Challenge

CenturyLink Stadium
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. İsrafil Yağız started the match with the kick off. After 5 minutes of play, Netherlands's Gustaaf Groeneveldt made it 0-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Stanny Stopa was left in no man's land by his defense there! After a rather tough play, Tough and Tasty FC's Henning Norström got a free kick in the 8th minute. Stanny Stopa showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Wim Wilmes, who was totally free with the ball in the 9th minute. Jagad Banan kicked well hit freekick during the 10th minute of the match. A well-hit corner resulted in Bas Tuitert heading the ball towards the goal, but to his dismay he misdirected it and missed the goal completely. The audience thought a goal was coming when Jens-Ove Molin got free with Arnout Reekers in the 16th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. After 18 minutes, Jens-Ove Molin mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Tough and Tasty FC and the Netherlands players grew even worse after the yellow card. Jens-Ove Molin kicked well hit freekick during the 18th minute of the match. Tough and Tasty FC's Stanny Stopa played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Gustaaf Groeneveldt in the 19th minute of play. The audience was convinced that İsrafil Yağız's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Arnout Reekers was relentless in the 22nd minute of the game. In the 25th minute, Egbert Nijveldt hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Gijsbert ter Kruimer fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 27th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Stanny Stopa having to interfere. Arnout Reekers showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Jens-Ove Molin in the 34th minute of the match. In the 38th minute Gustaaf Groeneveldt shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Stanny Stopa saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Aleksander Vassenius kicked well hit freekick during the 39th minute of the match. The throw-in from Gust Ennemans in the 41st minute of the game was unfortunally taken care of by Tough and Tasty FC's Erubiel Carlomagno. Stanny Stopa came out of the goal in the 44th minute to try and stop a shot by Netherlands's Gustaaf Groeneveldt. But to his dismay, Gustaaf Groeneveldt quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-2. Tough and Tasty FC's Stanny Stopa played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Gijsbert ter Kruimer in the 47th minute of play. Even after changing tactics the home team jogged off the field with a 0-2 deficit. They would have to work harder if they wanted to turn things around in the second half.

Stanny Stopa made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Gijsbert ter Kruimer in the 51st minute of play. A nice corner shot did that Lars Meesters got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Stanny Stopa quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. İsrafil Yağız might have been able to make a better finish in the 61st minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Arnout Reekers. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. İsrafil Yağız ran back to his position shaking his head. Jens-Ove Molin kicked well hit freekick during the 63rd minute of the match. Lars Meesters kicked well hit freekick during the 66th minute of the match. Henning Norström hit a great freekick 68 minutes into the match. In the 73rd minute of the match, Wim Wilmes got a very nice opportunity to score, but Stanny Stopa was well-placed and pushed the ball away from the goal at the left post. Tough and Tasty FC's Stanny Stopa played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by David Eikelkamp in the 83rd minute of play. 85 minutes into the match, Tough and Tasty FC's goalkeeper Stanny Stopa had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Wim Wilmes. Netherlands's Arnout Reekers played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Jens-Ove Molin in the 88th minute of play. After 91 minutes of play, the referee blew the whistle. It was a penalty for Netherlands! When the match was over Netherlands could go home with a victory in their luggage, having controlled the game far better than Tough and Tasty FC throughout the match.