Challenge

Sportpark Succes
Spectators: 44 (Terracing: 34, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Esteban Ermano started the match with the kick off. A throw-in in the 8th minute of the game was made by Ted van Dam with Mirko van Kempen as target, who quickly passed the ball forward. In the 9th minute of the match, Mirko van Kempen got a very nice opportunity to score, but Keld Paulsen was well-placed and pushed the ball away from the goal at the left post. 1-0 became the score in the 11th minute when Esteban Ermano elegantly shot the ball into goal just under the crossbar. In the 15th minute Chris Nygaard shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Joeri Koole saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Mirko van Kempens short, quick shot in the 17thth minute got Keld Paulsen to make great effort and bar the ball away from getting in. Keld Paulsen took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Edgardo Pio, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Joeri Koole showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Chris Nygaard, who was totally free with the ball in the 20th minute. In the 21st minute, Chris Nygaard ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Joeri Koole was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-1. Denmark's Keld Paulsen played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Esteban Ermano in the 26th minute of play. When the match had gone on for 27 minutes, Edgardo Pio took a quick shot and it went in 2-1 without a chance for Keld Paulsen to make any attempt to save it. Mirko van Kempen kicked well hit freekick during the 37th minute of the match. In the 38th minute of the match Simon Bendtsen sent off a long shot with destination to the right of the goalkeeper, but Joeri Koole skillfully saved the ball. The audience was convinced that Esteban Ermano's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Keld Paulsen was relentless in the 40th minute of the game. The referee felt a red card was in order, 42 minutes into the game, when Kenn Skou put in a rough tackle. In the 42nd minute, one of Denmark: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 Denmark. Af the end of the first half the score was 4-1. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

The wind increased when Bertram Svenningsen made the kick off in the second half. Keld Paulsen made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Edgardo Pio in the 61st minute of play. Keld Paulsen didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Mirko van Kempen went, in the 62nd minute, to the upper right corner, 5-1 was the resulting score. In the 76th minute Edgardo Pio shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Keld Paulsen saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Keld Paulsen didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Rick Cremers went, in the 78th minute, to the upper right corner, 6-1 was the resulting score. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Bertram Svenningsen during the 84th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. After a rather tough play, Denmark's Bertram Svenningsen got a free kick in the 84th minute. Edgardo Pio sent away a hard shot on goal in the 88th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. VV Succes's supporters were highly satisfied with the result. They cheered their team of the pitch, having watched them win a very even match.