Challenge

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Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Cumali Neşat started the match with the kick off. Bora Hazer made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Gustaaf Groeneveldt in the 5th minute of play. After 7 minutes A K Ç A Y ✔ 37 SK'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. It was a well-played corner which Lars Meesters managed to volley towards the net. Unfortunately, he didn't get a great hit on the ball and it went out into the grandstand. Netherlands's Arnout Reekers played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Cumali Neşat in the 10th minute of play. Bora Hazer showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Wim Wilmes in the 11th minute of the match. Bora Hazer showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Gustaaf Groeneveldt in the 21st minute of the match. In the 31st minute Gijsbert ter Kruimer shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Bora Hazer saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Bora Hazer showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Gustaaf Groeneveldt, who was totally free with the ball in the 47th minute. After 47 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. Bora Hazer was left in no man's land by his defense there! The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 0-1.

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. Gustaaf Groeneveldt could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 61st minute of the match, but Bora Hazer made a huge save. 63 minutes into the match, Netherlands's goal looked a bit too open when Cumali Neşat came free, but Arnout Reekers reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 64th match minute, Netherlands was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Gust Ennemans to maneuver through the defense. The throw-in from Gust Ennemans in the 70th minute of the game was unfortunally taken care of by A K Ç A Y ✔ 37 SK's Ergincan Özdal. Zafer Musa kicked well hit freekick during the 84th minute of the match. A K Ç A Y ✔ 37 SK's Bora Hazer proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 86th minute of the match, managed to save A K Ç A Y ✔ 37 SK from getting a goal against them. A K Ç A Y ✔ 37 SK's Bora Hazer proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 88th minute of the match, managed to save A K Ç A Y ✔ 37 SK from getting a goal against them. An unexpectedly hard shot by Wim Wilmes in the 91st minute of play forced A K Ç A Y ✔ 37 SK's goalkeeper Bora Hazer to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Bora Hazer 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. After a rather tough play, Netherlands's David Eikelkamp got a free kick in the 95th minute. Bora Hazer took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Gustaaf Groeneveldt, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. When the final whistle sounded Netherlands left the ground with the victory after a much better performance than A K Ç A Y ✔ 37 SK.