Challenge

Pikachuzim Arena
Spectators: 51 (Terracing: 39, Seating: 11, VIP seats: 1) Rodolfo Pinheiro started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. In the 4th 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. In the 5th minute, Gijsbert ter Kruimer ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Pedro Luiz Matorin was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-1. 9 minutes into the match, Netherlands's Lars Meesters sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Pedro Luiz Matorin narrowly saved just below the crossbar. AS Pikachuzim's Pedro Luiz Matorin played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Lars Meesters in the 11th minute of play. In the 14th minute, Gustaaf Groeneveldt left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Netherlands fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-2. Arnout Reekers showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Denílson Arantes, who was totally free with the ball in the 16th minute. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Gildo da Fonseca during the 17th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. In the 17th match minute, AS Pikachuzim was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Gildo da Fonseca to maneuver through the defense. In the 19th minute, Gildo da Fonseca hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Pedro Luiz Matorin 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 28th minute of the match, Rodolfo Pinheiro got a very nice opportunity to score, but Arnout Reekers was well-placed and pushed the ball away from the goal at the left post. After taking down the ball on AS Pikachuzim's corner Wilton Carneiro fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Arnout Reekers quite easily take care of the ball. Richard Madureira kicked well hit freekick during the 31st minute of the match. After 33 minutes, Rodolfo Pinheiro mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the AS Pikachuzim and the Netherlands players grew even worse after the yellow card. An unexpectedly hard shot by Wim Wilmes in the 41st minute of play forced AS Pikachuzim's goalkeeper Pedro Luiz Matorin to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Bas Tuitert lost his temper 44 minutes into the game and shoved another player to the ground. He was immediately shown a red card. In the 43rd minute, one of Netherlands:s players had the ball in front of the goal but got pushed and fell. The referee felt it was an obvious case and blew a penalty for Netherlands. An unexpectedly hard shot by Rodolfo Pinheiro in the 47th minute of play forced Netherlands's goalkeeper Arnout Reekers to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The AS Pikachuzim players were disheartened as they walked off the pitch after the first half. Netherlands were winning 0-2.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Gustaaf Groeneveldt to make the kick off. Arnout Reekers made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Rodolfo Pinheiro in the 55th minute of play. In a very dangerous position, a player in Netherlands fell when an opponent tried to get the ball from him in the 58th minute. Penalty! Netherlands:s Arnout Reekers showed great skill when he stopped Rodolfo Pinheiro:s penalty. 59 minutes into the game, AS Pikachuzim's Rodolfo Pinheiro nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Arnout Reekers made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 1-2. Pedro Luiz Matorin was a little too slow when Wim Wilmes got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 64th minute. The score was now 1-3. The audience thought a goal was coming when Gustaaf Groeneveldt got free with Pedro Luiz Matorin in the 67th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. In the 67th minute, Gustaaf Groeneveldt reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Pedro Luiz Matorin. The goal made the score 1-4. AS Pikachuzim's Pedro Luiz Matorin proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 70th minute of the match, managed to save AS Pikachuzim from getting a goal against them. Gustaaf Groeneveldt received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 74th minute. Pedro Luiz Matorin tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After some fancy dribbling in the 79th minute, Wim Wilmes managed to get in a good position for a shot. Netherlands's supporters rose to their feet, but Wim Wilmes was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Pedro Luiz Matorin breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. After 80 played minutes AS Pikachuzim got a freekick which was hit by Lucas Reis. Gustaaf Groeneveldt could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 81st minute of the match, but Pedro Luiz Matorin made a huge save. Ulisses Teixeira hit a great freekick 84 minutes into the match. Gildo da Fonseca kicked well hit freekick during the 85th minute of the match. Gustaaf Groeneveldt recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 86th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Gustaaf Groeneveldt was really disappointed when he shot the ball just outside the right post instead of scoring a goal in the 91st minute. Netherlands's manager could be seen on the sidelines shaking his head and muttering to himself as his team had just wasted another chance. In the 94th minute of the match, Gustaaf Groeneveldt got a very nice opportunity to score, but Pedro Luiz Matorin was well-placed and pushed the ball away from the goal at the left post. Pedro Luiz Matorin made an important save on a dangerous shot by Gustaaf Groeneveldt in the 97th minute.