Challenge

Hungary Arena
Spectators: 47 (Terracing: 36, Seating: 11, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Gerard Daamen took the kick off in the first half of the match. Iaki Angles might have been able to make a better finish in the 7th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Fodor Daniel. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Iaki Angles ran back to his position shaking his head. Wim Oldenborger sent away a hard shot on goal in the 7th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. The audience thought a goal was coming when Antal Valentin got free with Henk-Jan Appel in the 14th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. If Antal Valentin had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 17th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Antal Valentin fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 19th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Henk-Jan Appel having to interfere. Henk-Jan Appel made a fantastic save in the 21st minute, when Antal Valentin sent off a good shot on target. When Major Barna came up free with the goalie in the 22nd minute, the Hungary 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 Major Barna couldn't finish the play. In the 39th minute Takacs Tibor shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Henk-Jan Appel saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. An unexpected shot in the 40th minute by Antal Valentin got the crowd on their feet, but to their dismay it went out on the left side. In the 45th minute of the match Hungary got a corner. Boca Gregorian Juniors's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Antal Valentin ran over to the corner to take the kick. At last the ball reached Katona Janos at the corner, ending with a kick to difficult to stop for the goalkeeper of Boca Gregorian Juniors. 1-0.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Antal Valentin was the one to do the kick off. 57 minutes into the match, Boca Gregorian Juniors's goal looked a bit too open when Antal Valentin came free, but Henk-Jan Appel reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Fodor Daniel showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Demy Salens, who was totally free with the ball in the 62nd minute. Henk-Jan Appel stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Antal Valentin's shot from short distance in the 63rd minute. With a little luck, Hungary's Fodor Daniel got control of the ball when Gerard Daamen tried to sneak it across the goal line. Henk-Jan Appel showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Major Barna in the 67th minute of the match. Henk-Jan Appel took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Antal Valentin, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. A well-hit corner resulted in Major Barna heading the ball towards the goal, but to his dismay he misdirected it and missed the goal completely. Major Barna sent away a hard shot on goal in the 78th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Henk-Jan Appel showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Major Barna in the 80th minute of the match. 83 minutes into the match, Antal Valentin notched a goal, 2-0, to the right of Boca Gregorian Juniors's Henk-Jan Appel. Henk-Jan Appel was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it.