Challenge

ARENA A.R.S FUTEBOL
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Gijsbert ter Kruimer started the match with the kick off. With a little luck, Netherlands's Arnout Reekers got control of the ball when Camillo Fabrizio tried to sneak it across the goal line. ARS FUTEBOL's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Camillo Fabrizio in the 4th minute. A very nice done corner allowed Samuca de Medeiros to score against Arnout Reekers in Netherlands's goal. 1-0 after 4 minutes. In the 19th minute Lars Meesters shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Wilian Bueno saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 20th minute of the match Netherlands got a corner. ARS FUTEBOL'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. Luisito Pistol scored 2-0 in the 21st 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. A collision led to ARS FUTEBOL getting a freekick after 24 minutes play. Gaspar Grez hit a great ball. After 30 minutes ARS FUTEBOL's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Gijsbert ter Kruimer who took care of the corner kick. 31 minutes into the match, Netherlands's goal looked a bit too open when Luisito Pistol came free, but Arnout Reekers reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. With a little luck, Netherlands's Arnout Reekers got control of the ball when Camillo Fabrizio tried to sneak it across the goal line. In the 38th minute the ball was on its way in behind ARS FUTEBOL's goalkeeper Wilian Bueno, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar.

Camillo Fabrizio charged in rather forcefully in the 53rd minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Camillo Fabrizio the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. Camillo Fabrizio hit a great freekick 53 minutes into the match. Wilian Bueno showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Gijsbert ter Kruimer in the 55th minute of the match. In the 62nd minute Luisito Pistol shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Arnout Reekers saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 64th minute Camillo Fabrizio shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Arnout Reekers saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Wilian Bueno made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Wim Wilmes in the 66th minute of play. Gijsbert ter Kruimer sent away a hard shot on goal in the 67th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. ARS FUTEBOL's Dudu de Queiroz was substituted for Luisito Pistol. Arnout Reekers made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Camillo Fabrizio in the 69th minute of play. Arnout Reekers showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Samuca de Medeiros, who was totally free with the ball in the 74th minute. Wilian Bueno made an important save on a dangerous shot by Gustaaf Groeneveldt in the 78th minute. Gustaaf Groeneveldt's shot straight on target was not completely harmless. The ball had pretty good speed, but Wilian Bueno firmly grabbed it by the left post. In the 80th minute, Qu Di Yu hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Wilian Bueno showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Wim Wilmes in the 81st minute of the match. Netherlands's Arnout Reekers played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Samuca de Medeiros in the 83rd minute of play. When Qu Di Yu fell near the penalty area in the 86th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored ARS FUTEBOL's protests and gave Qu Di Yu a yellow card for diving instead. Gijsbert ter Kruimer placed the ball on the penalty spot and got himself ready to shoot. Post out! An unexpectedly hard shot by Lars Meesters in the 91st minute of play forced ARS FUTEBOL's goalkeeper Wilian Bueno to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Gijsbert ter Kruimer in the 93rd minute of play forced ARS FUTEBOL's goalkeeper Wilian Bueno to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Arnout Reekers made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Camillo Fabrizio in the 94th minute of play. The home crowd let out a huge roar when the referee blew for the end of the game. ARS FUTEBOL were victorious despite being under pressure from Netherlands for much of the match.