[Shabbaman]

quote:A brilliantly sunny day had enticed a crowd of 733 to Sint Kees Stadion. Shabba had chosen a strategic 3-5-2 formation. They fielded: Aupperlee - Geluk, Couso, Ramsaur - de Ruijsscher, Decker, de Maat, Romano, Leblanc - Hamers, ten Cate.

Strastad had chosen a strategic 3-5-2 formation. The following players had been chosen: Seroo - Meevis, Meessen, Naan - Verhagen, van Langen-Suurl, Eijmael, Bernhard, Horstman - Ogultürk, Runsink.

Shabba seemed to prefer attacking in the middle. Counter-attacking seemed to be the preferred strategy of Strastad, and they seem weak at it. One of many good passes from Steijn Verhagen at the wing was recieved and skillfully taken care of by Karsten Runsink, scoring for Strastad to 0 - 1. Simon ten Cate pulled a real crowd pleaser as he, in the 26:th minute, wove through the guests whole central defense line and put the 1 - 1 equaliser away. The 37:th minute saw the home team take a 2 - 1 lead after a leak in the visitors right side defense. Scorer for Shabba was Simon ten Cate. In the 37:th minute of the match the visitors central line of defence had to look on as Simon ten Cate dashed through, knocking home 3 - 1 for Shabba. By then Simon ten Cate was a three time scorer - a hat trick! After 39 minutes Shabbas Sébastien Couso had to be carried off on a stretcher in agony. Hylke Geurden came in instead of him. The teams went for a half-time break at 3 - 1. Shabba held the ball, with a clear 65 percent possession rate.

Matthijs Hamers increased Shabba´s lead to 4 - 1 from a penalty spot cannonball. A corner kick created great disorder in the penalty area, but at last Strastad´s Ziya Ogultürk was able to shove the ball in. 4-2. In the 71st minute Shabba put themselves up 5 - 2. The visitors defenders lost the ball to Simon ten Cate coming up from the left, who proceeded to cooly round the goaltender and knock the ball home. Shabba´s Niels Decker had an excellent opportunity in the 71st minute, shooting on a through ball, but he missed the goal by miles! In the games 72nd minute Shabba´s Jasper de Maat fell dramatically just outside the penalty area. However, the referee booked Jasper de Maat for taking a dive. In the 73rd minute of the match the visitors central line of defence had to look on as Bas de Ruijsscher dashed through, knocking home 6 - 2 for Shabba. Shabba held the ball, with a clear 69 percent possession rate.

Shabba´s best player was Matthijs Hamers. Tomas Leblanc on the other hand, had a terrible day. The most dominating Strastad player was without a doubt Tom Meessen. John Horstman on the other hand, had a terrible day. The match ends 6 - 2.

Hurray! Now, I need that cupholder for my cup []
Pity my MVP got injured. Oh, and two goals in the 37th minute? Amazing!