Challenge

Atabueira Stadium
Spectators: 42 (Terracing: 32, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) 3 minutes into the game, Netherlands's Gustaaf Groeneveldt nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Idalécio Carrasqueira made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-1. Arnout Reekers made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Jaime Eiró in the 6th minute of play. 9 minutes into the match, Netherlands's goal looked a bit too open when Belchior Ribeiro came free, but Arnout Reekers reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Gijsbert ter Kruimer scored 0-2 in the 13th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Idalécio Carrasqueira, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. In the 19th minute, Hugon Bryk 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. Idalécio Carrasqueira took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from David Eikelkamp, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After 23 minutes SC Atabueira'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. Idalécio Carrasqueira made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Gijsbert ter Kruimer in the 26th minute of play. Idalécio Carrasqueira made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Gijsbert ter Kruimer in the 28th minute of play. Idalécio Carrasqueira showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Wim Wilmes in the 30th minute of the match. The audience thought a goal was coming when Hugon Bryk got free with Arnout Reekers in the 32nd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Idalécio Carrasqueira made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Wim Wilmes in the 33rd minute of play. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Gustaaf Groeneveldt in the 34th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Idalécio Carrasqueira saved SC Atabueira from getting behind. Idalécio Carrasqueira took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from David Eikelkamp, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 41st minute, Gustaaf Groeneveldt 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. 43 minutes into the match, Netherlands's goalkeeper Arnout Reekers had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Hugon Bryk. Arnout Reekers made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Odín Wallffiguer in the 45th minute of play. Gijsbert ter Kruimer sent away a hard shot on goal in the 47th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. SC Atabueira made a substitution. Adriano Baião replaced Jarbas Bentes. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 0-2.

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's shot when he came free in front of the goal in the 51stth minute, Idalécio Carrasqueira skillfully showed off with a save to what seemed to be an obvious goal. Gijsbert ter Kruimer sent away a hard shot on goal in the 52nd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Idalécio Carrasqueira made an important save on a dangerous shot by Gijsbert ter Kruimer in the 56th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Odín Wallffiguer in the 57th minute of play forced Netherlands's goalkeeper Arnout Reekers to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 61 minutes Netherlands's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Hugon Bryk who took care of the corner kick. Hugon Bryk made a great header on SC Atabueira's corner, it was just that Netherlands's Arnout Reekers managed to reach the ball for a save. In the 63rd minute Gijsbert ter Kruimer shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Idalécio Carrasqueira saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The corner ended in Egbert Nijveldt almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but SC Atabueira's Idalécio Carrasqueira did a great save. An unexpectedly hard shot by Wim Wilmes in the 71st minute of play forced SC Atabueira's goalkeeper Idalécio Carrasqueira to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. SC Atabueira made a substitution. Josué Campelo replaced Hugon Bryk. In the 73rd minute of the match Netherlands got a corner. SC Atabueira'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. In the 78th minute the ball was on its way in behind Netherlands's goalkeeper Arnout Reekers, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. After taking down the ball on SC Atabueira's corner Reinaldo Veríssimo fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Arnout Reekers quite easily take care of the ball. The audience was convinced that Jaime Eiró's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Arnout Reekers was relentless in the 86th minute of the game. 87 minutes into the match, SC Atabueira's goalkeeper Idalécio Carrasqueira had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Gustaaf Groeneveldt. An unexpectedly hard shot by Gijsbert ter Kruimer in the 91st minute of play forced SC Atabueira's goalkeeper Idalécio Carrasqueira to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 92nd minute the ball was on its way in behind SC Atabueira's goalkeeper Idalécio Carrasqueira, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Netherlands's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Gijsbert ter Kruimer in the 96th minute. The SC Atabueira supporters were disappointed that their team didn't take anything from the match, despite matching Netherlands's performance. The match ended with a win for Netherlands.