Challenge

Petrisoru
Spectators: 50 (Terracing: 38, Seating: 11, VIP seats: 1) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Alin Maxim started the match with the kick off. GoooooooooooooooooooooooL's Ioan Papadima played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Mathijn Doctor in the 4th minute of play. In the 9th minute the ball was on its way in behind Netherlands's goalkeeper Arnout Reekers, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Pavel Tăutu hit a great freekick 11 minutes into the match. In the 14th minute, GoooooooooooooooooooooooL's Cristinel Patriciu dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 1-0. Arnout Reekers made a fantastic save in the 17th minute, when Alin Maxim sent off a good shot on target. After a rather tough play, Netherlands's Lars Meesters got a free kick in the 24th minute. Alin Maxim received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Arnout Reekers came out and tried to block the shot, but Alin Maxim slotted it home off the left post making it 2-0 in the 26th minute. 29 minutes into the game, Pavel Tăutu was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. GoooooooooooooooooooooooL's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Netherlands the free kick. Pavel Tăutu kicked well hit freekick during the 29th minute of the match. When Wim Wilmes came up free with the goalie in the 32nd minute, the Netherlands fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Wim Wilmes couldn't finish the play. In the 35th minute Lars Meesters shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Ioan Papadima saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Ioan Papadima showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Wim Wilmes in the 43rd minute of the match. In the 47th minute, David Eikelkamp hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. 48 minutes into the match, Luca Enciu notched a goal, 3-0, to the right of Netherlands's Arnout Reekers. Arnout Reekers was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 3-0.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Gijsbert ter Kruimer to make the kick off. Ioan Papadima made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Wim Wilmes in the 54th minute of play. Arnout Reekers showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Emil Şiman in the 55th minute of the match. With a little luck, GoooooooooooooooooooooooL's Ioan Papadima got control of the ball when Gustaaf Groeneveldt tried to sneak it across the goal line. Gustaaf Groeneveldt could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 63rd minute of the match, but Ioan Papadima made a huge save. In the 67th minute, Gijsbert ter Kruimer 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: 3-1. In the 70th minute, Gustaaf Groeneveldt got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. An unexpectedly hard shot by Emil Şiman in the 73rd minute of play forced Netherlands's goalkeeper Arnout Reekers to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Ioan Papadima came out of the goal in the 74th minute to try and stop a shot by Netherlands's Gustaaf Groeneveldt. But to his dismay, Gustaaf Groeneveldt quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 3-2. Ioan Papadima made an important save on a dangerous shot by Gustaaf Groeneveldt in the 77th minute. GoooooooooooooooooooooooL's Ioan Papadima proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 80th minute of the match, managed to save GoooooooooooooooooooooooL from getting a goal against them. The supporters of Netherlands booed when GoooooooooooooooooooooooL was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 81 match minutes in a wonderful position. Răzvan Gugulanu didn't get a good kick on the ball. When Gijsbert ter Kruimer came up free with the goalie in the 84th minute, the Netherlands fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Gijsbert ter Kruimer couldn't finish the play. Arnout Reekers took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Cristinel Patriciu, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 88th minute, Netherlands's Gijsbert ter Kruimer ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Ioan Papadima. Ioan Papadima yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 3-3. Ioan Papadima took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Lars Meesters, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Netherlands's Arnout Reekers played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Alin Maxim in the 95th minute of play.