Challenge

Stadion Warsow
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Pankracy Brudnicki kicked off to start the match. Benedykt Zieba showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Gijsbert ter Kruimer in the 3rd minute of the match. Arnout Reekers made a fantastic save in the 4th minute, when Pankracy Brudnicki sent off a good shot on target. JSP Siemiatycze's Benedykt Zieba played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Gustaaf Groeneveldt in the 7th minute of play. Benedykt Zieba made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Gijsbert ter Kruimer in the 8th minute of play. Benedykt Zieba took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Gustaaf Groeneveldt, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Gijsbert ter Kruimer sent away a hard shot on goal in the 14th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. After 16 minutes of play, Netherlands's Gustaaf Groeneveldt made it 0-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Benedykt Zieba was left in no man's land by his defense there! The audience thought a goal was coming when Pankracy Brudnicki got free with Arnout Reekers in the 18th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. In the 21st minute of the match Netherlands got a corner. JSP Siemiatycze's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Gijsbert ter Kruimer ran over to the corner to take the kick. Netherlands were awarded a corner in the 26th minute after JSP Siemiatycze's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Gijsbert ter Kruimer took the corner. Netherlands's Egbert Nijveldt was first on the ball when the corner was shot and he dangerously headed the ball towards goal, but Benedykt Zieba in the goal jumped up to prevent it from getting in. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Gustaaf Groeneveldt in the 31st managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Benedykt Zieba saved JSP Siemiatycze from getting behind. In the 33rd minute, Wim Wilmes hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. With a little luck, Netherlands's Arnout Reekers got control of the ball when Pankracy Brudnicki tried to sneak it across the goal line. With an all-out effort, JSP Siemiatycze's Arnout Reekers threw himself towards the right post 36 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Edward Wawak, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. An unexpectedly hard shot by Gustaaf Groeneveldt in the 37th minute of play forced JSP Siemiatycze's goalkeeper Benedykt Zieba to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Gustaaf Groeneveldt received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 39th minute. Benedykt Zieba tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. 42 minutes into the game, Gijsbert ter Kruimer cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-2. Benedykt Zieba was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. An unexpectedly hard shot by Leon Mazierz in the 45th minute of play forced Netherlands's goalkeeper Arnout Reekers to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 0-2.

The wind increased when Gijsbert ter Kruimer made the kick off in the second half. Benedykt Zieba made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Gijsbert ter Kruimer in the 51st minute of play. Benedykt Zieba came out of the goal in the 51st minute to try and stop a shot by Netherlands's Gijsbert ter Kruimer. But to his dismay, Gijsbert ter Kruimer quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-3. Gustaaf Groeneveldt received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 54th minute. Benedykt Zieba tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After having played for 56 minutes, Leon Mazierz managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. JSP Siemiatycze's supporters crossed their fingers, but Leon Mazierz was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Gustaaf Groeneveldt received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Benedykt Zieba came out and tried to block the shot, but Gustaaf Groeneveldt slotted it home off the left post making it 0-4 in the 60th minute. Benedykt Zieba made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Wim Wilmes in the 64th minute of play. Benedykt Zieba took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Gijsbert ter Kruimer, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 71st minute, Mathijn Doctor hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After 72 played minutes, JSP Siemiatycze's Edward Wawak 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 JSP Siemiatycze reached it. Arnout Reekers showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Edward Wawak, who was totally free with the ball in the 81st minute. In the 83rd minute of the match, Gijsbert ter Kruimer tried to roll the ball into the goal by the right post, but Benedykt Zieba saw his intentions and got control of the ball before it passed the line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Edward Wawak in the 89th minute of play forced Netherlands's goalkeeper Arnout Reekers to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 91st match minute, JSP Siemiatycze was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Leon Mazierz to maneuver through the defense. 93 minutes into the match, Netherlands's goal looked a bit too open when Pankracy Brudnicki came free, but Arnout Reekers reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 97th minute Leon Mazierz shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Arnout Reekers saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. JSP Siemiatycze's Benedykt Zieba proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 98th minute of the match, managed to save JSP Siemiatycze from getting a goal against them. When the match was over Netherlands could go home with a victory in their luggage, having controlled the game far better than JSP Siemiatycze throughout the match.