Challenge

Arena Bourgeois
Spectators: 41 (Terracing: 32, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Gijsbert ter Kruimer took the kick off in the first half of the match. In the 4th match minute, Netherlands was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Bas Tuitert to maneuver through the defense. Urban Melin struck a weak shot in the 5th 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 Dynamo Kielce. Zbyszek Jarosiewicz showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Wim Wilmes in the 8th minute of the match. 10 minutes into the match, Dynamo Kielce's goal looked a bit too open when Gijsbert ter Kruimer came free, but Zbyszek Jarosiewicz reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Zbyszek Jarosiewicz came out of the goal in the 10th minute to try and stop a shot by Netherlands's Gijsbert ter Kruimer. But to his dismay, Gijsbert ter Kruimer quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-1. Dynamo Kielce's Zbyszek Jarosiewicz played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Gijsbert ter Kruimer in the 12th minute of play. Netherlands's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Gijsbert ter Kruimer in the 13th minute. Gustaaf Groeneveldt sent away a hard shot on goal in the 15th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. With a little luck, Netherlands's Arnout Reekers got control of the ball when Urban Melin tried to sneak it across the goal line. 24 minutes into the game, Wim Wilmes cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-2. Zbyszek Jarosiewicz was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. 31 minutes into the game, Dynamo Kielce's Sebastian Deissler nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Arnout Reekers made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 1-2. The audience was convinced that Gustaaf Groeneveldt's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Zbyszek Jarosiewicz was relentless in the 42nd minute of the game. Netherlands's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Gijsbert ter Kruimer in the 44th minute.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Sebastian Deissler made a kick off. With an all-out effort, Netherlands's Zbyszek Jarosiewicz threw himself towards the right post 51 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Lars Meesters, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. In the 52nd minute of the match Netherlands got a corner. Dynamo Kielce's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Gijsbert ter Kruimer ran over to the corner to take the kick. The corner ended in Gustaaf Groeneveldt almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but Dynamo Kielce's Zbyszek Jarosiewicz did a great save. Arnout Reekers made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Diego Armando Riquelme in the 56th minute of play. The supporters of Netherlands booed when Dynamo Kielce was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 58 match minutes in a wonderful position. Angelo Sol didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 62nd minute Wim Wilmes shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Zbyszek Jarosiewicz saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Netherlands's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Gijsbert ter Kruimer in the 63rd minute. Gijsbert ter Kruimer made a great header on Netherlands's corner, it was just that Dynamo Kielce's Zbyszek Jarosiewicz managed to reach the ball for a save. The audience thought a goal was coming when David Eikelkamp got free with Zbyszek Jarosiewicz in the 66th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. In the 68th minute Netherlands were awarded a corner. Gijsbert ter Kruimer went to the cornerflag to take it. A nice corner shot did that Gustaaf Groeneveldt got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Zbyszek Jarosiewicz quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. Wim Wilmes could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 73rd minute of the match, but Zbyszek Jarosiewicz made a huge save. Arnout Reekers showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Sebastian Deissler in the 74th minute of the match. If Sebastian Deissler had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 78th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. 78 minutes into the match, Netherlands's goal looked a bit too open when Sebastian Deissler came free, but Arnout Reekers reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Gijsbert ter Kruimer fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 83rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Zbyszek Jarosiewicz having to interfere. In the 88th minute Wim Wilmes shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Zbyszek Jarosiewicz saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 89th match minute, Netherlands was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by David Eikelkamp to maneuver through the defense. In the 90th minute of the match Urban Melin sent off a long shot with destination to the right of the goalkeeper, but Arnout Reekers skillfully saved the ball. After 91 played minutes Dynamo Kielce got a freekick which was hit by Urban Melin. When the match was over Netherlands could go home with a victory in their luggage, having controlled the game far better than Dynamo Kielce throughout the match.