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Spectators: 41 (Terracing: 32, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Gijsbert ter Kruimer kicked off to start the match. In the 2nd minute, Gijsbert ter Kruimer left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Netherlands fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-1. With a little luck, Netherlands's Arnout Reekers got control of the ball when Rony Dudu tried to sneak it across the goal line. After 8 minutes of play, Netherlands's Gijsbert ter Kruimer made it 0-2 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Ricardo Bittencourt was left in no man's land by his defense there! The Netherlands fans' excitement grew in the 15th match minute when Netherlands's Kees Mooiweer looked to have a clear shot with the ball near the goal. The shot wasn't hard, but the ball still rolled over the goal line to make it 0-4 before the goalkeeper had a chance to intervene. An unexpectedly hard shot by Wim Wilmes in the 18th minute of play forced HollywooDogs's goalkeeper Ricardo Bittencourt to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Ricardo Bittencourt didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Lars Meesters went, in the 20th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-5 was the resulting score. After 23 minutes of play, Netherlands's Gijsbert ter Kruimer made it 0-6 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Ricardo Bittencourt was left in no man's land by his defense there! Wim Wilmes scored 0-7 in the 26th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Ricardo Bittencourt, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. An unexpectedly hard shot by David Eikelkamp in the 29th minute of play forced HollywooDogs's goalkeeper Ricardo Bittencourt to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Ricardo Bittencourt came out of the goal in the 30th minute to try and stop a shot by Netherlands's Gijsbert ter Kruimer. But to his dismay, Gijsbert ter Kruimer quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-8. 36 minutes into the game, Netherlands's David Eikelkamp nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Ricardo Bittencourt made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-9. In the 38th minute Wim Wilmes shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Ricardo Bittencourt saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. David Eikelkamp received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 43rd minute. Ricardo Bittencourt tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 45th minute, Gustaaf Groeneveldt ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Ricardo Bittencourt was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-11. After the first half Netherlands were leading 0-11. They had played with great self confidence throughout the first half and fully deserved their lead.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Valério Alves made a kick off. 51 minutes into the game, Wim Wilmes cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-12. Ricardo Bittencourt was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. After 53 minutes of play, Netherlands's Wim Wilmes made it 0-13 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Ricardo Bittencourt was left in no man's land by his defense there! Ricardo Bittencourt showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Wim Wilmes in the 55th minute of the match. A collision led to HollywooDogs getting a freekick after 60 minutes play. Gil Bastos hit a great ball. In the 61st minute, Netherlands's Gustaaf Groeneveldt dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 0-14. After some careless play in the HollywooDogs defense, Wim Wilmes kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Ricardo Bittencourt. The HollywooDogs fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Ricardo Bittencourt should have stopped the shot. 66 minutes into the match, Wim Wilmes had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Ricardo Bittencourt. HollywooDogs's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Wim Wilmes was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-16. HollywooDogs's Ricardo Bittencourt played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Lars Meesters in the 68th minute of play. The audience thought a goal was coming when Gustaaf Groeneveldt got free with Ricardo Bittencourt in the 70th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. After 76 minutes of play, Netherlands's Wim Wilmes made it 0-18 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Ricardo Bittencourt was left in no man's land by his defense there! In the 78th minute, Gustaaf Groeneveldt left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Netherlands fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-19. HollywooDogs's Ricardo Bittencourt played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by David Eikelkamp in the 81st minute of play. In the 83rd minute, Netherlands's Gijsbert ter Kruimer ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Ricardo Bittencourt. Ricardo Bittencourt yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 0-20. Ricardo Bittencourt came out of the goal in the 86th minute to try and stop a shot by Netherlands's Gijsbert ter Kruimer. But to his dismay, Gijsbert ter Kruimer quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-21. With a little luck, HollywooDogs's Ricardo Bittencourt got control of the ball when Gustaaf Groeneveldt tried to sneak it across the goal line. In the 94th minute, Netherlands's Lars Meesters dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 0-22. When the match was over Netherlands could go home with a victory in their luggage, having controlled the game far better than HollywooDogs throughout the match.