Challenge

Luso stadium
Spectators: 44 (Terracing: 34, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) Arnout Reekers acted impressively in front of the goal and made a superb save when he, in the 3rd minute, took the ball on the long shot from Nicu Ilieș. In the 5th minute Gijsbert ter Kruimer shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Valentin Bujor saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After a rather tough play, D.P.Aarburg's Leal Castilho got a free kick in the 5th minute. The supporters of Netherlands booed when D.P.Aarburg was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 6 match minutes in a wonderful position. Severiano Assis didn't get a good kick on the ball. Rafael Navarro could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 10th minute of the match, but Arnout Reekers made a huge save. Rafael Navarro could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 14th minute of the match, but Arnout Reekers made a huge save. Valentin Bujor 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 16th minute. Severiano Assis kicked well hit freekick during the 17th minute of the match. Wim Wilmes received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 18th minute. Valentin Bujor tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Leal Castilho hit a great freekick 19 minutes into the match. Valentin Bujor 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 22nd minute. Valentin Bujor took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Gijsbert ter Kruimer, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 25 minutes had been played when some careless play by D.P.Aarburg'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. Netherlands's Gijsbert ter Kruimer was first on the ball when the corner was shot and he dangerously headed the ball towards goal, but Valentin Bujor in the goal jumped up to prevent it from getting in. Arnout Reekers made an important save on a dangerous shot by Rafael Navarro in the 27th minute. When the match clock showed 30 minutes, the score became 0-1 when Gijsbert ter Kruimer sped through D.P.Aarburg's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Valentin Bujor. Valentin Bujor made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Gijsbert ter Kruimer in the 33rd minute of play. After 35 played minutes D.P.Aarburg got a freekick which was hit by Leal Castilho. In the 36th minute of the match Gijsbert ter Kruimer shot from a long distance. The ball could have gone into the goal to the right of the goalkeeper, but Valentin Bujor showed his good shape when he easily got hold of the ball. The audience thought a goal was coming when Rafael Navarro got free with Arnout Reekers in the 37th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Valentin Bujor showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Wim Wilmes in the 38th minute of the match. Netherlands's Arnout Reekers played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by David Peralta in the 41st minute of play. 44 minutes into the match, Gijsbert ter Kruimer notched a goal, 0-2, to the right of D.P.Aarburg's Valentin Bujor. Valentin Bujor was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. After a rather tough play, D.P.Aarburg's Leal Castilho got a free kick in the 47th minute. Almiro Medeiros hit a great freekick 48 minutes into the match. After 49 played minutes Gijsbert ter Kruimer shot from long distance. At first the shot seemed to be simple for D.P.Aarburg's Valentin Bujor to catch but Gijsbert ter Kruimer was lucky. It became 0-3 after the goalkeeper had been careless and dropped the ball into goal. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 0-3.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and David Peralta made a kick off. D.P.Aarburg's Valentin Bujor played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Gijsbert ter Kruimer in the 59th minute of play. Netherlands were awarded a corner in the 60th minute after D.P.Aarburg's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Gijsbert ter Kruimer took the corner. Wim Wilmes came free with the goalkeeper in the 64th minute of the match, and shot straight on target. The shot was a little too simple and Valentin Bujor could save by the left post. In the 65th minute of the match Netherlands got a corner. D.P.Aarburg's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Gijsbert ter Kruimer ran over to the corner to take the kick. After taking down the ball on Netherlands's corner Gijsbert ter Kruimer fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Valentin Bujor quite easily take care of the ball. Gijsbert ter Kruimer struck a weak shot in the 70th minute. Valentin Bujor didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Netherlands. Lars Meesters did some fancy footwork in front of goal and succeeded to deceive the defenders so he could slam the ball in 0-4 to the left of a surprised Valentin Bujor 75 minutes into the match. Wim Wilmes sent away a hard shot on goal in the 77th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Valentin Bujor took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Wim Wilmes, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After 82 played minutes Netherlands got a freekick which was hit by Gust Ennemans. In the 86th minute, Netherlands's Gijsbert ter Kruimer dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 0-5. The supporters of D.P.Aarburg booed when Netherlands was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 89 match minutes in a wonderful position. David Eikelkamp didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 90th minute, Rafael Navarro hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After 91 played minutes Netherlands got a freekick which was hit by Gijsbert ter Kruimer. Arnout Reekers took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Rafael Navarro, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Netherlands's fans were overjoyed with their teams well-earned victory and stayed in the stadium long after the final whistle to celebrate the win.