Challenge

Netherlands Arena
Spectators: 47 (Terracing: 36, Seating: 11, VIP seats: 0) Severino Bueno started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. Gustaaf Groeneveldt could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 3rd minute of the match, but Aaron Tanti made a huge save. Lars Meesters received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 6th minute. Aaron Tanti tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Aaron Tanti made a fantastic save in the 7th minute, when Wim Wilmes sent off a good shot on target. 8 minutes into the game, Wim Wilmes recieved a splendid long ball, split the defenders, and gently placed the ball to the left of Aaron Tanti. Wim Wilmes showed that you don't have to tear a hole in the net to score, 1-0. If Darren Carabott had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 10th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Aaron Tanti made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Gijsbert ter Kruimer in the 12th minute of play. Netherlands's Arnout Reekers played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Severino Bueno in the 14th minute of play. Netherlands's Arnout Reekers played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Severino Bueno in the 16th minute of play. Wim Wilmes fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 16th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Aaron Tanti having to interfere. Aaron Tanti came out of the goal in the 18th minute to try and stop a shot by Netherlands's Gijsbert ter Kruimer. But to his dismay, Gijsbert ter Kruimer quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 2-0. Eleven Young Elephants's Aaron Tanti proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 23rd minute of the match, managed to save Eleven Young Elephants from getting a goal against them. Aaron Tanti made a fantastic save in the 26th minute, when Wim Wilmes sent off a good shot on target. Enzo Perez struck a weak shot in the 31st minute. Arnout Reekers didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Eleven Young Elephants. Eleven Young Elephants's Aaron Tanti proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 33rd minute of the match, managed to save Eleven Young Elephants from getting a goal against them. An unexpectedly hard shot by Severino Bueno in the 35th minute of play forced Netherlands's goalkeeper Arnout Reekers to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Fabio Savona hit a great freekick 40 minutes into the match. Arnout Reekers showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Zlatko Zahovič in the 41st minute of the match. After 42 played minutes Netherlands got a freekick which was hit by David Eikelkamp. Vilmos Szikora kicked well hit freekick during the 44th minute of the match. Gustaaf Groeneveldt could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 45th minute of the match, but Aaron Tanti made a huge save. Af the end of the first half the score was 2-0. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

The wind increased when Gijsbert ter Kruimer made the kick off in the second half. Gustaaf Groeneveldt recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 55th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Wim Wilmes struck a weak shot in the 60th minute. Aaron Tanti didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Netherlands. Enzo Perez hit a great freekick 61 minutes into the match. Aaron Tanti showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Gustaaf Groeneveldt in the 62nd minute of the match. Enzo Perez kicked well hit freekick during the 63rd minute of the match. In the 64th minute, Gustaaf Groeneveldt made a precise shot to the right of Aaron Tanti. Eleven Young Elephants's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 3-0. In the 75th minute Gustaaf Groeneveldt shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Aaron Tanti saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Aaron Tanti made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Gijsbert ter Kruimer in the 78th minute of play. In the 80th minute, Wim Wilmes 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. After some careless play in the Eleven Young Elephants defense, Wim Wilmes kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Aaron Tanti. The Eleven Young Elephants fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Aaron Tanti should have stopped the shot. 90 minutes into the match, Gustaaf Groeneveldt notched a goal, 5-0, to the right of Eleven Young Elephants's Aaron Tanti. Aaron Tanti was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. 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.