Challenge

New York Arena
Spectators: 41 (Terracing: 32, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Caetano Levandowsky took the kick off in the first half of the match. In the 2nd match minute, . SC Manhattan . was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Alexsandro da Costa to maneuver through the defense. 朱扬岩 kicked well hit freekick during the 3rd minute of the match. With a little luck, Netherlands's Arnout Reekers got control of the ball when Caetano Levandowsky tried to sneak it across the goal line. . SC Manhattan .'s Caetano Levandowsky got a good chance for a goal in the 12th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. In the 15th minute the ball was on its way in behind Netherlands's goalkeeper Arnout Reekers, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Emil Hellman's late challenge caught a Netherlands's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Emil Hellman helped the player get up and apologised. A collision led to . SC Manhattan . getting a freekick after 16 minutes play. Emil Hellman hit a great ball. Lars Meesters fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 18th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Geovani Velloso having to interfere. If Gustaaf Groeneveldt had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 26th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. 28 minutes into the match, . SC Manhattan .'s goal looked a bit too open when Gijsbert ter Kruimer came free, but Geovani Velloso reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After some careless play in the Netherlands defense, Caetano Levandowsky 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. . SC Manhattan . were furious when Zaq Childs was red carded, 36 minutes into the game, but the referee dismissed their protests. The referee blew the whistle for a penalty in the 36th minute of the game. One of . SC Manhattan .:s players had nearly got his shirt torn off by an opponent while getting free in front of Netherlands:s goal. In the 40th minute, Wim Wilmes got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. The supporters of . SC Manhattan . booed when Netherlands was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 44 match minutes in a wonderful position. David Eikelkamp didn't get a good kick on the ball. After some fancy dribbling in the 46th minute, Caetano Levandowsky managed to get in a good position for a shot. . SC Manhattan .'s supporters rose to their feet, but Caetano Levandowsky 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. The score stood at 1-1 when the half time whistle went. Both sets of players seemed reasonably pleased with how the match was going.

The wind increased when Gijsbert ter Kruimer made the kick off in the second half. If Gijsbert ter Kruimer had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 52nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 56th minute, Alexsandro da Costa hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. . SC Manhattan .'s Anísio Lara was substituted for Emil Hellman. A collision led to . SC Manhattan . getting a freekick after 57 minutes play. Alexsandro da Costa hit a great ball. Gijsbert ter Kruimer sent away a hard shot on goal in the 69th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. An unexpected shot in the 76th minute by Gustaaf Groeneveldt got the crowd on their feet, but to their dismay it went out on the left side. The corner ended in Gijsbert ter Kruimer almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but . SC Manhattan .'s Geovani Velloso did a great save. A collision led to . SC Manhattan . getting a freekick after 87 minutes play. Kadri Tuncal hit a great ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Alfredinho Negri in the 91st minute of play forced Netherlands's goalkeeper Arnout Reekers to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The . SC Manhattan . support was delighted with a win in a match that could easily have ended differently.