Challenge

Pyra Arena
Spectators: 42 (Terracing: 32, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Wu Jie Zhan started the match with the kick off. Eray Tokur kicked well hit freekick during the 3rd minute of the match. Hasan Resat showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Gijsbert ter Kruimer in the 6th minute of the match. 7 minutes had been played when some careless play by Painting Pyramids FC's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Gijsbert ter Kruimer was slow to take the kick. During this time Netherlands's players had a chance to rest. In the 12th minute, Gijsbert ter Kruimer got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. Gust Ennemans made in the 18th minute of the game a fairly good throw-in which was taken care of by Gustaaf Groeneveldt. Hasan Resat made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Gijsbert ter Kruimer in the 22nd minute of play. Hasan Resat showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Gijsbert ter Kruimer in the 23rd minute of the match. A collision led to Painting Pyramids FC getting a freekick after 25 minutes play. Ahmet Refik Kotuzhan hit a great ball. Hasan Resat didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from David Eikelkamp went, in the 27th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-1 was the resulting score. Wim Wilmes took the ball and in the 30 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Hasan Resat. Hasan Resat dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-2. Wim Wilmes blasted a shot towards the goal in the 37th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Hasan Resat having to make a save. Wim Wilmes sent away a hard shot on goal in the 37th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. 41 minutes into the match, Netherlands's Lars Meesters sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Hasan Resat narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Wu Jie Zhan sent away a hard shot on goal in the 43rd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Gustaaf Groeneveldt recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 47th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 0-2.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Gijsbert ter Kruimer to strike the kick off in the second half. Wim Wilmes who was well placed in front of the goal fired away a dangerous shot that in the 52ndth minute tested the skills of Hasan Resat when he managed to save the team from getting behind. The audience was convinced that Lars Meesters's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Hasan Resat was relentless in the 55th minute of the game. An unexpectedly hard shot by Gijsbert ter Kruimer in the 60th minute of play forced Painting Pyramids FC's goalkeeper Hasan Resat to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Hasan Resat didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Gijsbert ter Kruimer went, in the 60th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-3 was the resulting score. The supporters of Painting Pyramids FC booed when Netherlands was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 62 match minutes in a wonderful position. Mathijn Doctor didn't get a good kick on the ball. Wu Jie Zhan fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 63rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Arnout Reekers having to interfere. Şaban Kalgay fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 65th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Arnout Reekers having to interfere. Hasan Resat made an important save on a dangerous shot by Gustaaf Groeneveldt in the 67th minute. Hasan Resat showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Wim Wilmes in the 77th minute of the match. Gijsbert ter Kruimer received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 80th minute. Hasan Resat tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. 83 minutes into the match, Painting Pyramids FC's goal looked a bit too open when Gijsbert ter Kruimer came free, but Hasan Resat reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Wim Wilmes struck a weak shot in the 86th minute. Hasan Resat didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Netherlands. When Osman Tecimen fell near the penalty area in the 87th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Painting Pyramids FC's protests and gave Osman Tecimen a yellow card for diving instead. Osman Tecimen hit a great freekick 87 minutes into the match. The throw-in from Gust Ennemans in the 89th minute of the game was unfortunally taken care of by Painting Pyramids FC's Doğukan Unan. The supporters of Netherlands booed when Painting Pyramids FC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 94 match minutes in a wonderful position. Horacio Jakue didn't get a good kick on the ball. Netherlands's fans were overjoyed with their teams well-earned victory and stayed in the stadium long after the final whistle to celebrate the win.