Challenge

Kolos Sport Arena
Spectators: 50 (Terracing: 38, Seating: 11, VIP seats: 1) Gijsbert ter Kruimer made the kick off and thus started the match. After 4 minutes FC Kolos'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. The corner went over the outstretched arms of FC Kolos's goalie and right to Lars Meesters. He fired away a shot at goal, but the shot had too much spin, and it went just outside the goal. FC Kolos's manager breathed a sigh of relief on the sidelines as his team had managed to escape an almost certain goal. In the 9th minute, Gijsbert ter Kruimer got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. If Lars Meesters had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 11th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. An unexpectedly hard shot by Gustaaf Groeneveldt in the 14th minute of play forced FC Kolos's goalkeeper Geovani Baiano to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 19th minute Evert Sandell 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. Vyacheslav Nechyporuk blasted a shot towards the goal in the 28th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Arnout Reekers having to make a save. The supporters of Netherlands booed when FC Kolos was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 28 match minutes in a wonderful position. Arkhyp Stepanenko didn't get a good kick on the ball. If Lars Meesters had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 36th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Arnout Reekers showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Evert Sandell in the 46th minute of the match. In the 47th minute, Andriy Perekolyanovych hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. FC Kolos's Maxym Sulimenko was substituted for Denys Sokolovsjkyi. FC Kolos's Svyatoslav Musiyko was substituted for Arkhyp Stepanenko. In the 48th minute, Andriy Perekolyanovych hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 49th minute, Gijsbert ter Kruimer got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. After a very even first half the match was still tied. The players went to their respective dressing rooms to discuss the tactics for the second half.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Maxym Sulimenko to make the kick off. Arnout Reekers didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Boleslaw Niziolek went, in the 54th minute, to the upper right corner, 1-0 was the resulting score. After 57 minutes of play, Netherlands's Wim Wilmes made it 1-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Geovani Baiano was left in no man's land by his defense there! Gijsbert ter Kruimer fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 61st minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Geovani Baiano having to interfere. After some fancy dribbling in the 64th minute, Gijsbert ter Kruimer managed to get in a good position for a shot. Netherlands's supporters rose to their feet, but Gijsbert ter Kruimer was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Geovani Baiano breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Gustaaf Groeneveldt's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Geovani Baiano read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 66th minute of play. 68 minutes into the match, FC Kolos's goal looked a bit too open when Wim Wilmes came free, but Geovani Baiano reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Wim Wilmes could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 71st minute of the match, but Geovani Baiano made a huge save. 73 minutes into the match, Maxym Sulimenko had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Arnout Reekers. Netherlands's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Maxym Sulimenko was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 2-1. Arnout Reekers showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Maxym Sulimenko, who was totally free with the ball in the 76th minute. Arnout Reekers showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Svyatoslav Musiyko in the 79th minute of the match. Geovani Baiano was a little too slow when Gustaaf Groeneveldt got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 82nd minute. The score was now 2-2. Arnout Reekers showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Vladyslav Galuschak, who was totally free with the ball in the 90th minute. Arnout Reekers made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Maxym Sulimenko in the 92nd minute of play. 95 minutes into the match, Maxym Sulimenko had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Arnout Reekers. Netherlands's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Maxym Sulimenko was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 3-2. Netherlands's Arnout Reekers played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Vladyslav Galuschak in the 98th minute of play.