Challenge

Netherlands Arena
Spectators: 45 (Terracing: 35, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) Matias Gelmiro made the kick off and thus started the match. After a rather tough play, Netherlands's Mathijn Doctor got a free kick in the 9th minute. Arnout Reekers showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Matias Gelmiro, who was totally free with the ball in the 11th minute. Arnout Reekers took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Fernando Pinto, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 16 minutes into the match, Netherlands's goal looked a bit too open when Fernando Pinto came free, but Arnout Reekers reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 21 minutes into the match, Lars Meesters dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Herminio Gizon, 2-0. 24 minutes had been played when some careless play by ALIDIM FOR EVER'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 Herminio Gizon quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. An unexpectedly hard shot by Matias Gelmiro in the 30th minute of play forced Netherlands's goalkeeper Arnout Reekers to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Gijsbert ter Kruimer in the 32nd minute of play forced ALIDIM FOR EVER's goalkeeper Herminio Gizon to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Herminio Gizon took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Lars Meesters, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After 36 minutes ALIDIM FOR EVER'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. Herminio Gizon came out of the goal in the 43rd minute to try and stop a shot by Netherlands's David Eikelkamp. But to his dismay, David Eikelkamp quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 3-0. Af the end of the first half the score was 3-0. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

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. ALIDIM FOR EVER's Herminio Gizon played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Gustaaf Groeneveldt in the 52nd minute of play. Wim Wilmes struck a weak shot in the 55th minute. Herminio Gizon didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Netherlands. ALIDIM FOR EVER made a substitution. Jesus Dimas replaced Arnulfo Sugoi. Netherlands's Arnout Reekers proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 61st minute of the match, managed to save Netherlands from getting a goal against them. Arnout Reekers showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Ramon Pueblo in the 63rd minute of the match. When Bas Tuitert fell near the penalty area in the 68th 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. After a rather tough play, Netherlands's Bas Tuitert got a free kick in the 68th minute. Henric Billock hit a great freekick 70 minutes into the match. Gustaaf Groeneveldt received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 71st minute. Herminio Gizon tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Herminio Gizon made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Gustaaf Groeneveldt in the 73rd minute of play. Herminio Gizon didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Gijsbert ter Kruimer went, in the 74th minute, to the upper right corner, 4-0 was the resulting score. With his leg Arnout Reekers managed to avoid a goal in the 77thth minute, when ALIDIM FOR EVER's Jesus Dimas fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. In the 80th minute Gijsbert ter Kruimer shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Herminio Gizon saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Netherlands's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Gijsbert ter Kruimer in the 81st minute. The corner ended in Gustaaf Groeneveldt almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but ALIDIM FOR EVER's Herminio Gizon did a great save. Arnout Reekers showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Ramon Pueblo in the 85th minute of the match. Netherlands's Arnout Reekers played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Fernando Pinto in the 88th minute of play. ALIDIM FOR EVER's Herminio Gizon played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Gijsbert ter Kruimer in the 90th minute of play. Ramon Pueblo succeeded to score despite a near miss that spronge from right pole into the goal to 4-1 in the 93rd playminute. Gustaaf Groeneveldt sent away a hard shot on goal in the 96th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Netherlands's fans were exulted and cheered after their team won in a match that could easily have gone the other way.