by Marco Assendelft. In the 32nd minute, Marco Assendelft got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. After having played for 39 minutes, Yong 典韦 managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. De hijgende Hertjes's supporters crossed their fingers, but Yong 典韦 was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. With 44 minutes on the clock, Atilla Tüzüner commited a dangerous tackle. The referee had no choice but to show him the red card. In a very dangerous position, a player in De hijgende Hertjes fell when an opponent tried to get the ball from him in the 43rd minute. Penalty! Henk van der Werff had in the 46thth minute some difficulties stopping Jurjen Ekelhoff's well aimed penalty as it nearly passed him on his left side, but he still managed to hold the ball. Disappointed in the 0-1 score, the home team went to the dressing room to adjust tactics for the second half.

The audience thought a goal was coming when Ferdi Siepel got free with Henk van der Werff in the 55th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. When Marco Assendelft came up free with the goalie in the 57th minute, the De hijgende Hertjes fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Marco Assendelft couldn't finish the play. Henk van der Werff didn't succeed to prevent the ball from going into goal when Kubotai F.C.'s Maarten Wortelboer shot an unexpected shot in the crossbar's under edge and made 0-2 in the ordered_time% minute. After having played for 69 minutes, Marco Assendelft managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. De hijgende Hertjes's supporters crossed their fingers, but Marco Assendelft was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Fabrizio Oroni took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Marco Assendelft, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Atabek Temren sent away a hard shot on goal in the 86th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. After some careless play in the Kubotai F.C. defense, Marco Assendelft kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Fabrizio Oroni. The Kubotai F.C. fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Fabrizio Oroni should have stopped the shot. The throw-in from Leendert Zuurman in the 94th minute of the game was unfortunally taken care of by Kubotai F.C.'s Ate Adelaar. Kubotai F.C.'s players went to the stands to thank the travelling support. The fan's backing had helped spurr the team on to a fine performance that won them the match.