Challenge

DECUIPE
Spectators: 44 (Terracing: 34, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) In the 8th minute, Lars Meesters 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: 0-1. Julias Rascals Apeldoorn's Jan de Vlieger suffered a concussion after 11 minutes and had to leave the field. 11 minutes into the game, Mathijn Doctor was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Netherlands's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Julias Rascals Apeldoorn the free kick. Julias Rascals Apeldoorn's Taco Zwartkruis was substituted for Jan de Vlieger. After a rather tough play, Netherlands's Mathijn Doctor got a free kick in the 11th minute. Arnout Reekers made an important save on a dangerous shot by Kurt van der Laan in the 16th minute. 17 minutes into the match, Julias Rascals Apeldoorn's goal looked a bit too open when David Eikelkamp came free, but Ralph Roeles reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. The audience thought a goal was coming when Bengt Petersson got free with Arnout Reekers in the 20th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Kurt van der Laan could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 21st minute of the match, but Arnout Reekers made a huge save. After 24 minutes Julias Rascals Apeldoorn's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Gijsbert ter Kruimer who took care of the corner kick. The corner led to Netherlands's David Eikelkamp getting away a dangerous shot that went just outside the goal. A collision led to Netherlands getting a freekick after 25 minutes play. Lars Meesters hit a great ball. Ralph Roeles 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 28th minute. Kurt van der Laan could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 30th minute of the match, but Arnout Reekers made a huge save. 31 minutes into the match, Julias Rascals Apeldoorn's goal looked a bit too open when Gijsbert ter Kruimer came free, but Ralph Roeles reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Ralph Roeles showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Gijsbert ter Kruimer in the 33rd minute of the match. The supporters of Julias Rascals Apeldoorn booed when Netherlands was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 34 match minutes in a wonderful position. David Eikelkamp didn't get a good kick on the ball. Ralph Roeles didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Gijsbert ter Kruimer went, in the 38th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-2 was the resulting score. 41 minutes into the match, Julias Rascals Apeldoorn's goal looked a bit too open when Wim Wilmes came free, but Ralph Roeles reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Julias Rascals Apeldoorn's Ralph Roeles played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Gijsbert ter Kruimer in the 43rd minute of play. Even after changing tactics the home team jogged off the field with a 0-2 deficit. They would have to work harder if they wanted to turn things around in the second half.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Kurt van der Laan to make the kick off. Netherlands's Arnout Reekers played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Kurt van der Laan in the 51st minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Mathijn Doctor in the 54th minute of play forced Julias Rascals Apeldoorn's goalkeeper Ralph Roeles to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 56 minutes into the match, Gustaaf Groeneveldt notched a goal, 0-3, to the right of Julias Rascals Apeldoorn's Ralph Roeles. Ralph Roeles was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Ralph Roeles took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Wim Wilmes, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Ralph Roeles showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Lars Meesters in the 64th minute of the match. 65 minutes into the match, Julias Rascals Apeldoorn's goal looked a bit too open when Gijsbert ter Kruimer came free, but Ralph Roeles reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 66th minute Netherlands were awarded a corner. Gijsbert ter Kruimer went to the cornerflag to take it. After taking down the ball on Netherlands's corner Egbert Nijveldt fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Ralph Roeles quite easily take care of the ball. Gustaaf Groeneveldt could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 68th minute of the match, but Ralph Roeles made a huge save. Julias Rascals Apeldoorn's Ralph Roeles proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 72nd minute of the match, managed to save Julias Rascals Apeldoorn from getting a goal against them. Ralph Roeles made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Gijsbert ter Kruimer in the 83rd minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Gijsbert ter Kruimer in the 86th minute of play forced Julias Rascals Apeldoorn's goalkeeper Ralph Roeles to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Netherlands's Arnout Reekers played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Kurt van der Laan in the 87th minute of play. Julias Rascals Apeldoorn's Ralph Roeles played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Wim Wilmes in the 88th minute of play. Ralph Roeles 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 91st minute. Ralph Roeles made an important save on a dangerous shot by Gustaaf Groeneveldt in the 92nd minute. When the final whistle sounded Netherlands left the ground with the victory after a much better performance than Julias Rascals Apeldoorn.