Recap and commentary
Recap:
La Fama 3 – 2 Nacional
La Fama slight favorite in this match, but Nacional is always a tough competitor, aiming to get back to top 4 this season. La Fama the top 4 team from last year with bigger ambitions to reach the final this year. Albeit the Savaneta team had more ball possession in the first half, Nacional seem to be the more effective of the two in the first part of the match. Nacional went up right before halftime, goal by Marlison Hooi (’45+3). La Fama started the second half with more urgency and reaped the rewards for that effort, goal by Timothe Makanzu (’61, his 2nd goal in two matches). Jair Farro put La Fama in front not long after that (’69), but Nacional found a way and Devis Oliveros, their perennial goal-getter, returning back in the squad, scored the equalizer at 2-2 (’70). La Fama much better now and going all out, but still needed a wondergoal by Bass Vander Weij, from distance, to get away with all three points in an otherwise closer than expected match. In another note La Fama, despite starting 2-0 and earning all six points so far in the season, parted way with head-coach Jean-Luc Bergen the next day.
⚽’45+3 Marlison Hooi NAC ⚽’61Timothe Makanzu LAF ⚽ ’69 Jair Farro LAF ⚽’70 Devis Oliveros NAC ⚽’83 Bass Vander Weij LAF
🟨’6 Hooi NAC 🟨’17 Rangel LAF 🟨’51 Pardo NAC🟨’55 Jean-Baptiste LAF 🟨 ’77 Oliveros NAC
Real Koyari 1 – 4 Britannia
Current champions Britannia came from a solid win against RCA in the first match of the new season and had no difficulties at all with the debutant from Noord. Britannia played with a much younger squad than normal and yet they proved their worth. The team from Piedra Plat was in (cruise) control the whole match, goals started to fall early on. Rodney Falcon at minute 10 already, followed by Miguel Vielma (’24), Rodney Falcon again (’45), and Pieter Susebeek (’57). Zahir Boekhoudt got the goal of honor for Real Koyari in the 59th minute. Britannia won all three points without going into high gear.
⚽’10 Rodney Falcon BRI ⚽’24 Miguel Vielma BRI ⚽’45 Rodney Falcon BRI ⚽’57 Pieter Susebeek BRI ⚽’59 Zahir Boekhoudt RCI
🟨’68 Werleman BRI
Bubali 1 – 3 RCA
A good match-up on paper and it didn’t differ much on the field, the score doesn’t indicate how close this match really was, Bubali was in the game until the 85th minute, no doubt. A messy game in many aspects, a tight contest for most of the game, yet a not so visible affair. Halftime went in with Bubali ahead via a Brayan Morales goal right before the whistle. Right at the start of the second half Jhon Silva came back alive and scored the equalizer for the “tricolores”, who were in all red in this match. The stalemate continued until after RCA was actually left with ten players due to their captain Nathan Loe-A-Njoe’s send off at minute 81. A few minutes later (’85) it was actually RCA through a goal by Jean Pierre Fingal that went up in the score 2-1. Jean-Luis Mckenley made it 3-1 in the 91st minute ending Bubali’s hope once and for all.
⚽’45 Brayan Morales BUB ⚽’46 Jhon Silva RCA⚽’85 Jean-Pierre Fingal RCA ⚽’90+1 Jean-Luis McKenley RCA
🟨’32 Salazar RCA 🟨’33 Mondragon-Mina RCA🟨’61 M. Tromp BUB🟨’63 Simmonds RCA 🟨’65 Merveille RCA 🟨’69 Velasco BUB 🟨’97 Cathalina RCA
🟥’81 Loe-A-Njoe RCA 🟥’90 Bernabela BUB
Estrella 1 – 3 Sporting Aruba
Both teams come from defeats in their first match of the season. Sporting started much decisive in this match and pressured Estrella early on already, it seems like the team from Santa Cruz had no answer in return. Sporting scored by means of Owen Van Der Wijne in the 14th minute. Ronald Gomez added to Sporting’s lead with his goal in the 18th minute. In the second half Van Der Wijne once again made the score 3-0 with a beautiful goal, a solid loft over the head of Estrella’s goalkeeper Adryan Donayre. Estrella got on the scoreboard in minute 86 through a goal from the penalty spot by Naibert Elisabeth. Sporting earned their first three points ever in the top division.
⚽’14 Owen V/D Wijne SPO ⚽’18 Ronald Gomez SPO ⚽’71 Owen V/D Wijne SPO ⚽’86 Naibert Elisabeth EST
🟨’48 Elisabeth EST 🟨’53 Tromp EST 🟨’61 Leocadio SPO 🟨’74 Monje SPO 🟨’94 Antersijn SPO
Dakota 5 – 1 River Plate
Dakota had a solid win in their first match after a good battle with Bubali, River Plate in turn had an easy win over Koyari their previous match. Dakota with a romp in this one and they started very early on with their onslaught. Over Garcia score in the very first minute of the match, and Nickenson Paul added to that with his goal in the 4th minute, Dakota up 2-0 within 4 minutes of the contest. Camilo Peña made the game 3-0 with his goal in the 13th minute (his 4th goal of the season already). Over Garcia again with a goal in the 17th minute. River gave a sign of life with a goal by Kenderick Poulina right before halftime (’45). In the 2nd half it was much of the same and Dakota managed to add another goal in the 67th minute through Juan Camilo Cervantes, to make the score 5-1 and also the final score.
⚽’1 Over Garcia DAK ⚽’4 Nickenson Paul DAK ⚽’13 Camilo Peña DAK ⚽’17 Over Garcia DAK ⚽’Kenderic Poulina RIV ⚽’67 Juan Camilo Cervantes DAK
🟨’16 Morales RIV 🟨’44 Grovell RIV🟨’62 Ayala RIV
