Challenge

Winter is coming
Spectators: 42 (Terracing: 32, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) Cristiano Ragazzoni showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Gustaaf Groeneveldt in the 3rd minute of the match. Netherlands were awarded a corner in the 4th minute after Atletico Kankero's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Gijsbert ter Kruimer took the corner. The corner ended in Lars Meesters almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but Atletico Kankero's Cristiano Ragazzoni did a great save. Cristiano Ragazzoni took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Gustaaf Groeneveldt, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After a defensive mix-up in Atletico Kankero's zone, Gijsbert ter Kruimer stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Cristiano Ragazzoni came out of the goal and Gijsbert ter Kruimer tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. In the 12th minute Beppe Faiella 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 15th minute, Gustaaf Groeneveldt left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Netherlands fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-2. Cristiano Ragazzoni showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Wim Wilmes in the 19th minute of the match. In the 24th minute, Wim Wilmes ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Cristiano Ragazzoni was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-3. With a little luck, Netherlands's Arnout Reekers got control of the ball when Biagio Iori tried to sneak it across the goal line. Arnout Reekers showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Beppe Faiella, who was totally free with the ball in the 35th minute. 36 minutes into the match, Atletico Kankero's goal looked a bit too open when Wim Wilmes came free, but Cristiano Ragazzoni reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 39 minutes into the game, one of Netherlands:s players got tackled near the goal, and the referee blew for a penalty. When the match had been going on for 42 minutes, Atletico Kankero's Biagio Iori got an opportunity to shoot a penalty. He stayed cool and waited for the goalkeeper to move, before he confidently shot the ball into the goal, to the left of Arnout Reekers. After a rather tough play, Atletico Kankero's Domenico Mammarella got a free kick in the 46th minute. Gustaaf Groeneveldt sent away a hard shot on goal in the 47th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. The Atletico Kankero players were disheartened as they walked off the pitch after the first half. Netherlands were winning 1-3.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Gustaaf Groeneveldt was the one to do the kick off. The supporters of Netherlands booed when Atletico Kankero was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 53 match minutes in a wonderful position. Domenico Mammarella didn't get a good kick on the ball. Gustaaf Groeneveldt recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 54th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Netherlands's Arnout Reekers played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Amos Urbani in the 56th minute of play. In the 58th minute Lars Meesters shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Cristiano Ragazzoni saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 60th minute Wim Wilmes shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Cristiano Ragazzoni saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Gustaaf Groeneveldt could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 62nd minute of the match, but Cristiano Ragazzoni made a huge save. Atletico Kankero's Cristiano Ragazzoni played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Lars Meesters in the 68th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Edmondo Molinari in the 69th minute of play forced Netherlands's goalkeeper Arnout Reekers to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 71 minutes into the match, Netherlands's goal looked a bit too open when Edmondo Molinari came free, but Arnout Reekers reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After 74 minutes Netherlands's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Edmondo Molinari who took care of the corner kick. After 77 minutes of play, Atletico Kankero's Fedele Pedroni made it 2-3 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Arnout Reekers was left in no man's land by his defense there! In the 80th match minute, Atletico Kankero was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Franco Carrea to maneuver through the defense. Arnout Reekers showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Amos Urbani in the 83rd minute of the match. When Bas Tuitert fell near the penalty area in the 85th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Netherlands's protests and gave Bas Tuitert a yellow card for diving instead. In a very dangerous position, a player in Netherlands fell when an opponent tried to get the ball from him in the 84th minute. Penalty! Arnout Reekers came out of the goal in the 89th minute to try and stop a shot by Atletico Kankero's Fedele Pedroni. But to his dismay, Fedele Pedroni quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 4-3. The corner led to Netherlands's Bas Tuitert getting away a dangerous shot that went just outside the goal. Arnout Reekers showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Edmondo Molinari in the 99th minute of the match.