Challenge

Marakana
Spectators: 41 (Terracing: 32, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Lu Yuan Yin started the match with the kick off. Chelmza Team's Waldemar Pawlik played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Gijsbert ter Kruimer in the 3rd minute of play. Netherlands's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Gijsbert ter Kruimer in the 4th minute. After taking down the ball on Netherlands's corner Egbert Nijveldt fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Waldemar Pawlik quite easily take care of the ball. Waldemar Pawlik came out of the goal in the 6th minute to try and stop a shot by Netherlands's Gustaaf Groeneveldt. But to his dismay, Gustaaf Groeneveldt quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-1. 9 minutes into the match, Chelmza Team's goal looked a bit too open when Gustaaf Groeneveldt came free, but Waldemar Pawlik reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Zhou Yan Feng'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 11th minute of play. Waldemar Pawlik took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Gijsbert ter Kruimer, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Lu Yuan Yin blasted a shot towards the goal in the 15th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Arnout Reekers having to make a save. An unexpectedly hard shot by Wim Wilmes in the 17th minute of play forced Chelmza Team's goalkeeper Waldemar Pawlik to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After a defensive mix-up in Netherlands's zone, Lu Yuan Yin stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Arnout Reekers came out of the goal and Lu Yuan Yin tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. The audience thought a goal was coming when Gwidon Zawacki got free with Arnout Reekers in the 22nd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Waldemar Pawlik showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Wim Wilmes in the 29th minute of the match. 32 minutes into the match, Chelmza Team's goal looked a bit too open when Gijsbert ter Kruimer came free, but Waldemar Pawlik reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Chelmza Team's attentive Kamilo Glik managed to snatch the ball when Kees Mooiweer made a throw-in in the 44th minute of the game. A collision led to Chelmza Team getting a freekick after 45 minutes play. Wincenty Jarmulowicz hit a great ball. After recieving a nice pass, Netherlands's Gijsbert ter Kruimer tried to score from far away in the 46th minute, but the ball went over the crossbar.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Gijsbert ter Kruimer to strike the kick off in the second half. With an all-out effort, Netherlands's Waldemar Pawlik threw himself towards the right post 57 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Gijsbert ter Kruimer, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. With an all-out effort, Netherlands's Waldemar Pawlik threw himself towards the right post 58 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Gijsbert ter Kruimer, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. In the 59th minute of the match Netherlands got a corner. Chelmza Team's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Gijsbert ter Kruimer ran over to the corner to take the kick. David Eikelkamp was in a good position and managed to take a shot, but he missed just to the outside of the post. Gwidon Zawacki'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. Gwidon Zawacki helped the player get up and apologised. In the 63rd minute, Gwidon Zawacki hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Arnout Reekers showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Zbigniew Boniek in the 66th minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Wim Wilmes in the 68th minute of play forced Chelmza Team's goalkeeper Waldemar Pawlik to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Waldemar Pawlik came out of the goal in the 68th minute to try and stop a shot by Netherlands's Wim Wilmes. But to his dismay, Wim Wilmes quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-3. In the 71st match minute, Netherlands was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Wim Wilmes to maneuver through the defense. After taking down the ball on Netherlands's corner Wim Wilmes fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Waldemar Pawlik quite easily take care of the ball. Wim Wilmes fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 78th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Waldemar Pawlik having to interfere. Wim Wilmes scored 0-4 in the 87th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Waldemar Pawlik, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. 93 minutes into the match, Netherlands's goal looked a bit too open when Gwidon Zawacki came free, but Arnout Reekers reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Netherlands's players went to the stands to thank the travelling support. The fan's backing had helped spurr the team on to a fine performance that won them the match.