Challenge

Petrovskiy Park
Spectators: 50 (Terracing: 38, Seating: 11, VIP seats: 1) Gijsbert ter Kruimer started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. Matvey Epanchin made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Gustaaf Groeneveldt in the 4th minute of play. Matvey Epanchin made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Gijsbert ter Kruimer in the 6th minute of play. Matvey Epanchin showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Wim Wilmes in the 10th minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Wim Wilmes in the 18th minute of play forced Dynamite's goalkeeper Matvey Epanchin to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Wim Wilmes in the 22nd minute of play forced Dynamite's goalkeeper Matvey Epanchin to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 23rd minute of the match Netherlands got a corner. Dynamite'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. An unexpectedly hard shot by Evgeniy Kobeko in the 32nd minute of play forced Netherlands's goalkeeper Arnout Reekers to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Arnout Reekers showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Efim Abramov in the 33rd minute of the match. Arnout Reekers made a fantastic save in the 35th minute, when Filimon Nesterenko sent off a good shot on target. Dynamite's Matvey Epanchin played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Wim Wilmes in the 38th minute of play. The supporters of Netherlands booed when Dynamite was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 39 match minutes in a wonderful position. Kazemir Gorbachev didn't get a good kick on the ball. A collision led to Dynamite getting a freekick after 42 minutes play. Lev Meskhi hit a great ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Gustaaf Groeneveldt in the 44th minute of play forced Dynamite's goalkeeper Matvey Epanchin to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After a rather tough play, Dynamite's Andrey Ostrovskiy got a free kick in the 47th minute. Matvey Epanchin showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Gijsbert ter Kruimer in the 47th minute of the match. After the first half the score was level. The break gave the players a chance to catch their breath, whilst the managers went over the tactics with them again.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Evgeniy Kobeko was the one to do the kick off. Arnout Reekers showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Filimon Nesterenko, who was totally free with the ball in the 51st minute. After 58 minutes, Aleksandr Schukin mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Dynamite and the Netherlands players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 60th minute of the match, Gijsbert ter Kruimer tried to roll the ball into the goal by the right post, but Matvey Epanchin saw his intentions and got control of the ball before it passed the line. If Efim Abramov had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 62nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Dynamite's Matvey Epanchin played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Wim Wilmes in the 64th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Filimon Nesterenko in the 72nd minute of play forced Netherlands's goalkeeper Arnout Reekers to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Matvey Epanchin made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Gijsbert ter Kruimer in the 75th minute of play. Dynamite's Matvey Epanchin proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 77th minute of the match, managed to save Dynamite from getting a goal against them. With his leg Matvey Epanchin managed to avoid a goal in the 77thth minute, when Netherlands's Wim Wilmes fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. 82 minutes into the game, Gijsbert ter Kruimer cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-2. Matvey Epanchin was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. After 86 played minutes Dynamite got a freekick which was hit by Andrey Ostrovskiy. When the match was over Netherlands could go home with a victory in their luggage, having controlled the game far better than Dynamite throughout the match.