Challenge

Hammurabi Stadion
Spectators: 43 (Terracing: 33, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Per Henriksson took the kick off in the first half of the match. A collision led to Mesopotamia Beth-Nahrin getting a freekick after 3 minutes play. Vilgot Fogel hit a great ball. A collision led to Netherlands getting a freekick after 5 minutes play. Egbert Nijveldt hit a great ball. Arnout Reekers showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Per Henriksson, who was totally free with the ball in the 9th minute. In the 11th minute Lars Meesters shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Roger Stenquist saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Arnout Reekers showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Per Henriksson, who was totally free with the ball in the 14th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Rickard Göransson in the 15th minute of play forced Netherlands's goalkeeper Arnout Reekers to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 19 minutes into the match, Gustaaf Groeneveldt notched a goal, 0-1, to the right of Mesopotamia Beth-Nahrin's Roger Stenquist. Roger Stenquist was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Netherlands's Arnout Reekers proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 21st minute of the match, managed to save Netherlands from getting a goal against them. Gustaaf Groeneveldt received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 24th minute. Roger Stenquist tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Roger Stenquist 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 25th minute. Netherlands's Arnout Reekers proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 27th minute of the match, managed to save Netherlands from getting a goal against them. Mathijn Doctor hit a great freekick 28 minutes into the match. Netherlands's Arnout Reekers proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 31st minute of the match, managed to save Netherlands from getting a goal against them. After 34 minutes Mesopotamia Beth-Nahrin's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Gijsbert ter Kruimer who took care of the corner kick. The corner led Netherlands's Wim Wilmes to fire away a dangerous shot which Roger Stenquist despite some difficulties managed to get hold on the ball. 37 minutes into the match, Mesopotamia Beth-Nahrin's goal looked a bit too open when Gijsbert ter Kruimer came free, but Roger Stenquist reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Roger Stenquist 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. Roger Stenquist showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Wim Wilmes, who was totally free with the ball in the 39th minute. After 41 played minutes Netherlands got a freekick which was hit by Gustaaf Groeneveldt. In the 44th match minute, Mesopotamia Beth-Nahrin was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Helge Kullander to maneuver through the defense. Vilgot Fogel kicked well hit freekick during the 46th minute of the match. Disappointed in the 0-1 score, the home team went to the dressing room to adjust tactics for the second half.

The wind increased when Gijsbert ter Kruimer made the kick off in the second half. In the 53rd minute Netherlands were awarded a corner. Gijsbert ter Kruimer went to the cornerflag to take it. After 53 minutes of play, Netherlands's Gustaaf Groeneveldt made it 0-2 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Roger Stenquist was left in no man's land by his defense there! Netherlands's Arnout Reekers played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Christer Skräddare in the 69th minute of play. In the 71st minute, Netherlands's Wim Wilmes dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 0-3. An unexpectedly hard shot by Per Henriksson in the 76th minute of play forced Netherlands's goalkeeper Arnout Reekers to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Arnout Reekers showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Per Henriksson, who was totally free with the ball in the 76th minute. Arnout Reekers made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Christer Skräddare in the 87th minute of play. 87 minutes into the game, Mesopotamia Beth-Nahrin's Christer Skräddare nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Arnout Reekers made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 1-4. Arnout Reekers showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Sören Fredriksson in the 91st minute of the match. Netherlands's supporters were very happy and cheered loudly because their team had won after a very close match.