Challenge

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Spectators: 42 (Terracing: 32, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) After having played for 6 minutes, Wim Wilmes managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Netherlands's supporters crossed their fingers, but Wim Wilmes was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. A collision led to Bears are Back getting a freekick after 9 minutes play. Witomir Konieczny hit a great ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Toni Butcher in the 18th minute of play forced Netherlands's goalkeeper Arnout Reekers to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 20 played minutes Bears are Back got a freekick which was hit by Toni Butcher. 23 minutes into the match, Netherlands's Gustaaf Groeneveldt sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Jan Faust narrowly saved just below the crossbar. The audience was convinced that Patryk Bartoszek's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Arnout Reekers was relentless in the 32nd minute of the game. In the 35thth minute of the game Patryk Bartoszek who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Netherlands's Arnout Reekers was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. The audience thought a goal was coming when Patryk Bartoszek got free with Arnout Reekers in the 37th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. In the 39th minute, Netherlands's goalie took a deep sigh of relief after Patryk Bartoszek fired away a hard shot that went just outside the left post. In the 42nd minute, Witomir Konieczny hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 43rd minute of the match Gijsbert ter Kruimer shot from a long distance. The ball could have gone into the goal to the right of the goalkeeper, but Jan Faust showed his good shape when he easily got hold of the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Toni Butcher in the 45th 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 Toni Butcher in the 45th minute of the match. The audience thought a goal was coming when Korneliusz Tokarczyk got free with Arnout Reekers in the 46th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. 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. Jan Faust showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Wim Wilmes in the 57th minute of the match. Jan Faust showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from David Eikelkamp in the 59th minute of the match. In the 68th minute Patryk Bartoszek 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 Wim Wilmes in the 71st minute of play forced Bears are Back's goalkeeper Jan Faust to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Wim Wilmes in the 75th minute of play forced Bears are Back's goalkeeper Jan Faust to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Toni Butcher'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. Toni Butcher helped the player get up and apologised. Toni Butcher hit a great freekick 76 minutes into the match. Gustaaf Groeneveldt struck a weak shot in the 77th minute. Jan Faust didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Netherlands. Bears are Back's defense didn't have a chance, in the 78th minute, when Gustaaf Groeneveldt scored to the left of an out of position Jan Faust, making the score, 1-2. 87 minutes into the match, Netherlands's goal looked a bit too open when Toni Butcher came free, but Arnout Reekers reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 91st minute, Gustaaf Groeneveldt 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. 94 minutes into the game, Gijsbert ter Kruimer recieved a splendid long ball, split the defenders, and gently placed the ball to the left of Jan Faust. Gijsbert ter Kruimer showed that you don't have to tear a hole in the net to score, 1-3. Jan Faust took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Gijsbert ter Kruimer, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. The Netherlands players were relieved to hear the final whistle blow to end the match. The away crowd was happy to see their team win after a very tight game.