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Match Report
San Jacopino Arena
Spectators: 43 (Terracing: 33,
Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) Atletico San Jacopino's Er Didia started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. Aurelio Di Luca showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Gustaaf Groeneveldt, who was totally free with the ball in the 2nd minute. 4 minutes into the match, Netherlands's goalkeeper Arnout Reekers had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Er Didia. Atletico San Jacopino's Aurelio Di Luca played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Gijsbert ter Kruimer in the 6th minute of play. Atletico San Jacopino's Aurelio Di Luca played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Gijsbert ter Kruimer in the 7th minute of play. Aurelio Di Luca showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Gustaaf Groeneveldt, who was totally free with the ball in the 8th minute. 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 10th minute. Aurelio Di Luca made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Gijsbert ter Kruimer in the 11th minute of play. Aurelio Di Luca showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Gijsbert ter Kruimer, who was totally free with the ball in the 13th minute. Gijsbert ter Kruimer received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 15th minute. Aurelio Di Luca tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. 18 minutes into the match, Gijsbert ter Kruimer had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Aurelio Di Luca. Atletico San Jacopino's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Gijsbert ter Kruimer was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-1. An unexpectedly hard shot by Gustaaf Groeneveldt in the 21st minute of play forced Atletico San Jacopino's goalkeeper Aurelio Di Luca to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 22nd minute of the match Netherlands got a corner. Atletico San Jacopino'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. Gijsbert ter Kruimer made a great header on Netherlands's corner, it was just that Atletico San Jacopino's Aurelio Di Luca managed to reach the ball for a save. Aurelio Di Luca showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Wim Wilmes in the 25th minute of the match. In the 26th minute Netherlands were awarded a corner. Gijsbert ter Kruimer went to the cornerflag to take it. Lars Meesters fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 29th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Aurelio Di Luca having to interfere. The audience thought a goal was coming when Er Didia got free with Arnout Reekers in the 32nd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Aurelio Di Luca showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Gijsbert ter Kruimer in the 38th minute of the match. Aurelio Di Luca took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Gustaaf Groeneveldt, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After 42 minutes, Armando Di Prinzio mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Atletico San Jacopino and the Netherlands players grew even worse after the yellow card. Armando Di Prinzio hit a great freekick 42 minutes into the match. The supporters of Netherlands booed when Atletico San Jacopino was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 47 match minutes in a wonderful position. Sergio Sandalio didn't get a good kick on the ball. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 0-1.
After some careless play in the Atletico San Jacopino defense, Gijsbert ter Kruimer kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Aurelio Di Luca. The Atletico San Jacopino fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Aurelio Di Luca should have stopped the shot. Aurelio Di Luca made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Gijsbert ter Kruimer in the 56th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Lars Meesters in the 62nd minute of play forced Atletico San Jacopino's goalkeeper Aurelio Di Luca to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 64 minutes, Aldo Paganelli mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Atletico San Jacopino and the Netherlands players grew even worse after the yellow card. The supporters of Netherlands booed when Atletico San Jacopino was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 64 match minutes in a wonderful position. Aldo Paganelli didn't get a good kick on the ball. Atletico San Jacopino made a substitution. Nik Tjæder replaced Amos Atroce. A collision led to Atletico San Jacopino getting a freekick after 65 minutes play. Aldo Paganelli hit a great ball. Aurelio Di Luca made an important save on a dangerous shot by Gustaaf Groeneveldt in the 66th minute. In the 68th minute the ball was on its way in behind Atletico San Jacopino's goalkeeper Aurelio Di Luca, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Aurelio Di Luca was out of position in the 68 minute of play, and Gustaaf Groeneveldt capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Gustaaf Groeneveldt really showed his touch with that goal: 0-3. Arnout Reekers took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Nik Tjæder, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Arnout Reekers made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Fedele Marzo in the 74th minute of play. Atletico San Jacopino made a substitution. Anselmo Moretta replaced Fernando Mesquita. When the match had gone on for 78 minutes, Gijsbert ter Kruimer put it in 1-4 from a short distance just to the right of Aurelio Di Luca. Arnout Reekers made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Nik Tjæder in the 81st minute of play. Aurelio Di Luca made an important save on a dangerous shot by Gustaaf Groeneveldt in the 84th minute. In the 85th minute of the match Netherlands got a corner. Atletico San Jacopino'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. Atletico San Jacopino's Aurelio Di Luca played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Gijsbert ter Kruimer in the 90th minute of play. Arnout Reekers made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Nik Tjæder in the 93rd minute of play. After 95 minutes of play, Atletico San Jacopino's Nik Tjæder made it 2-4 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Arnout Reekers was left in no man's land by his defense there! When the final whistle sounded Netherlands left the ground with the victory after a much better performance than Atletico San Jacopino.
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