Challenge

De Ballenbak
Spectators: 44 (Terracing: 34, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Tanek Daszkowski took the kick off in the first half of the match. After 9 minutes of play, NFC Eagles 22's Tanek Daszkowski made it 2-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Ilija Skugor was left in no man's land by his defense there! After some careless play in the Croatia defense, Tanek Daszkowski kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Ilija Skugor. The Croatia fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Ilija Skugor should have stopped the shot. In the 19th minute, Raymond Schouten fired away a shot on goal. He put a little to much spin on the ball and sent it just wide of the right post. Teo Gudelj hit a great freekick 22 minutes into the match. Ilija Skugor showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Tanek Daszkowski, who was totally free with the ball in the 23rd minute. In the 30th minute, Tanek Daszkowski made a precise shot to the right of Ilija Skugor. Croatia's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 7-0. The crowd rose to their feet as NFC Eagles 22's Tanek Daszkowski slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Ilija Skugor. That made the score 8-0 after 33 minutes of play. NFC Eagles 22 were awarded a corner in the 38th minute after Croatia's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Ted Jansen took the corner. Emil Houwing was in a good position and managed to take a shot, but he missed just to the outside of the post. Tanek Daszkowski scored 9-0 in the 40th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Ilija Skugor, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Teo Gudelj kicked well hit freekick during the 43rd minute of the match. Tanek Daszkowski received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Ilija Skugor came out and tried to block the shot, but Tanek Daszkowski slotted it home off the left post making it 10-0 in the 45th minute. In the 48th minute, NFC Eagles 22's Tanek Daszkowski dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 11-0. Af the end of the first half the score was 11-0. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Toni Mauzer to strike the kick off in the second half. Ilija Skugor made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Raymond Schouten in the 54th minute of play. In the 55th match minute, Croatia was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Teo Gudelj to maneuver through the defense. After some careless play in the Croatia defense, Tanek Daszkowski kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Ilija Skugor. The Croatia fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Ilija Skugor should have stopped the shot. After 68 minutes of play, NFC Eagles 22's Tanek Daszkowski made it 15-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Ilija Skugor was left in no man's land by his defense there! 72 minutes into the game, Tanek Daszkowski cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 16-0. Ilija Skugor was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. 75 minutes into the match, Croatia's goal looked a bit too open when Tanek Daszkowski came free, but Ilija Skugor reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Ilija Skugor came out of the goal in the 76th minute to try and stop a shot by NFC Eagles 22's Tanek Daszkowski. But to his dismay, Tanek Daszkowski quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 17-0. NFC Eagles 22's Jeroen Heerckes was substituted for Emil Houwing. After a rather tough play, Croatia's Teo Gudelj got a free kick in the 81st minute. In the 82nd match minute, Croatia was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Teo Gudelj to maneuver through the defense. When Tanek Daszkowski came up free with the goalie in the 84th minute, the NFC Eagles 22 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 Tanek Daszkowski couldn't finish the play. NFC Eagles 22's Tanek Daszkowski got a good chance for a goal in the 86th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. If Damir Pongrac had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 88th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. 89 minutes into the game, NFC Eagles 22's Tanek Daszkowski nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Ilija Skugor made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 18-0. 95 minutes into the game, NFC Eagles 22's Tanek Daszkowski nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Ilija Skugor made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 19-0. NFC Eagles 22 walked away with a well-earned victory that was much celebrated by the crowd.