Friendly League

Randkleve Stadion
Spectators: 44 (Terracing: 34, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Vagn Kildebro started the match with the kick off. In the 2nd minute, Donny van Schaik hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. With his leg Laurens Oosterman managed to avoid a goal in the 9thth minute, when Randkleve's Vagn Kildebro fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. When the match had gone on for 13 minutes, Liu Hui Qi took a quick shot and it went in 2-0 without a chance for Laurens Oosterman to make any attempt to save it. Randkleve's Lucjan Sedzikowski played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Kurt Ginneken in the 18th minute of play. Laurens Oosterman made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Liu Hui Qi in the 19th minute of play. After a defensive mix-up in De Pelgrims's zone, Ging Gang stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Laurens Oosterman came out of the goal and Ging Gang tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Koos Keupink fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 26th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Lucjan Sedzikowski having to interfere. Vagn Kildebro took the ball and in the 32 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Laurens Oosterman. Laurens Oosterman dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 3-0. Laurens Oosterman took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Liu Hui Qi, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After 37 minutes, Elbert Spanjer made it 3-1 with a short kick to the right side. Randkleve's Lucjan Sedzikowski tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. In the 40th minute Liu Hui Qi shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Laurens Oosterman saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 43 minutes into the match, De Pelgrims's goalkeeper Laurens Oosterman had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Vagn Kildebro. An unexpectedly hard shot by Koos Keupink in the 46th minute of play forced Randkleve's goalkeeper Lucjan Sedzikowski to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. All the noise was coming from the home fans when the whistle went for half-time. The home team had fought hardest to put themselves in a deserved lead.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Elbert Spanjer stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. In the 51st minute, Jan-Peter Kloppenburg hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. If Vagn Kildebro had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 53rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. An unexpectedly hard shot by Liu Hui Qi in the 55th minute of play forced De Pelgrims's goalkeeper Laurens Oosterman to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 57th minute, Vagn Kildebro ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Laurens Oosterman was frozen by the shot and now it was 4-1. The audience was convinced that Elbert Spanjer's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Lucjan Sedzikowski was relentless in the 60th minute of the game. In the 65th minute Vagn Kildebro shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Laurens Oosterman saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After some careless play in the De Pelgrims defense, Vagn Kildebro kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Laurens Oosterman. The De Pelgrims fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Laurens Oosterman should have stopped the shot. 73 minutes into the match, Al Bundy had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Laurens Oosterman. De Pelgrims's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Al Bundy was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 6-1. Jouke Jacobs received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 83rd minute. Lucjan Sedzikowski tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 86th match minute, De Pelgrims was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Donny van Schaik to maneuver through the defense. After 89 minutes, Al Bundy made it 7-1 with a short kick to the right side. De Pelgrims's Laurens Oosterman tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. In the 93rd match minute, Randkleve was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Terri Videbjerg to maneuver through the defense. In the 94th minute the ball was on its way in behind De Pelgrims's goalkeeper Laurens Oosterman, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Randkleve's supporters were delighted with their team's performance and swarmed onto the pitch at the end of the match to celebrate the victory with the players.