Challenge

Rodolfo N. Livio
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Fernando Bilbo got the match started through his kick off. In the 3rd minute of the match, Jonathan Yang tried to roll the ball into the goal by the right post, but Arnout Reekers saw his intentions and got control of the ball before it passed the line. Flan Mixto FC's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Celestino Iruinea in the 4th minute. When Edgardo Acevedo fell near the penalty area in the 8th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Flan Mixto FC's protests and gave Edgardo Acevedo a yellow card for diving instead. A collision led to Flan Mixto FC getting a freekick after 9 minutes play. Edgardo Acevedo hit a great ball. Dobromir Lamczyk hit a great freekick 14 minutes into the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Gustaaf Groeneveldt in the 16th minute of play forced Flan Mixto FC's goalkeeper Raimundo Dorio to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Raimundo Dorio made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Wim Wilmes in the 21st minute of play. After 22 played minutes Flan Mixto FC got a freekick which was hit by Jonathan Yang. Gustaaf Groeneveldt fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 23rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Raimundo Dorio having to interfere. An unexpectedly hard shot by Wim Wilmes in the 24th minute of play forced Flan Mixto FC's goalkeeper Raimundo Dorio to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Fernando Bilbo's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Arnout Reekers read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 25th minute of play. The audience was convinced that David Eikelkamp's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Raimundo Dorio was relentless in the 31st minute of the game. 36 minutes into the match, Lars Meesters had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Raimundo Dorio. Flan Mixto FC's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Lars Meesters was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-1. Luciano Baltazar hit a great freekick 45 minutes into the match. Flan Mixto FC's Raimundo Dorio played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Wim Wilmes in the 46th minute of play. Disappointed in the 0-1 score, the home team went to the dressing room to adjust tactics for the second half.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Gijsbert ter Kruimer to make the kick off. An unexpectedly hard shot by Gijsbert ter Kruimer in the 53rd minute of play forced Flan Mixto FC's goalkeeper Raimundo Dorio to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Flan Mixto FC's Raimundo Dorio proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 56th minute of the match, managed to save Flan Mixto FC from getting a goal against them. 59 minutes in the game, Gustaaf Groeneveldt fired away an excellent shot, which passed to the side of the right post without Raimundo Dorio having to interfere. Raimundo Dorio made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Gijsbert ter Kruimer in the 62nd minute of play. Lars Meesters received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 64th minute. Raimundo Dorio tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Gustaaf Groeneveldt recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 66th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Flan Mixto FC made a substitution. Eustacio Otsoa replaced Santos Ricart. After having played for 71 minutes, Wim Wilmes managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Netherlands's supporters crossed their fingers, but Wim Wilmes was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. An unexpectedly hard shot by Lars Meesters in the 78th minute of play forced Flan Mixto FC's goalkeeper Raimundo Dorio to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Gustaaf Groeneveldt could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 82nd minute of the match, but Raimundo Dorio made a huge save. Raimundo Dorio made an important save on a dangerous shot by Gijsbert ter Kruimer in the 86th minute. Wim Wilmes received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 87th minute. Raimundo Dorio tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. 89 minutes into the match, Gustaaf Groeneveldt notched a goal, 0-2, to the right of Flan Mixto FC's Raimundo Dorio. Raimundo Dorio was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. When the final whistle sounded Netherlands left the ground with the victory after a much better performance than Flan Mixto FC.