Challenge

MASTERBET FC
Spectators: 43 (Terracing: 33, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Oliver Bierhoff kicked off to start the match. You Chao Yao charged in rather forcefully in the 7th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed You Chao Yao the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. Gustaaf Groeneveldt scored 0-1 in the 8th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Gigel Zăvoiu, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. 12 minutes into the match, Lars Meesters notched a goal, 0-2, to the right of MasterBets's Gigel Zăvoiu. Gigel Zăvoiu was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. MasterBets made a substitution. Gabe Joinvilense replaced Oliver Bierhoff. Gigel Zăvoiu showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Wim Wilmes in the 19th 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 Gabe Joinvilense in the 22nd minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Lars Meesters in the 24th minute of play forced MasterBets's goalkeeper Gigel Zăvoiu to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. If Wim Wilmes had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 25th 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 Gabe Joinvilense in the 34th minute of the match. Gigel Zăvoiu showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from David Eikelkamp, who was totally free with the ball in the 37th minute. Gigel Zăvoiu took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Wim Wilmes, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side.

Gigel Zăvoiu was in the perfect position, and the defense had done a good job marking him, but Gijsbert ter Kruimer showcased his skills and made a perfect shot to score 0-3 in the 53 minute of play. After some careless play in the Netherlands defense, Gabe Joinvilense kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Arnout Reekers. The Netherlands fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Arnout Reekers should have stopped the shot. After 62 minutes of play, MasterBets's Gabe Joinvilense made it 2-3 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Arnout Reekers was left in no man's land by his defense there! 65 minutes into the match, Gabe Joinvilense 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 Gabe Joinvilense was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 3-3. 68 minutes into the game, Netherlands's Gustaaf Groeneveldt nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Gigel Zăvoiu made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 3-4. 75 minutes into the match, MasterBets's goal looked a bit too open when Wim Wilmes came free, but Gigel Zăvoiu reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. MasterBets's Gigel Zăvoiu proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 76th minute of the match, managed to save MasterBets from getting a goal against them. Netherlands's Arnout Reekers played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Gabe Joinvilense in the 77th minute of play. In the 78th minute of the match MasterBets got a corner. Netherlands's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Albino Cugat ran over to the corner to take the kick. The corner went over the outstretched arms of Netherlands's goalie and right to Kang Ning Yu. He fired away a shot at goal, but the shot had too much spin, and it went just outside the goal. Netherlands's manager breathed a sigh of relief on the sidelines as his team had managed to escape an almost certain goal. The supporters of MasterBets booed when Netherlands was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 84 match minutes in a wonderful position. Mathijn Doctor didn't get a good kick on the ball. Gigel Zăvoiu made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Wim Wilmes in the 89th minute of play. Arnout Reekers made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Gabe Joinvilense in the 94th minute of play. Olimpiu Vermeşan hit a great freekick 96 minutes into the match. When the match was over Netherlands could go home with a victory in their luggage, having controlled the game far better than MasterBets throughout the match.