Challenge

Het Dak
Spectators: 51 (Terracing: 39, Seating: 11, VIP seats: 1) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Iwan Valentijn kicked off to start the match. FC Bal op het Dak's John-Paul Locatelli managed, thanks to a brazen rush, stole the ball on a throw-in made by Jonathan Criado in the 3 minute of the game. Spain's Gabriel Ascaso proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 3rd minute of the match, managed to save Spain from getting a goal against them. Harvey Davies showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Adria Bielsa, who was totally free with the ball in the 7th minute. In the 13th minute FC Bal op het Dak were awarded a corner. Marick Brunt went to the cornerflag to take it. After a defensive mix-up in Spain's zone, Iwan Valentijn stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Gabriel Ascaso came out of the goal and Iwan Valentijn tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. The crowd rose to their feet as Iwan Valentijn kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Gabriel Ascaso. That made the score 2-0 in the 18 minute of play. After having played for 26 minutes, Dan Kjellman managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. FC Bal op het Dak's supporters crossed their fingers, but Dan Kjellman was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. 28 minutes into the match, FC Bal op het Dak's goal looked a bit too open when Omar Toledo came free, but Harvey Davies reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 32nd minute, David Aranda 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. With his leg Gabriel Ascaso managed to avoid a goal in the 35thth minute, when FC Bal op het Dak's Dan Kjellman fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. 38 minutes into the match, Spain's goal looked a bit too open when Iwan Valentijn came free, but Gabriel Ascaso reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 38 minutes into the game, Iwan Valentijn cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 3-0. Gabriel Ascaso was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. In the 42nd minute the ball was on its way in behind Spain's goalkeeper Gabriel Ascaso, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. FC Bal op het Dak's Joop Meder was substituted for Aristides Gombal. After 48 played minutes Spain got a freekick which was hit by Enrique Rabellino.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Omar Toledo to strike the kick off in the second half. In the 63rd minute Adria Bielsa shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Harvey Davies saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Spain were awarded a corner in the 65th minute after FC Bal op het Dak's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Omar Toledo took the corner. The corner ended in Jonathan Criado almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but FC Bal op het Dak's Harvey Davies did a great save. In the 67th match minute, Spain was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Israel Jurado to maneuver through the defense. Spain's Carles Cherro was substituted for Omar Toledo. When John-Paul Locatelli came up free with the goalie in the 69th minute, the FC Bal op het Dak 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 John-Paul Locatelli couldn't finish the play. After a rather tough play, FC Bal op het Dak's Cobus Harding got a free kick in the 73rd minute. When Spain's Adria Bielsa in the 78th minute got a chance for a shot 78th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye FC Bal op het Dak's goalie prevented a goal. If Dan Kjellman had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 80th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Spain's Sergio Ruiz was substituted for Adria Bielsa. Spain's Pau Herrero was substituted for David Aranda. 85 minutes had been played when some careless play by FC Bal op het Dak's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Jon Cubero was slow to take the kick. During this time Spain's players had a chance to rest. The corner ended in Jon Cubero almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but FC Bal op het Dak's Harvey Davies did a great save. Dan Kjellman fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 90th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Gabriel Ascaso having to interfere. In the 96th minute, Sergio Ruiz left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Spain fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 3-1. Spain's supporters were dissatisfied at the end of the match because FC Bal op het Dak had won, even though Spain had held more of the ball.