Challenge

Titans Arena
Spectators: 42 (Terracing: 32, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) Chris Nygaard started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. Northern Titans's Billy Hollander played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Chris Nygaard in the 4th minute of play. Denmark's attentive Mathias Ludvigsen managed to snatch the ball when Bert Struik made a throw-in in the 15th minute of the game. 21 minutes into the game, Neeme Van Achteren recieved a splendid long ball, split the defenders, and gently placed the ball to the left of Keld Paulsen. Neeme Van Achteren showed that you don't have to tear a hole in the net to score, 1-0. Roeland van der Werff could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 23rd minute of the match, but Keld Paulsen made a huge save. Billy Hollander showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Chris Nygaard in the 27th minute of the match. 30 minutes had been played when some careless play by Denmark's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Maikel Lammers was slow to take the kick. During this time Northern Titans's players had a chance to rest. Felix Lembeck made in the 33rd minute of the game a quick throw-in and Richard Heerspink immediately put the ball in play. Chris Nygaard scored 1-1 in the 34th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Billy Hollander, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Billy Hollander showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Bertram Svenningsen in the 38th minute of the match. The supporters of Northern Titans booed when Denmark was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 42 match minutes in a wonderful position. Bjarne Kirkegaard didn't get a good kick on the ball. Denmark's Keld Paulsen played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Maikel Lammers in the 46th minute of play. The crowd rose to their feet as Menno Heck kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Keld Paulsen. That made the score 2-1 in the 47 minute of play. The home fans were very happy to see their team leading 2-1 at half-time.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Neeme Van Achteren to strike the kick off in the second half. Denmark's Keld Paulsen played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Neeme Van Achteren in the 54th minute of play. 60 minutes into the game, Mikkel Wulff recieved a splendid long ball, split the defenders, and gently placed the ball to the left of Billy Hollander. Mikkel Wulff showed that you don't have to tear a hole in the net to score, 2-2. Keld Paulsen came out of the goal in the 68th minute to try and stop a shot by Northern Titans's Neeme Van Achteren. But to his dismay, Neeme Van Achteren quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 3-2. The supporters of Northern Titans booed when Denmark was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 72 match minutes in a wonderful position. Mathias Ludvigsen didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 78th minute Chris Nygaard shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Billy Hollander saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Chris Nygaard in the 78th minute of play forced Northern Titans's goalkeeper Billy Hollander to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 83rd minute, Gerald Maurits hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. When Denmark's Chris Nygaard in the 85th minute got a chance for a shot 85th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Northern Titans's goalie prevented a goal. A collision led to Northern Titans getting a freekick after 94 minutes play. Neeme Van Achteren hit a great ball. Bjarne Kirkegaard charged in rather forcefully in the 97th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Bjarne Kirkegaard the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. Bjarne Kirkegaard kicked well hit freekick during the 97th minute of the match. Roeland van der Werff received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 98th minute. Keld Paulsen tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. The crowd rose to their feet and cheered when the referee blew the final whistle. Northern Titans had won after a very even match.