Easy win for Feyenoord

Thursday 13 November 2008

Feyenoord took things a bit too easy in the first half (1-1) but shortly after the break the Rotterdammers stepped on the gas and scored twice within five minutes to beat the amateurs of HHC Hardenberg and secure a place among the last 16 of the KNVB Cup: 1-5.

The fans of HHC Hardenberg from the small provincial town with the same name had turned their third round encounter with Feyenoord into an all-village-event.

The club had rented the much bigger stadium of nearby FC Emmen and 35 busses of fans traveled to see the amateur team take on the reigning cup winners.

The party atmosphere had not gotten a hold of the Hardenberg players as they seemed to have an all out war on their minds.

Captain Gerard Kocks should have seen a red card in the eighth minute when he kicked Luigi Bruins out of the game, but the referee didn't even consider it worth a yellow card.

Kocks went on to kick at every Feyenoord player that dared to move near him but finished the 90 minutes with only a yellow card to his name.

The home team took the lead after a terrible mistake of Michal Janota but Feyenoord equalized soon after by a goal of the 18-year-old Luis Pedro scoring on his debut.

After the break Feyenoord quickly made sure they wouldn't have to go into extra time by goals of Roy Makaay and again Luis Pedro.

The two goals deflated the Hardenberg spirit and Feyenoord scored two more (Makaay and Hofland) to give the match a score that sort of fits the quality difference.

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