Challenge

J.F.
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) Francisco Kepa made the kick off and thus started the match. After 4 minutes of play, Netherlands's David Eikelkamp made it 0-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Urbano Oto was left in no man's land by his defense there! Urbano Oto showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from David Eikelkamp in the 8th minute of the match. After a rather tough play, El Talar's Severo Aires got a free kick in the 16th minute. In the 18th minute Gijsbert ter Kruimer shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Urbano Oto saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 19th minute, Wim Wilmes ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Urbano Oto was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-2. Geronimo Ioritz'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. Geronimo Ioritz helped the player get up and apologised. After 22 played minutes El Talar got a freekick which was hit by Geronimo Ioritz. An unexpectedly hard shot by Wim Wilmes in the 23rd minute of play forced El Talar's goalkeeper Urbano Oto to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Francisco Kepa could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 33rd minute of the match, but Arnout Reekers made a huge save. Arnout Reekers showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Delmiro Jerardo in the 38th minute of the match. Arnout Reekers made an important save on a dangerous shot by Francisco Kepa in the 45th minute.

The audience thought a goal was coming when Gijsbert ter Kruimer got free with Urbano Oto in the 52nd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Delmiro Jerardo scored 2-3 in the 56th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Arnout Reekers, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. If Gijsbert ter Kruimer had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 62nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 66th minute of the match, Lars Meesters tried to roll the ball into the goal by the right post, but Urbano Oto saw his intentions and got control of the ball before it passed the line. 67 minutes into the game, Francisco Kepa cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 3-3. Arnout Reekers was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Francisco Kepa sent away a hard shot on goal in the 86th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. El Talar's Toto La Rosa was substituted for Juninho Guimarães. Netherlands's Arnout Reekers played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Francisco Kepa in the 96th minute of play. When the referee blew the final whistle, you could see the dissatisfaction in the Netherlands players' eyes. They were disappointed they hadn't taken more from the game.