Challenge

Field of Dreams
Spectators: 44 (Terracing: 34, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) Fernan Ler made the kick off and thus started the match. Bartosz Ziemniak took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Lars Meesters, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 6 minutes into the match, Fernan Ler 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 Fernan Ler was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-0. Bartosz Ziemniak came out of the goal in the 10th minute to try and stop a shot by Netherlands's David Eikelkamp. But to his dismay, David Eikelkamp quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 1-1. Arnout Reekers didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Rolando Misael went, in the 12th minute, to the upper right corner, 2-1 was the resulting score. 26 minutes into the game, Netherlands's Wim Wilmes nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Bartosz Ziemniak made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 2-2. In the 30thth minute of the game Wim Wilmes who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Fractal FC's Bartosz Ziemniak was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Fractal FC's Bartosz Ziemniak played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Gijsbert ter Kruimer in the 32nd minute of play. Rolando Misael took the ball and in the 34 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Arnout Reekers. Arnout Reekers dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 3-2. After a rather tough play, Fractal FC's Fernan Ler got a free kick in the 42nd minute. In the 43rd match minute, Netherlands was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Gijsbert ter Kruimer to maneuver through the defense. If David Eikelkamp had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 45th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. All the noise was coming from the home fans when the whistle went for half-time. The home team had fought hardest to put themselves in a deserved lead.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Gijsbert ter Kruimer to strike the kick off in the second half. Bartosz Ziemniak was a little too slow when David Eikelkamp got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 51st minute. The score was now 3-3. An unexpectedly hard shot by Fernan Ler in the 57th minute of play forced Netherlands's goalkeeper Arnout Reekers to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Rolando Misael scored 4-3 in the 61st match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Arnout Reekers, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Silvio Dayam hit a great freekick 75 minutes into the match. In the 76th minute the ball was on its way in behind Fractal FC's goalkeeper Bartosz Ziemniak, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Bartosz Ziemniak took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Lars Meesters, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After some fancy dribbling in the 80th 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. Bartosz Ziemniak breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. In the 83rd minute, Gijsbert ter Kruimer ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Bartosz Ziemniak was frozen by the shot and now it was 4-5. Netherlands's Arnout Reekers played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Leonides Jatsu in the 88th minute of play. Gustaaf Groeneveldt received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 93rd minute. Bartosz Ziemniak tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. An unexpectedly hard shot by Arturo Lorien in the 95th minute of play forced Netherlands's goalkeeper Arnout Reekers to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The Fractal FC fans had already started to leave before the final whistle blew. Netherlands were clearly better and deserved to take the win.