Challenge

Slovakia Arena
Spectators: 47 (Terracing: 36, Seating: 11, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Metod Mlynar got the match started through his kick off. Reinard Hennes took the ball and in the 4 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Henrich Slany. Henrich Slany dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-1. After 7 minutes of play, Twelve Ravens's Reinard Hennes made it 0-2 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Henrich Slany was left in no man's land by his defense there! Pierre Van Hinnendael sent away a hard shot on goal in the 10th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Henrich Slany showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Reinard Hennes, who was totally free with the ball in the 13th minute. 16 minutes into the match, Reinard Hennes had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Henrich Slany. Slovakia's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Reinard Hennes was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-3. After some careless play in the Slovakia defense, Reinard Hennes kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Henrich Slany. The Slovakia fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Henrich Slany should have stopped the shot. 29 minutes into the match, Twelve Ravens's goalkeeper Roland Vanden Broucke had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Oliver Holub. After 30 minutes, Leo Verstappen mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Twelve Ravens and the Slovakia players grew even worse after the yellow card. Leo Verstappen hit a great freekick 30 minutes into the match. 31 minutes into the match, Twelve Ravens's goalkeeper Roland Vanden Broucke had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Metod Mlynar. 33 minutes had been played when some careless play by Twelve Ravens's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Pavol Koleno was slow to take the kick. During this time Slovakia's players had a chance to rest. The corner ended in Pavol Koleno almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but Twelve Ravens's Roland Vanden Broucke did a great save. After 34 minutes of play, Twelve Ravens's Reinard Hennes made it 0-6 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Henrich Slany was left in no man's land by his defense there! The supporters of Twelve Ravens booed when Slovakia was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 37 match minutes in a wonderful position. Vavrinec Koleno didn't get a good kick on the ball. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Reinard Hennes in the 39th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Henrich Slany saved Slovakia from getting behind. Henrich Slany showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Reinard Hennes, who was totally free with the ball in the 40th minute. Reinard Hennes blasted a shot towards the goal in the 44th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Henrich Slany having to make a save. Henrich Slany took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Reinard Hennes, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 0-7.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Reinard Hennes to make the kick off. 51 minutes into the match, Slovakia's goalkeeper Henrich Slany had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Reinard Hennes. After a defensive mix-up in Slovakia's zone, Reinard Hennes stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Henrich Slany came out of the goal and Reinard Hennes tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Reinard Hennes in the 55th minute of play forced Slovakia's goalkeeper Henrich Slany to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Twelve Ravens's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Lennart De Coster in the 62nd minute. Lennart De Coster made a great header on Twelve Ravens's corner, it was just that Slovakia's Henrich Slany managed to reach the ball for a save. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Vít Biskup during the 65th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. In the 65th match minute, Slovakia was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Vít Biskup to maneuver through the defense. The crowd rose to their feet as Reinard Hennes kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Henrich Slany. That made the score 0-8 in the 67 minute of play. After having played for 73 minutes, Vicent Duranseau managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Twelve Ravens's supporters crossed their fingers, but Vicent Duranseau was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Vít Biskup hit a great freekick 74 minutes into the match. Henrich Slany didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Vicent Duranseau went, in the 75th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-9 was the resulting score. Vít Biskup hit a great freekick 83 minutes into the match. Vicent Duranseau might have been able to make a better finish in the 85th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Henrich Slany. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Vicent Duranseau ran back to his position shaking his head. The audience thought a goal was coming when Vicent Duranseau got free with Henrich Slany in the 85th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. 87 minutes into the match, Vicent Duranseau dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Henrich Slany, 0-11. After a rather tough play, Slovakia's Vít Biskup got a free kick in the 94th minute. If Vicent Duranseau had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 95th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. The audience thought a goal was coming when Vicent Duranseau got free with Henrich Slany in the 95th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. When the final whistle sounded Twelve Ravens left the ground with the victory after a much better performance than Slovakia.