Challenge

Yasser Arafat
Spectators: 42 (Terracing: 32, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Bruno Peyo made the kick off which started today's match. CA Intifada Palestina's Leon Aznaro played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Gijsbert ter Kruimer in the 4th minute of play. The audience was convinced that Gijsbert ter Kruimer's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Leon Aznaro was relentless in the 11th minute of the game. 25 minutes into the match, Gijsbert ter Kruimer notched a goal, 0-1, to the right of CA Intifada Palestina's Leon Aznaro. Leon Aznaro was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Froilan Romildo during the 28th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. In the 28th match minute, CA Intifada Palestina was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Froilan Romildo to maneuver through the defense. An unexpectedly hard shot by Gijsbert ter Kruimer in the 29th minute of play forced CA Intifada Palestina's goalkeeper Leon Aznaro to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 30 minutes had been played when some careless play by CA Intifada Palestina'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. In the 32nd minute Netherlands were awarded a corner. Gijsbert ter Kruimer went to the cornerflag to take it. Lars Meesters was in a good position and managed to take a shot, but he missed just to the outside of the post. Leon Aznaro came out of the goal in the 35th minute to try and stop a shot by Netherlands's Wim Wilmes. But to his dismay, Wim Wilmes quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-2. Gustaaf Groeneveldt sent away a hard shot on goal in the 46th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. Disappointed in the 0-2 score, the home team went to the dressing room to adjust tactics for the second half.

In the 53rd minute, Ferdinando Galván left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The CA Intifada Palestina fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 1-2. After 56 minutes, Israel Beremundo mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the CA Intifada Palestina and the Netherlands players grew even worse after the yellow card. After a rather tough play, CA Intifada Palestina's Israel Beremundo got a free kick in the 57th minute. After some careless play in the CA Intifada Palestina defense, Wim Wilmes kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Leon Aznaro. The CA Intifada Palestina fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Leon Aznaro should have stopped the shot. After 62 played minutes CA Intifada Palestina got a freekick which was hit by Ferdinando Galván. CA Intifada Palestina's Justino Valery was substituted for Ferdinando Galván. After a rather tough play, CA Intifada Palestina's Ferdinando Galván got a free kick in the 63rd minute. The audience thought a goal was coming when Gustaaf Groeneveldt got free with Leon Aznaro in the 64th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. 68 minutes had been played when some careless play by CA Intifada Palestina'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. After a defensive mix-up in Netherlands's zone, Teobaldo Boni stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Arnout Reekers came out of the goal and Teobaldo Boni tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. In the 75th minute, Justino Valery made a precise shot to the right of Arnout Reekers. Netherlands's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 2-3. Gijsbert ter Kruimer could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 78th minute of the match, but Leon Aznaro made a huge save. Arnout Reekers showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Raimundo Gora, who was totally free with the ball in the 87th minute. 89 minutes in the game Gustaaf Groeneveldt did a throw-in, and the ball was quickly in game thanks to Wim Wilmes. After 90 minutes of play, the referee blew the whistle. It was a penalty for CA Intifada Palestina! After 92 minutes CA Intifada Palestina'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 ended in Gijsbert ter Kruimer almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but CA Intifada Palestina's Leon Aznaro did a great save. When Gustaaf Groeneveldt, who was free, got the in front of the goal in the 93 minute he wasn't focused and tipped the ball just over the goal. The Leon Aznaro was delighted since the ball would have got in if it had gone under the crossbar. CA Intifada Palestina's Justino Valery got a good chance for a goal in the 98th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. The CA Intifada Palestina supporters were disappointed that their team didn't take anything from the match, despite matching Netherlands's performance. The match ended with a win for Netherlands.