Challenge

Manchester United
Spectators: 50 (Terracing: 38, Seating: 11, VIP seats: 1) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Gijsbert ter Kruimer got the match started through his kick off. Arnout Reekers showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Ryan Seng in the 3rd minute of the match. 4 minutes had been played when some careless play by Netherlands's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Ryan Seng was slow to take the kick. During this time Manchester United's players had a chance to rest. The corner led Manchester United's Azam Chew to fire away a dangerous shot which Arnout Reekers despite some difficulties managed to get hold on the ball. When the match clock showed 4 minutes, the score became 1-0 when Azam Chew sped through Netherlands's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Arnout Reekers. 12 minutes into the match, Manchester United's goal looked a bit too open when Gijsbert ter Kruimer came free, but Ali Artuner reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Ali Artuner showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Wim Wilmes in the 14th minute of the match. With an all-out effort, Manchester United's Arnout Reekers threw himself towards the right post 18 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Daniz Keng, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. Arnout Reekers showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Azam Chew, who was totally free with the ball in the 19th minute. 20 minutes into the match, Netherlands's goal looked a bit too open when Daniz Keng came free, but Arnout Reekers reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After 21 minutes Netherlands's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Ryan Seng who took care of the corner kick. An unexpectedly hard shot by Daniz Keng in the 25th minute of play forced Netherlands's goalkeeper Arnout Reekers to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. David Eikelkamp fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 28th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Ali Artuner having to interfere. Arnout Reekers made an important save on a dangerous shot by Azam Chew in the 30th minute. 33 minutes into the match, Netherlands's goal looked a bit too open when Alam Lee came free, but Arnout Reekers reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 36th minute Wim Wilmes shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Ali Artuner saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 36th minute, Wim Wilmes ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Ali Artuner was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-1. An unexpectedly hard shot by Daniz Keng in the 40th minute of play forced Netherlands's goalkeeper Arnout Reekers to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Arnout Reekers showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Azam Chew, who was totally free with the ball in the 42nd minute. In the 46th minute, Klement Penkalski hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. An unexpectedly hard shot by Gustaaf Groeneveldt in the 48th minute of play forced Manchester United's goalkeeper Ali Artuner to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After the first half the score was level. The break gave the players a chance to catch their breath, whilst the managers went over the tactics with them again.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Azam Chew to make the kick off. 51 minutes into the match, Netherlands's goal looked a bit too open when Ryan Seng came free, but Arnout Reekers reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After 51 minutes of play, Manchester United's Ryan Seng made it 2-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Arnout Reekers was left in no man's land by his defense there! In the 54th minute of the match, Gijsbert ter Kruimer tried to roll the ball into the goal by the right post, but Ali Artuner saw his intentions and got control of the ball before it passed the line. The supporters of Netherlands booed when Manchester United was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 55 match minutes in a wonderful position. Klement Penkalski didn't get a good kick on the ball. After a rather tough play, Manchester United's Arif Soon got a free kick in the 56th minute. David Eikelkamp recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 61st minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. 64 minutes into the match, Netherlands's Wim Wilmes sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Ali Artuner narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Ryan Seng received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 67th minute. Arnout Reekers tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. If Gustaaf Groeneveldt had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 78th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Arnout Reekers didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Ryan Seng went, in the 80th minute, to the upper right corner, 3-2 was the resulting score. Arif Soon's late challenge caught a Netherlands's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Arif Soon helped the player get up and apologised. In the 84th minute there was a penalty for Netherlands. Gijsbert ter Kruimer stepped forward and shot the ball to the right of a diving Ali Artuner. 3-3. Arnout Reekers took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Ryan Seng, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Arnout Reekers took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Ryan Seng, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Manchester United's Ali Artuner proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 98th minute of the match, managed to save Manchester United from getting a goal against them. The teams fought very hard right up to the final whistle. Both sets of players were happy to go away with a draw.