Overview
- NEC advanced with a 3-2 win at Sportpark Middelmors after the hosts pressed for an equaliser late on.
- Noé Lebreton opened the scoring and Sami Ouaissa added two as the Eredivisie side raced to a 3-0 lead inside twenty minutes.
- Rijnsburgse Boys controlled play for roughly an hour, generating repeated chances that Cillessen blocked to preserve NEC’s edge.
- Illias Kariouh pulled one back before halftime and Mark van der Weijden made it 3-2 late, but the Tweede Divisie side could not level.
- The night capped a tough set of regional results, with Quick Boys losing 2-1 to FC Volendam and FC Lisse falling 5-0 to Telstar, while the tie echoed a 2008 cup meeting also won by NEC after extra time.