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Lokomоtiv
Spectators: 42 (Terracing: 32, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) Arnout Reekers was a little too slow when Sven Brask got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 5th minute. The score was now 1-0. The audience thought a goal was coming when Sven Brask got free with Arnout Reekers in the 9th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Krasimir Mishovski took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Gustaaf Groeneveldt, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Krasimir Mishovski showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Gustaaf Groeneveldt in the 19th minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Facundo Nazario in the 23rd minute of play forced Netherlands's goalkeeper Arnout Reekers to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 26 minutes into the match, Lokomotiv Plovdiv's goal looked a bit too open when David Eikelkamp came free, but Krasimir Mishovski reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 30th minute, Lin Feng Xi hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 32nd minute, Matey Matakiev hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. The audience thought a goal was coming when Mirolyub Dragoychev got free with Arnout Reekers in the 34th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. An unexpectedly hard shot by Mirolyub Dragoychev in the 35th minute of play forced Netherlands's goalkeeper Arnout Reekers to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 36 played minutes Netherlands got a freekick which was hit by David Eikelkamp. An unexpectedly hard shot by Mirolyub Dragoychev in the 41st minute of play forced Netherlands's goalkeeper Arnout Reekers to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 42 minutes into the match, Netherlands's goal looked a bit too open when Facundo Nazario came free, but Arnout Reekers reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 46th minute Gijsbert ter Kruimer shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Krasimir Mishovski saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Af the end of the first half the score was 1-0. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Facundo Nazario to strike the kick off in the second half. After 58 played minutes Lokomotiv Plovdiv got a freekick which was hit by Krasen Kalenov. After a rather tough play, Netherlands's Gustaaf Groeneveldt got a free kick in the 74th minute. 80 minutes into the match, Lokomotiv Plovdiv's goal looked a bit too open when Wim Wilmes came free, but Krasimir Mishovski reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 84th 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. Milosz Bartocha'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. Milosz Bartocha helped the player get up and apologised. The supporters of Netherlands booed when Lokomotiv Plovdiv was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 94 match minutes in a wonderful position. Lin Feng Xi didn't get a good kick on the ball. Many of Netherlands's supporters were seen to leave the ground early as it became clear their team was going to lose. Netherlands may have spent more time on the ball, but Lokomotiv Plovdiv were more willing to take their chances and they walked away with the win.