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Spectators: 43 (Terracing: 33, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Hub Groten got the match started through his kick off. After a rather tough play, De Kasteelheren's Werner Weken got a free kick in the 3rd minute. Xanoğlan Hüseyinzadä showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Stefano Zijden in the 7th minute of the match. Erwin Lanting received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 8th minute. Xanoğlan Hüseyinzadä tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. 10 minutes into the game, Qänbär Alcanov cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-1. Emil Walstra was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. In the 15th minute Qänbär Alcanov shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Emil Walstra saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 15 minutes into the match, SazobaSpor's Qänbär Alcanov sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Emil Walstra narrowly saved just below the crossbar. After some careless play in the De Kasteelheren defense, Qänbär Alcanov kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Emil Walstra. The De Kasteelheren fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Emil Walstra should have stopped the shot. A collision led to De Kasteelheren getting a freekick after 20 minutes play. Hub Groten hit a great ball. If Hub Groten had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 23rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Emil Walstra took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Qänbär Alcanov, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. A collision led to De Kasteelheren getting a freekick after 29 minutes play. Sjoerd van Asten hit a great ball. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Erwin Lanting in the 31st managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Xanoğlan Hüseyinzadä saved SazobaSpor from getting behind. An unexpectedly hard shot by Erwin Lanting in the 33rd minute of play forced SazobaSpor's goalkeeper Xanoğlan Hüseyinzadä to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. SazobaSpor's Xanoğlan Hüseyinzadä proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 35th minute of the match, managed to save SazobaSpor from getting a goal against them. In the 38th match minute, De Kasteelheren was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Stefano Zijden to maneuver through the defense. An unexpectedly hard shot by Stefano Zijden in the 46th minute of play forced SazobaSpor's goalkeeper Xanoğlan Hüseyinzadä to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Qänbär Alcanov to strike the kick off in the second half. An unexpectedly hard shot by Erwin Lanting in the 55th minute of play forced SazobaSpor's goalkeeper Xanoğlan Hüseyinzadä to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 56 played minutes SazobaSpor got a freekick which was hit by Qalib Qäribov. In the 57thth minute of the game Erwin Lanting who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but SazobaSpor's Xanoğlan Hüseyinzadä was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. 59 minutes into the match, SazobaSpor's goal looked a bit too open when Erwin Lanting came free, but Xanoğlan Hüseyinzadä reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Xanoğlan Hüseyinzadä took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Hub Groten, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After a rather tough play, SazobaSpor's Xätai Bayramov got a free kick in the 62nd minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Hub Groten in the 64th minute of play forced SazobaSpor's goalkeeper Xanoğlan Hüseyinzadä to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 66th minute Qänbär Alcanov shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Emil Walstra saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Qalib Qäribov charged in rather forcefully in the 67th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Qalib Qäribov the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. In the 67th minute, Qalib Qäribov hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 70th minute, Eynulla Äbhäzov hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Qalib Qäribov sent away a hard shot on goal in the 75th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Emil Walstra made an important save on a dangerous shot by Qänbär Alcanov in the 78th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Erwin Lanting in the 83rd minute of play forced SazobaSpor's goalkeeper Xanoğlan Hüseyinzadä to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 84 minutes of play, De Kasteelheren's Erwin Lanting made it 2-2 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Xanoğlan Hüseyinzadä was left in no man's land by his defense there! Emil Walstra made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Qänbär Alcanov in the 93rd minute of play. Hans-Cees Mol's late challenge caught a SazobaSpor's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Hans-Cees Mol helped the player get up and apologised. Hans-Cees Mol kicked well hit freekick during the 94th minute of the match. The audience thought a goal was coming when Xalid Soltanov got free with Emil Walstra in the 95th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Jeers came from both ends of the stadium when the final whistle went. Neither team had looked impressive and the draw seeemd a fair result.