Challenge

Skulls Garden
Spectators: 50 (Terracing: 38, Seating: 11, VIP seats: 1) Skulls FC's Kasdi Abrika started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. Kasdi Abrika sent away a hard shot on goal in the 3rd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Chen Qi took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Wim Wilmes, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Skulls FC's Chen Qi played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Gustaaf Groeneveldt in the 11th minute of play. Chen Qi showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Wim Wilmes in the 15th minute of the match. 18 minutes into the match, Skulls FC's goal looked a bit too open when Wim Wilmes came free, but Chen Qi reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Salah Hamouda received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Arnout Reekers came out and tried to block the shot, but Salah Hamouda slotted it home off the left post making it 1-0 in the 19th minute. In the 23rd minute, Abdelnasser Cherrad hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Chen Qi took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Gustaaf Groeneveldt, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Gijsbert ter Kruimer in the 26th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Chen Qi saved Skulls FC from getting behind. 28 minutes into the match, Kasdi Abrika had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Arnout Reekers. Netherlands's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Kasdi Abrika was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 2-0. 32 minutes into the match, Kasdi Abrika dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Arnout Reekers, 3-0. In the 36th minute, Salah Hamouda ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Arnout Reekers was frozen by the shot and now it was 4-0. Arnout Reekers made an important save on a dangerous shot by Salah Hamrouche in the 39th minute.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Gijsbert ter Kruimer was the one to do the kick off. 54 minutes into the match, Wim Wilmes dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Chen Qi, 5-1. In the 58th minute Wim Wilmes shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Chen Qi saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Arnout Reekers showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Djabir Belmadi, who was totally free with the ball in the 60th minute. The audience thought a goal was coming when Gustaaf Groeneveldt got free with Chen Qi in the 61st minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Arnout Reekers showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Salah Hamrouche, who was totally free with the ball in the 63rd minute. 64 minutes into the match, Skulls FC's goal looked a bit too open when Wim Wilmes came free, but Chen Qi reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Arnout Reekers showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Djabir Belmadi, who was totally free with the ball in the 67th minute. Chen Qi made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Lars Meesters in the 72nd minute of play. A collision led to Netherlands getting a freekick after 75 minutes play. Kees Mooiweer hit a great ball. After 76 played minutes, Skulls FC's Cheb Radjef shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Arnout Reekers came through and got his fingers on the ball before it flew over the goal line. He then quickly gripped the ball tighter before the forwards in Skulls FC reached it. Skulls FC's Chen Qi played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Gijsbert ter Kruimer in the 79th minute of play. After 80 minutes Skulls FC'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. A nice corner shot did that Kees Mooiweer got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Chen Qi quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. 82 minutes into the match, Skulls FC's Djabir Belmadi sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Arnout Reekers narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Arnout Reekers made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Djabir Belmadi in the 88th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Mebarek Yacine in the 93rd minute of play forced Netherlands's goalkeeper Arnout Reekers to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball.