Friendly League

Manly Oval
Spectators: 47 (Terracing: 36, Seating: 11, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Bruno Domenichetti got the match started through his kick off. Rien Bakker hit a great freekick 7 minutes into the match. In the 8th minute of the match Bart Edwards shot from a long distance. The ball could have gone into the goal to the right of the goalkeeper, but Taco Zwartkruis showed his good shape when he easily got hold of the ball. Manly FC's Gregory Pegrum played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Santiago Kuijt in the 21st minute of play. Gregory Pegrum didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Santiago Kuijt went, in the 26th minute, to the upper right corner, 1-1 was the resulting score. Izaak Struik charged in rather forcefully in the 32nd minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Izaak Struik the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. The supporters of Manly FC booed when Julias Rascals Apeldoorn was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 32 match minutes in a wonderful position. Izaak Struik didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 34th match minute, Manly FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Daniel Agger to maneuver through the defense. Bruno Domenichetti's shot when he came free in front of the goal in the 38thth minute, Taco Zwartkruis skillfully showed off with a save to what seemed to be an obvious goal. Taco Zwartkruis was out of position in the 40 minute of play, and Bruno Domenichetti capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Bruno Domenichetti really showed his touch with that goal: 2-1. In the 44th minute, Olin Tenser ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Taco Zwartkruis was frozen by the shot and now it was 3-1. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 3-1 at half-time.

The wind increased when Santiago Kuijt made the kick off in the second half. Julias Rascals Apeldoorn's Taco Zwartkruis played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Craig Johnston in the 51st minute of play. The supporters of Julias Rascals Apeldoorn booed when Manly FC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 54 match minutes in a wonderful position. Daniel Agger didn't get a good kick on the ball. Olin Tenser hit a great freekick 61 minutes into the match. Manly FC's Ace Goodwin was substituted for Craig Johnston. A collision led to Manly FC getting a freekick after 63 minutes play. Olin Tenser hit a great ball. The long shot by Rien Bakker in the 63rd minute really tested Gregory Pegrum's skills. The ball was on its way into the goal to the left of him when he managed to stretch himself and save the shot and avoid a goal. Taco Zwartkruis showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Edwardo Marsland in the 66th minute of the match. After having played for 70 minutes, Rien Bakker managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Julias Rascals Apeldoorn's supporters crossed their fingers, but Rien Bakker was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Daniel Agger fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 77th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Taco Zwartkruis having to interfere. Taco Zwartkruis showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Edwardo Marsland, who was totally free with the ball in the 80th minute. Taco Zwartkruis showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Bruno Domenichetti, who was totally free with the ball in the 81st minute. After taking down the ball on Manly FC's corner Bart Edwards fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Taco Zwartkruis quite easily take care of the ball. With an all-out effort, Julias Rascals Apeldoorn's Gregory Pegrum threw himself towards the right post 85 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Santiago Kuijt, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. After 87 played minutes Manly FC got a freekick which was hit by Olin Tenser. Julias Rascals Apeldoorn's Hans-Cees Schattenberg got a good chance for a goal in the 89th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Edwardo Marsland sent away a hard shot on goal in the 92nd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 93rd match minute, Julias Rascals Apeldoorn was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Luuk Harmannus to maneuver through the defense. An unexpectedly hard shot by Edwardo Marsland in the 95th minute of play forced Julias Rascals Apeldoorn's goalkeeper Taco Zwartkruis to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Manly FC's supporters were highly satisfied with the result. They cheered their team of the pitch, having watched them win a very even match.