Challenge

Netherlands Arena
Spectators: 47 (Terracing: 36, Seating: 11, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Nikki Kassa started the match with the kick off. In the 4th minute Lars Meesters shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Igor Haikin saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Trym Johnsrud in the 5th minute of play forced Netherlands's goalkeeper Arnout Reekers to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 5th minute Trym Johnsrud 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. 6 minutes into the match, Ballkam Sportsklubb's goal looked a bit too open when Gijsbert ter Kruimer came free, but Igor Haikin reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. The audience was convinced that Gijsbert ter Kruimer's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Igor Haikin was relentless in the 12th minute of the game. Ballkam Sportsklubb's Igor Haikin proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 15th minute of the match, managed to save Ballkam Sportsklubb from getting a goal against them. Ballkam Sportsklubb's Igor Haikin played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Wim Wilmes in the 20th minute of play. 21 minutes had been played when some careless play by Ballkam Sportsklubb'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. After taking down the ball on Netherlands's corner Wim Wilmes fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Igor Haikin quite easily take care of the ball. Netherlands's Gijsbert ter Kruimer was first on the ball when the corner was shot and he dangerously headed the ball towards goal, but Igor Haikin in the goal jumped up to prevent it from getting in. Igor Haikin showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from David Eikelkamp in the 23rd minute of the match. Igor Haikin didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from David Eikelkamp went, in the 23rd minute, to the upper right corner, 1-0 was the resulting score. Igor Haikin made an important save on a dangerous shot by Gustaaf Groeneveldt in the 28th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Trym Johnsrud in the 31st minute of play forced Netherlands's goalkeeper Arnout Reekers to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Gijsbert ter Kruimer sent away a hard shot on goal in the 32nd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. The supporters of Netherlands booed when Ballkam Sportsklubb was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 34 match minutes in a wonderful position. Liu Ying Qing didn't get a good kick on the ball. When Netherlands's Gustaaf Groeneveldt in the 37th minute got a chance for a shot 37th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Ballkam Sportsklubb's goalie prevented a goal. When the match clock showed 37 minutes, the score became 2-0 when Gustaaf Groeneveldt sped through Ballkam Sportsklubb's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Igor Haikin. 42 minutes into the match, Netherlands's goal looked a bit too open when Nikki Kassa came free, but Arnout Reekers reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. The home fans were very happy to see their team leading 2-0 at half-time.

Ballkam Sportsklubb's Igor Haikin played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Wim Wilmes in the 52nd minute of play. Igor Haikin didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Wim Wilmes went, in the 54th minute, to the upper right corner, 3-0 was the resulting score. A collision led to Ballkam Sportsklubb getting a freekick after 56 minutes play. Qin Ke Kun hit a great ball. De-la-Cruz Fantasia could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 60th minute of the match, but Arnout Reekers made a huge save. The audience thought a goal was coming when De-la-Cruz Fantasia got free with Arnout Reekers in the 61st minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. 62 minutes into the game, Gijsbert ter Kruimer threw the ball into play from the sideline. Ballkam Sportsklubb's Jonathan Wiberg quickly snatched the ball and retained possesion. Igor Haikin 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. A nice corner shot did that Gijsbert ter Kruimer got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Igor Haikin quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. Igor Haikin didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from David Eikelkamp went, in the 66th minute, to the upper right corner, 4-0 was the resulting score. 70 minutes into the match, Netherlands's goal looked a bit too open when De-la-Cruz Fantasia came free, but Arnout Reekers reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. If Lars Meesters had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 76th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Ballkam Sportsklubb made a substitution. Christoffer Aarset replaced Liu Ying Qing. Igor Haikin didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from David Eikelkamp went, in the 79th minute, to the upper right corner, 5-0 was the resulting score. Lars Meesters sent away a hard shot on goal in the 82nd minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. Igor Haikin took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Wim Wilmes, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 92 minutes into the match, De-la-Cruz Fantasia dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Arnout Reekers, 5-1. Christoffer Aarset recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 96th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. When the referee ended the match the Netherlands players were able to celebrate. They had won a fair victory and recieved the ovations of their fans.