Challenge

Sirius Black
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) Gijsbert ter Kruimer started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. Arnout Reekers was a little too slow when Gervasio Chano got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 3rd minute. The score was now 1-0. Arnout Reekers showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Teofilo Gutierrez-Pacheco, who was totally free with the ball in the 14th minute. The crowd rose to their feet as Sirius Dog's Israel Miro slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Arnout Reekers. That made the score 2-0 after 18 minutes of play. Netherlands's Arnout Reekers played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Gervasio Chano in the 28th minute of play. Jeronimo Millan showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Lars Meesters in the 31st minute of the match. In the 33rd minute Urbano Lapurdi 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. Israel Miro sent away a hard shot on goal in the 35th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Jeronimo Millan made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Wim Wilmes in the 38th minute of play. When the match had gone on for 43 minutes, Gervasio Chano took a quick shot and it went in 3-0 without a chance for Arnout Reekers to make any attempt to save it. After 46 played minutes Netherlands got a freekick which was hit by Egbert Nijveldt. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 3-0.

The wind increased when Gervasio Chano made the kick off in the second half. Sirius Dog's Jeronimo Millan proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 51st minute of the match, managed to save Sirius Dog from getting a goal against them. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Emiliano Oliviero during the 52nd minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. Emiliano Oliviero kicked well hit freekick during the 52nd minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Israel Miro in the 57th minute of play forced Netherlands's goalkeeper Arnout Reekers to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 58th minute, Mathijn Doctor hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. The supporters of Sirius Dog booed when Netherlands was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 59 match minutes in a wonderful position. Egbert Nijveldt didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 64th minute Israel Miro 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. In the 65th minute, Netherlands's Bas Tuitert seemed to kick out at an opponent. The referee saw this and, surprisingly, showed Bas Tuitert the red card, dismissing him from the pitch. The coaching staff of Netherlands protested bitterly, but the referee would have none of it, and Bas Tuitert had no choice but to slowly walk off the pitch. In the 65th minute, one of Netherlands:s players had the ball in front of the goal but got pushed and fell. The referee felt it was an obvious case and blew a penalty for Netherlands. Gervasio Chano kicked well hit freekick during the 74th minute of the match. Jeronimo Millan didn't succeed in stopping the ball in the 75th minute, which inside left pole to 4-1. 79 minutes into the match, Sirius Dog's goalkeeper Jeronimo Millan had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Gustaaf Groeneveldt. In the 83rd minute, Teofilo Gutierrez-Pacheco ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Arnout Reekers was frozen by the shot and now it was 5-1. Jeronimo Millan took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Wim Wilmes, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. A sloppy throw-in by Lars Meesters in the 91st minute of the game went astray and was snapped up by Sirius Dog's Norberto Cugat. Arnout Reekers showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Terje Sundberg in the 93rd minute of the match. Arnout Reekers took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Terje Sundberg, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Arnout Reekers made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Terje Sundberg in the 96th minute of play. After some fancy dribbling in the 98th minute, Terje Sundberg managed to get in a good position for a shot. Sirius Dog's supporters rose to their feet, but Terje Sundberg 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. Netherlands's supporters were dissatisfied at the end of the match because Sirius Dog had won, even though Netherlands had held more of the ball.