Challenge

ҜƗŇǤ ŁƗØŇ Arena®
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when McDonald Hamburger took the kick off in the first half of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Lars Meesters in the 16th minute of play forced ҜƗŇǤ ŁƗØŇ Ř€Đ βŁΔĆҜ's goalkeeper Michel Čech to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 20 minutes, He Yuan Wen mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the ҜƗŇǤ ŁƗØŇ Ř€Đ βŁΔĆҜ and the Netherlands players grew even worse after the yellow card. 19 minutes into the game, one of ҜƗŇǤ ŁƗØŇ Ř€Đ βŁΔĆҜ:s players got tackled near the goal, and the referee blew for a penalty. In the 21st minute there was a penalty for Netherlands. Gijsbert ter Kruimer stepped forward and shot the ball to the right of a diving Michel Čech. 0-1. Michel Čech showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Gijsbert ter Kruimer in the 24th minute of the match. Michel Čech took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Lars Meesters, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Michel Čech showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Gijsbert ter Kruimer, who was totally free with the ball in the 28th minute. 31 minutes into the match, ҜƗŇǤ ŁƗØŇ Ř€Đ βŁΔĆҜ's goal looked a bit too open when Gijsbert ter Kruimer came free, but Michel Čech reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Michel Čech didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Gijsbert ter Kruimer went, in the 33rd minute, to the upper right corner, 0-2 was the resulting score. Michel Čech showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Gustaaf Groeneveldt, who was totally free with the ball in the 40th minute. Michel Čech took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Gustaaf Groeneveldt, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 47th minute Gustaaf Groeneveldt shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Michel Čech saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Disappointed in the 0-2 score, the home team went to the dressing room to adjust tactics for the second half.

In the 62nd minute of the match, Gijsbert ter Kruimer tried to roll the ball into the goal by the right post, but Michel Čech saw his intentions and got control of the ball before it passed the line. Michel Čech showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Gijsbert ter Kruimer, who was totally free with the ball in the 62nd minute. During the 64th minute of the match He Yuan Wen completely mistimed his tackle and brought down his opponent. The referee gave He Yuan Wen a yellow card, his second in the match, which meant he could no longer take part in the game. He Yuan Wen kicked well hit freekick during the 65th minute of the match. Gustaaf Groeneveldt might have been able to make a better finish in the 66th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Michel Čech. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Gustaaf Groeneveldt ran back to his position shaking his head. 68 minutes had been played when some careless play by ҜƗŇǤ ŁƗØŇ Ř€Đ βŁΔĆҜ'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. David Eikelkamp made a great header on Netherlands's corner, it was just that ҜƗŇǤ ŁƗØŇ Ř€Đ βŁΔĆҜ's Michel Čech managed to reach the ball for a save. ҜƗŇǤ ŁƗØŇ Ř€Đ βŁΔĆҜ's Michel Čech proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 72nd minute of the match, managed to save ҜƗŇǤ ŁƗØŇ Ř€Đ βŁΔĆҜ from getting a goal against them. Michel Čech made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Lars Meesters in the 81st minute of play. Michel Čech made an important save on a dangerous shot by Gustaaf Groeneveldt in the 84th minute. Celsinho Cardozo recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 89th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. With a little luck, ҜƗŇǤ ŁƗØŇ Ř€Đ βŁΔĆҜ's Michel Čech got control of the ball when Gustaaf Groeneveldt tried to sneak it across the goal line. When the final whistle sounded Netherlands left the ground with the victory after a much better performance than ҜƗŇǤ ŁƗØŇ Ř€Đ βŁΔĆҜ.