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Spectators: 41 (Terracing: 32, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. 杜铮骋 started the match with the kick off. Arnout Reekers was a little too slow when 宋铮明 got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 4th minute. The score was now 1-0. 刘弘军 made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Wim Wilmes in the 8th minute of play. A collision led to ≮Empire≯ 知否知否应是绿肥红瘦 getting a freekick after 9 minutes play. Leon Goretskiy hit a great ball. Netherlands's Gijsbert ter Kruimer couldn't find anyone to pass the ball to, so he shot a long shot towards the goal in the 10th minute. The shot went wide which resulted in a goal kick for ≮Empire≯ 知否知否应是绿肥红瘦. Lars Meesters fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 12th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without 刘弘军 having to interfere. 宋铮明 took the ball and in the 14 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 2-0. 陈城超 hit a great freekick 19 minutes into the match. In the 20th minute, 钱青梁 hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Netherlands's Arnout Reekers played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Leon Goretskiy in the 23rd minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Lars Meesters in the 25th minute of play forced ≮Empire≯ 知否知否应是绿肥红瘦's goalkeeper 刘弘军 to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After some fancy dribbling in the 26th minute, 狄岩云 managed to get in a good position for a shot. ≮Empire≯ 知否知否应是绿肥红瘦's supporters rose to their feet, but 狄岩云 was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Arnout Reekers breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. 刘弘军 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 29th minute. The audience was convinced that 宋铮明's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Arnout Reekers was relentless in the 31st minute of the game. In the 36th minute, 宋铮明 left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The ≮Empire≯ 知否知否应是绿肥红瘦 fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 3-0. 杜铮骋 fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 40th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Arnout Reekers having to interfere. 46 minutes into the match, ≮Empire≯ 知否知否应是绿肥红瘦's goal looked a bit too open when Gustaaf Groeneveldt came free, but 刘弘军 reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After a rather tough play, ≮Empire≯ 知否知否应是绿肥红瘦's 严泉洲 got a free kick in the 47th minute.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Gijsbert ter Kruimer to make the kick off. 52 minutes into the game, Wim Wilmes recieved a splendid long ball, split the defenders, and gently placed the ball to the left of 刘弘军. Wim Wilmes showed that you don't have to tear a hole in the net to score, 3-1. In the 60th minute, Lars Meesters hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 61st minute 宋铮明 shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Arnout Reekers saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 64 minutes into the match, ≮Empire≯ 知否知否应是绿肥红瘦's goal looked a bit too open when Gijsbert ter Kruimer came free, but 刘弘军 reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 刘弘军 made an important save on a dangerous shot by Gustaaf Groeneveldt in the 65th minute. Netherlands were awarded a corner in the 67th minute after ≮Empire≯ 知否知否应是绿肥红瘦's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Gijsbert ter Kruimer took the corner. David Eikelkamp made a great header on Netherlands's corner, it was just that ≮Empire≯ 知否知否应是绿肥红瘦's 刘弘军 managed to reach the ball for a save. Arnout Reekers made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from 宋铮明 in the 71st minute of play. The supporters of Netherlands booed when ≮Empire≯ 知否知否应是绿肥红瘦 was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 72 match minutes in a wonderful position. 钱青梁 didn't get a good kick on the ball. Through an outstanding action, after 75 minutes, 刘弘军 successfully got his hands on the ball before it slid into the goal at the right post. With an all-out effort, Netherlands's 刘弘军 threw himself towards the right post 78 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Gijsbert ter Kruimer, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. In the 80th minute, Netherlands's Gustaaf Groeneveldt ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind 刘弘军. 刘弘军 yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 3-2. 陈城超 kicked well hit freekick during the 91st minute of the match. In the 97th minute Wim Wilmes shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but 刘弘军 saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. When the referee blew the final whistle, ≮Empire≯ 知否知否应是绿肥红瘦 could leave the field as winners, despite Netherlands having more of the ball for most of the match.