Monumental de Nuñez
Spectators: 44 (Terracing: 34,
Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Gijsbert ter Kruimer made the kick off which started today's match. After a rather tough play, C.A.River Plate's Otsoa Perojo got a free kick in the 7th minute. 10 minutes into the match, C.A.River Plate's goal looked a bit too open when David Eikelkamp came free, but Pierre-Alexandre von Buol-Schaudenstein reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 11 minutes into the match, Haritz Manteca notched a goal, 1-0, to the right of Netherlands's Arnout Reekers. Arnout Reekers was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Wim Wilmes fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 14th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Pierre-Alexandre von Buol-Schaudenstein having to interfere. In the 17th minute David Eikelkamp shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Pierre-Alexandre von Buol-Schaudenstein saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Gijsbert ter Kruimer received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 26th minute. Pierre-Alexandre von Buol-Schaudenstein tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. 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 31st minute. A collision led to C.A.River Plate getting a freekick after 39 minutes play. Talha Özakan hit a great ball. Gijsbert ter Kruimer struck a weak shot in the 40th minute. Pierre-Alexandre von Buol-Schaudenstein didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Netherlands. Gijsbert ter Kruimer sent away a hard shot on goal in the 43rd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. All the noise was coming from the home fans when the whistle went for half-time. The home team had fought hardest to put themselves in a deserved lead.
51 minutes into the match, Gijsbert ter Kruimer had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Pierre-Alexandre von Buol-Schaudenstein. C.A.River Plate's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Gijsbert ter Kruimer was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 2-1. 60 minutes into the match, C.A.River Plate's goal looked a bit too open when Gijsbert ter Kruimer came free, but Pierre-Alexandre von Buol-Schaudenstein reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Pierre-Alexandre von Buol-Schaudenstein didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Gijsbert ter Kruimer went, in the 60th minute, to the upper right corner, 2-2 was the resulting score. Pierre-Alexandre von Buol-Schaudenstein showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Gijsbert ter Kruimer, who was totally free with the ball in the 62nd minute. Gijsbert ter Kruimer took the ball and in the 62 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Pierre-Alexandre von Buol-Schaudenstein. Pierre-Alexandre von Buol-Schaudenstein dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 2-3. After some fancy dribbling in the 67th minute, Gijsbert ter Kruimer managed to get in a good position for a shot. Netherlands's supporters rose to their feet, but Gijsbert ter Kruimer was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Pierre-Alexandre von Buol-Schaudenstein breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. In the 69th minute, Sun Shi Xi 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. An unexpectedly hard shot by Gijsbert ter Kruimer in the 70th minute of play forced C.A.River Plate's goalkeeper Pierre-Alexandre von Buol-Schaudenstein to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 71st match minute, C.A.River Plate was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Talha Özakan to maneuver through the defense. Arnout Reekers showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Talha Özakan, who was totally free with the ball in the 75th minute. Netherlands's Gustaaf Groeneveldt got a good chance for a goal in the 77th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. C.A.River Plate's Pierre-Alexandre von Buol-Schaudenstein proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 82nd minute of the match, managed to save C.A.River Plate from getting a goal against them. In the 82nd minute, Gustaaf Groeneveldt reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Pierre-Alexandre von Buol-Schaudenstein. The goal made the score 2-4. When Gijsbert ter Kruimer came up free with the goalie in the 86th minute, the Netherlands fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Gijsbert ter Kruimer couldn't finish the play. The audience was convinced that Sun Shi Xi's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Arnout Reekers was relentless in the 93rd minute of the game. The referee blew the final whistle, and the away crowd roared, having watched Netherlands eke out a victory against a very well matched opponent.
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