Challenge

De Ballenbak
Spectators: 44 (Terracing: 34, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Tanek Daszkowski made the kick off which started today's match. Joeri Donderwinkel fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 3rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Ilija Skugor having to interfere. 7 minutes into the game, NFC Eagles 22's Emil Houwing 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, 1-0. The crowd rose to their feet as Joeri Donderwinkel kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Ilija Skugor. That made the score 2-0 in the 14 minute of play. Arnold Ponk hit a great freekick 16 minutes into the match. A collision led to NFC Eagles 22 getting a freekick after 17 minutes play. Ted Jansen hit a great ball. Martin Bosak fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 18th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Ciccio Tacconi having to interfere. Tanek Daszkowski's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Ilija Skugor read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 20th minute of play. In the 22nd minute NFC Eagles 22 were awarded a corner. Ted Jansen went to the cornerflag to take it. Laurens Knol hit a great freekick 26 minutes into the match. Tanek Daszkowski's shot when he came free in front of the goal in the 31stth minute, Ilija Skugor skillfully showed off with a save to what seemed to be an obvious goal. With a little luck, Croatia's Ilija Skugor got control of the ball when Emil Houwing tried to sneak it across the goal line. In the 34th minute, Tanek Daszkowski left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The NFC Eagles 22 fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 3-0. A collision led to Croatia getting a freekick after 38 minutes play. Teo Gudelj hit a great ball. After 40 minutes, Tanek Daszkowski made it 4-0 with a short kick to the right side. Croatia's Ilija Skugor tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. The crowd rose to their feet as Joeri Donderwinkel kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Ilija Skugor. That made the score 5-0 in the 43 minute of play. 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.

Raymond Schouten received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 54th minute. Ilija Skugor tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Ilija Skugor didn't succeed to prevent the ball from going into goal when NFC Eagles 22's Tanek Daszkowski shot an unexpected shot in the crossbar's under edge and made 6-0 in the ordered_time% minute. 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. An unexpectedly hard shot by Tanek Daszkowski in the 68th minute of play forced Croatia's goalkeeper Ilija Skugor to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 8-0 became the score in the 70th minute when Tanek Daszkowski elegantly shot the ball into goal just under the crossbar. In the 73rd minute the ball was on its way in behind Croatia's goalkeeper Ilija Skugor, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Ilija Skugor came out of the goal in the 77th 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 9-0. After 83 minutes of play, NFC Eagles 22's Joeri Donderwinkel made it 10-0 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! Tanek Daszkowski took the ball and in the 86 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Ilija Skugor. Ilija Skugor dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 11-0. Ilija Skugor didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Tanek Daszkowski went, in the 91st minute, to the upper right corner, 12-0 was the resulting score. NFC Eagles 22 walked away with a well-earned victory that was much celebrated by the crowd.