Challenge

Greenbay Park
Spectators: 43 (Terracing: 33, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Gijsbert ter Kruimer kicked off to start the match. Harvey Davies 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 9th minute. Arnout Reekers showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Will Alderson, who was totally free with the ball in the 10th minute. In the 12th minute of the match Greenbay got a corner. Netherlands's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Pawel Golanski ran over to the corner to take the kick. Mesut Özil was in a good position and managed to take a shot, but he missed just to the outside of the post. The audience thought a goal was coming when Roberto Firmino got free with Arnout Reekers in the 14th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. The audience thought a goal was coming when Roberto Firmino got free with Arnout Reekers in the 21st minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. After some careless play in the Netherlands defense, Roberto Firmino kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Arnout Reekers. The Netherlands fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Arnout Reekers should have stopped the shot. Gijsbert ter Kruimer sent away a hard shot on goal in the 27th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Toby Major'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. Toby Major helped the player get up and apologised. After 31 played minutes Greenbay got a freekick which was hit by Toby Major. Harvey Davies made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Wim Wilmes in the 32nd minute of play. Harvey Davies 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 36th minute.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Will Alderson stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. With 51 minutes on the clock, Egbert Nijveldt commited a dangerous tackle. The referee had no choice but to show him the red card. Netherlands:s Arnout Reekers showed great skill when he stopped Pawel Golanski:s penalty. Arnout Reekers took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Roberto Firmino, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Roberto Firmino scored 2-0 in the 54th 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. Arnout Reekers showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Roberto Firmino in the 61st minute of the match. Netherlands's Gustaaf Groeneveldt got a good chance for a goal in the 68th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. In the 70th minute Will Alderson 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. 73 minutes into the match, Greenbay's goalkeeper Harvey Davies had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Gustaaf Groeneveldt. Will Alderson recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 76th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Arnout Reekers showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Mesut Özil, who was totally free with the ball in the 80th minute. Harvey Davies was out of position in the 83 minute of play, and Wim Wilmes capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Wim Wilmes really showed his touch with that goal: 2-1. Arnout Reekers didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Roberto Firmino went, in the 86th minute, to the upper right corner, 3-1 was the resulting score. Arnout Reekers showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Will Alderson in the 89th minute of the match. In the 94th minute Roberto Firmino 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 97th minute, David Eikelkamp hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field.