Challenge

Caverna do Dragão
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. Gijsbert ter Kruimer started the match with the kick off. Wim Wilmes received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 4th minute. Nilson de Almeida tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Nilson de Almeida took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Gustaaf Groeneveldt, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Gustaaf Groeneveldt fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 14th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Nilson de Almeida having to interfere. In the 17th minute Dónald Trump 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. An unexpectedly hard shot by Gustaaf Groeneveldt in the 21st minute of play forced Lindner F.C's goalkeeper Nilson de Almeida to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Jeremias Salles in the 22nd minute of play forced Netherlands's goalkeeper Arnout Reekers to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Charlie Alfonso kicked well hit freekick during the 24th minute of the match. In the 24th minute, Gustavo Lindner hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. An unexpectedly hard shot by Gijsbert ter Kruimer in the 25th minute of play forced Lindner F.C's goalkeeper Nilson de Almeida to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 29 minutes Lindner F.C's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Gijsbert ter Kruimer who took care of the corner kick. A nice corner shot did that Gijsbert ter Kruimer got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Nilson de Almeida quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. Lindner F.C's Nicolás De la Cruz was standing unmarked in front of the goal when he, in the 31st play minute, got the ball and easily drilled it into the goal. Gijsbert ter Kruimer sent away a hard shot on goal in the 33rd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Lindner F.C's Nilson de Almeida played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Gustaaf Groeneveldt in the 36th minute of play. In the 38th minute, Gustavo Lindner hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Nilson de Almeida showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Gijsbert ter Kruimer in the 39th minute of the match. Dónald Trump recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 43rd minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Nilson de Almeida showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Gustaaf Groeneveldt, who was totally free with the ball in the 46th minute. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 1-0.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Jeremias Salles to strike the kick off in the second half. 51 minutes into the match, Netherlands's goal looked a bit too open when Jeremias Salles came free, but Arnout Reekers reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 53rd minute of the match, Wim Wilmes got a very nice opportunity to score, but Nilson de Almeida was well-placed and pushed the ball away from the goal at the left post. Nilson de Almeida made a fantastic save in the 55th minute, when Gustaaf Groeneveldt sent off a good shot on target. Arnout Reekers made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Jeremias Salles in the 56th minute of play. After some fancy dribbling in the 57th minute, Gustaaf Groeneveldt managed to get in a good position for a shot. Netherlands's supporters rose to their feet, but Gustaaf Groeneveldt was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Nilson de Almeida breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. A collision led to Lindner F.C getting a freekick after 64 minutes play. Gustavo Lindner hit a great ball. Lindner F.C's Hugon Rzeszutek was substituted for Charlie Alfonso. An unexpectedly hard shot by Wim Wilmes in the 70th minute of play forced Lindner F.C's goalkeeper Nilson de Almeida to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 77th minute Lindner F.C were awarded a corner. Alexsandro Figueiredo went to the cornerflag to take it. Alexsandro Figueiredo made a great header on Lindner F.C's corner, it was just that Netherlands's Arnout Reekers managed to reach the ball for a save. Netherlands were awarded a corner in the 80th minute after Lindner F.C's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Gijsbert ter Kruimer took the corner. After taking down the ball on Netherlands's corner Wim Wilmes fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Nilson de Almeida quite easily take care of the ball. 82 minutes had been played when some careless play by Lindner F.C'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. The corner led Netherlands's Lars Meesters to fire away a dangerous shot which Nilson de Almeida despite some difficulties managed to get hold on the ball. Nilson de Almeida 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 84th minute. If Gijsbert ter Kruimer had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 89th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. An unexpected shot in the 90th minute by Gustaaf Groeneveldt got the crowd on their feet, but to their dismay it went out on the left side. Nilson de Almeida didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Gijsbert ter Kruimer went, in the 92nd minute, to the upper right corner, 1-1 was the resulting score. Neither set of supporters seemed pleased with the draw, but both teams had played equally well today.