Challenge

STADIO DELLA ROMA
Spectators: 42 (Terracing: 32, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) Gijsbert ter Kruimer made the kick off and thus started the match. Mathijn Doctor kicked well hit freekick during the 2nd minute of the match. Foot Ball Club di Roma's Alvaro Pardini played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Lars Meesters in the 6th minute of play. Netherlands's Mathijn Doctor suffered a sore thigh after 11 minutes and couldn't finish the game. Armando Ceresoli's late challenge caught a Netherlands's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Armando Ceresoli helped the player get up and apologised. In the 13th minute, Armando Ceresoli hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 15th minute Lars Meesters shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Alvaro Pardini saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Wim Wilmes in the 25th minute of play forced Foot Ball Club di Roma's goalkeeper Alvaro Pardini to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 28 minutes into the match, Foot Ball Club di Roma's goal looked a bit too open when Gustaaf Groeneveldt came free, but Alvaro Pardini reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 29th minute of the match Netherlands got a corner. Foot Ball Club di Roma's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Gijsbert ter Kruimer ran over to the corner to take the kick. The corner ended in Gijsbert ter Kruimer almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but Foot Ball Club di Roma's Alvaro Pardini did a great save. An unexpectedly hard shot by Armando Ceresoli in the 30th minute of play forced Netherlands's goalkeeper Arnout Reekers to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 38th minute Lars Meesters shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Alvaro Pardini saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Gustaaf Groeneveldt in the 40th minute of play forced Foot Ball Club di Roma's goalkeeper Alvaro Pardini to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 45 minutes into the match, Netherlands's goal looked a bit too open when Niccolo Zaniolo came free, but Arnout Reekers reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. The first half was very even, with the score at 0-0 when the whistle went for half-time. The players welcomed the break and quickly retired to the dressing rooms.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Niccolo Zaniolo stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Arnout Reekers showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Alvaro Flamini, who was totally free with the ball in the 52nd minute. Lars Meesters fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 54th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Alvaro Pardini having to interfere. Arnout Reekers showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Alvaro Flamini, who was totally free with the ball in the 56th minute. Biagio Scoca scored 1-0 in the 58th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Arnout Reekers, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Foot Ball Club di Roma's Fedele Cimino was substituted for Armando Ceresoli. 64 minutes into the match, Foot Ball Club di Roma's goal looked a bit too open when Wim Wilmes came free, but Alvaro Pardini reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 72nd minute, Gianluca Mancini hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Netherlands were awarded a corner in the 75th minute after Foot Ball Club di Roma's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Gijsbert ter Kruimer took the corner. In the 78th minute, Gust Ennemans hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. If Wim Wilmes had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 81st minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Alvaro Pardini showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Wim Wilmes in the 85th minute of the match. Netherlands were awarded a corner in the 86th minute after Foot Ball Club di Roma's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Gijsbert ter Kruimer took the corner. In the 87th minute of the match Netherlands got a corner. Foot Ball Club di Roma's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Gijsbert ter Kruimer ran over to the corner to take the kick. In the 96th minute Gijsbert ter Kruimer shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Alvaro Pardini saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The referee blew his whistle, and the match came to a close. The players exchanged shirts and headed down the tunnel. The Foot Ball Club di Roma fans cheered their team off the field, for while Netherlands had put up a good fight, they were unable to come out of the game with any points to show for their effort.