Challenge

Petrovskiy Park
Spectators: 50 (Terracing: 38, Seating: 11, VIP seats: 1) Dynamite's Efim Abramov started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. Netherlands's Arnout Reekers proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 4th minute of the match, managed to save Netherlands from getting a goal against them. Arnout Reekers showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Filimon Nesterenko in the 9th minute of the match. Arnout Reekers showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Evgeniy Kobeko in the 16th minute of the match. After having played for 21 minutes, Gustaaf Groeneveldt managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Netherlands's supporters crossed their fingers, but Gustaaf Groeneveldt was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Arnout Reekers made a fantastic save in the 23rd minute, when Kazemir Gorbachev sent off a good shot on target. Gustaaf Groeneveldt fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 25th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Matvey Epanchin having to interfere. Gijsbert ter Kruimer blasted a shot towards the goal in the 27th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Matvey Epanchin having to make a save. 29 minutes into the match, Netherlands's goal looked a bit too open when Filimon Nesterenko came free, but Arnout Reekers reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Efim Abramov could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 30th minute of the match, but Arnout Reekers made a huge save. After having played for 33 minutes, Gustaaf Groeneveldt managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Netherlands's supporters crossed their fingers, but Gustaaf Groeneveldt was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Netherlands's Arnout Reekers played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Filimon Nesterenko in the 36th minute of play. Dynamite's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Evgeniy Kobeko in the 37th minute. The crowd rose to their feet as Filimon Nesterenko kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Arnout Reekers. That made the score 1-0 in the 42 minute of play. Arnout Reekers showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Evgeniy Kobeko in the 45th minute of the match.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Gijsbert ter Kruimer stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Arnout Reekers showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Efim Abramov in the 51st minute of the match. Arnout Reekers showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Evgeniy Kobeko, who was totally free with the ball in the 52nd minute. After a defensive mix-up in Netherlands's zone, Mariusz Mierzejewski stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Arnout Reekers came out of the goal and Mariusz Mierzejewski tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Filimon Nesterenko fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 57th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Arnout Reekers having to interfere. 60 minutes into the match, Netherlands's Wim Wilmes sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Matvey Epanchin narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Netherlands were awarded a corner in the 61th minute after Dynamite's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Gijsbert ter Kruimer took the corner. Netherlands were awarded a corner in the 62th minute after Dynamite's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Gijsbert ter Kruimer took the corner. Efim Abramov kicked well hit freekick during the 64th minute of the match. Arnout Reekers made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Efim Abramov in the 69th minute of play. 70 minutes had been played when some careless play by Netherlands's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Evgeniy Kobeko was slow to take the kick. During this time Dynamite's players had a chance to rest. In the 73rd minute, Andrey Ostrovskiy hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After having played for 74 minutes, Gijsbert ter Kruimer managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Netherlands's supporters crossed their fingers, but Gijsbert ter Kruimer was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Arnout Reekers showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Filimon Nesterenko in the 77th minute of the match. In the 81st minute, David Eikelkamp hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 82nd minute Evgeniy Kobeko 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. Evgeniy Kobeko fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 83rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Arnout Reekers having to interfere. When Wim Wilmes came up free with the goalie in the 90th minute, the Netherlands fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Wim Wilmes couldn't finish the play. 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 92nd minute.