Challenge

Buca Arena
Spectators: 43 (Terracing: 33, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) Gijsbert ter Kruimer made the kick off and thus started the match. Nando Muslera took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Bas Tuitert, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Gustaaf Groeneveldt recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 6th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Gustaaf Groeneveldt scored 0-1 in the 7th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Nando Muslera, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Nando Muslera showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Wim Wilmes in the 10th minute of the match. Nando Muslera took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Wim Wilmes, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 17th minute Wim Wilmes shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Nando Muslera saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 18th match minute, Netherlands was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Mathijn Doctor to maneuver through the defense. Arnout Reekers made a fantastic save in the 19th minute, when Resul Kılıc sent off a good shot on target. After 22 played minutes Netherlands got a freekick which was hit by Gust Ennemans. In the 27th minute, Bucaspor's Resul Kılıc ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Arnout Reekers. Arnout Reekers yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 2-1. Nando Muslera showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Gijsbert ter Kruimer, who was totally free with the ball in the 31st minute. 32 minutes had been played when some careless play by Bucaspor's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Gijsbert ter Kruimer was slow to take the kick. During this time Netherlands's players had a chance to rest. The corner ended in Gijsbert ter Kruimer almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but Bucaspor's Nando Muslera did a great save. When Lars Meesters came up free with the goalie in the 41st minute, the Netherlands fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Lars Meesters couldn't finish the play. Nando Muslera showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Gustaaf Groeneveldt in the 48th minute of the match.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Resul Kılıc to make the kick off. An unexpectedly hard shot by Resul Kılıc in the 52nd minute of play forced Netherlands's goalkeeper Arnout Reekers to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The audience thought a goal was coming when Wim Wilmes got free with Nando Muslera in the 58th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. 59 minutes into the match, Wim Wilmes dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Nando Muslera, 2-2. The crowd rose to their feet as David Eikelkamp kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Nando Muslera. That made the score 2-3 in the 77 minute of play. Nando Muslera showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Lars Meesters in the 86th minute of the match. Arnout Reekers showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Resul Kılıc, who was totally free with the ball in the 89th minute. Nando Muslera showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from David Eikelkamp in the 91st minute of the match. Resul Kılıc hit a great freekick 95 minutes into the match. Wim Wilmes sent away a hard shot on goal in the 97th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance.