Challenge

Estadio Senillosa
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) Federico Urtats started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. Mauro Iruinea made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Gustaaf Groeneveldt in the 4th minute of play. 6 minutes had been played when some careless play by DirectorVisual.com'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. 19 minutes into the game, Gustaaf Groeneveldt cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-1. Mauro Iruinea was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Mauro Iruinea showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Gustaaf Groeneveldt in the 21st minute of the match. Matías Kranevitter received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 22nd minute. Arnout Reekers tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After having played for 24 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. Gijsbert ter Kruimer struck a weak shot in the 26th minute. Mauro Iruinea didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Netherlands. Mauro Iruinea made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Gustaaf Groeneveldt in the 27th minute of play. Gijsbert ter Kruimer received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 28th minute. Mauro Iruinea tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 38th minute, Teofilo Etxatxu reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Arnout Reekers. The goal made the score 1-2. 40 minutes into the match, DirectorVisual.com's goal looked a bit too open when David Eikelkamp came free, but Mauro Iruinea reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 42 minutes had been played when some careless play by DirectorVisual.com'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. A nice corner shot did that Gijsbert ter Kruimer got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Mauro Iruinea quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. 43 minutes into the match, DirectorVisual.com's goal looked a bit too open when Gustaaf Groeneveldt came free, but Mauro Iruinea reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. When Mathijn Doctor fell near the penalty area in the 44th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Netherlands's protests and gave Mathijn Doctor a yellow card for diving instead. Mathijn Doctor kicked well hit freekick during the 44th minute of the match. 45 minutes into the match, Federico Urtats had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Arnout Reekers. Netherlands's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Federico Urtats was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 2-2. After a very even first half the match was still tied. The players went to their respective dressing rooms to discuss the tactics for the second half.

Mauro Iruinea made an important save on a dangerous shot by Gustaaf Groeneveldt in the 57th minute. Mauro Iruinea was out of position in the 58 minute of play, and Wim Wilmes capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Wim Wilmes really showed his touch with that goal: 2-3. When the match had gone on for 62 minutes, Federico Urtats put it in 3-3 from a short distance just to the right of Arnout Reekers. In the 64th minute, Gustaaf Groeneveldt made a precise shot to the right of Mauro Iruinea. DirectorVisual.com's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 3-4. 68 minutes into the match, Netherlands's goal looked a bit too open when Federico Urtats came free, but Arnout Reekers reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Federico Urtats in the 69th 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 Leopoldo Luque in the 71st minute of the match. Mauro Iruinea showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Lars Meesters in the 72nd minute of the match. In the 73rd match minute, Netherlands was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Wim Wilmes to maneuver through the defense. The supporters of DirectorVisual.com booed when Netherlands was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 75 match minutes in a wonderful position. David Eikelkamp didn't get a good kick on the ball. Federico Urtats struck a weak shot in the 78th minute. Arnout Reekers didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for DirectorVisual.com. With an all-out effort, Netherlands's Mauro Iruinea threw himself towards the right post 81 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Gijsbert ter Kruimer, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. Mauro Iruinea made a fantastic save in the 87th minute, when Gustaaf Groeneveldt sent off a good shot on target. 89 minutes into the match, Gijsbert ter Kruimer notched a goal, 3-5, to the right of DirectorVisual.com's Mauro Iruinea. Mauro Iruinea was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Netherlands's fans were overjoyed with their teams well-earned victory and stayed in the stadium long after the final whistle to celebrate the win.