Challenge

Morumbi
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) Douglas Meriti started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. S.C.PAULISTA's Gerrit Cronen played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by David Eikelkamp in the 4th minute of play. Gerrit Cronen showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Gijsbert ter Kruimer in the 6th minute of the match. Gerrit Cronen made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Gijsbert ter Kruimer in the 6th minute of play. Gustaaf Groeneveldt took the ball and in the 14 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Gerrit Cronen. Gerrit Cronen dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-1. Gerrit Cronen made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Gustaaf Groeneveldt in the 24th minute of play. 28 minutes into the match, Wim Wilmes notched a goal, 1-2, to the right of S.C.PAULISTA's Gerrit Cronen. Gerrit Cronen was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Gerrit Cronen showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from David Eikelkamp, who was totally free with the ball in the 36th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Lars Meesters in the 38th minute of play forced S.C.PAULISTA's goalkeeper Gerrit Cronen to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Afonso Alagoano's shot straight on target was not completely harmless. The ball had pretty good speed, but Arnout Reekers firmly grabbed it by the left post. S.C.PAULISTA's Gerrit Cronen played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Gustaaf Groeneveldt in the 42nd minute of play. After some fancy dribbling in the 45th minute, Wim Wilmes managed to get in a good position for a shot. Netherlands's supporters rose to their feet, but Wim Wilmes was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Gerrit Cronen breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. The score stood at 2-2 when the half time whistle went. Both sets of players seemed reasonably pleased with how the match was going.

The wind increased when Gijsbert ter Kruimer made the kick off in the second half. Afonso Alagoano received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 51st minute. Arnout Reekers tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. When the match had gone on for 53 minutes, Gijsbert ter Kruimer took a quick shot and it went in 2-3 without a chance for Gerrit Cronen to make any attempt to save it. 60 minutes into the match, S.C.PAULISTA's goal looked a bit too open when Gijsbert ter Kruimer came free, but Gerrit Cronen reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 62ndth minute of the game Douglas Meriti who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Netherlands's Arnout Reekers was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Gustaaf Groeneveldt's shot when he came free in front of the goal in the 71stth minute, Gerrit Cronen skillfully showed off with a save to what seemed to be an obvious goal. 73 minutes into the game, David Eikelkamp cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 2-4. Gerrit Cronen was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Gerrit Cronen showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Lars Meesters in the 77th minute of the match. S.C.PAULISTA's Gerrit Cronen played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Lars Meesters in the 79th minute of play. After 80 minutes S.C.PAULISTA'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. 84 minutes had been played when some careless play by S.C.PAULISTA'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. A nice corner shot did that Gijsbert ter Kruimer got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Gerrit Cronen quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. A collision led to Netherlands getting a freekick after 86 minutes play. Gust Ennemans hit a great ball. Netherlands's Arnout Reekers played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Afonso Alagoano in the 88th minute of play. In the 92nd minute, Gust Ennemans hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. When the final whistle sounded Netherlands left the ground with the victory after a much better performance than S.C.PAULISTA.