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Johan Cruyff Arena
Spectators: 8683 (Terracing: 6500, Seating: 2000, VIP seats: 183) FC Real Leonana's Izaak Stuifzand 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. After having played for 3 minutes, Gao Feng Le managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. FC Real Leonana's supporters crossed their fingers, but Gao Feng Le was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. FC Real Leonana's defense didn't have a chance, in the 9th minute, when Joost Holst scored to the left of an out of position Koos Scheper, making the score, 1-0. Koos Scheper made an important save on a dangerous shot by Joost Holst in the 13th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Gao Feng Le in the 14th minute of play forced Ajax Amsterdam's goalkeeper Alvydas Turskis to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After a rather tough play, Ajax Amsterdam's Joost Holst got a free kick in the 20th minute. Ajax Amsterdam's Alvydas Turskis played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Izaak Stuifzand in the 21st minute of play. 24 minutes had been played when some careless play by Ajax Amsterdam's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Adriano Aparecido was slow to take the kick. During this time FC Real Leonana's players had a chance to rest. In the 28th minute, Joost Holst reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Koos Scheper. The goal made the score 2-0. A hard shot 32 in the game by Joost Holst from a close distance when the talented Koos Scheper managed to make a qualified save. FC Real Leonana's players were relieved. After 33 played minutes Ajax Amsterdam got a freekick which was hit by Joost Holst. Alvydas Turskis didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Gao Feng Le went, in the 35th minute, to the upper right corner, 2-1 was the resulting score. Izaak Stuifzand fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 40th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Alvydas Turskis having to interfere. Af the end of the first half the score was 2-1. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

The wind increased when Joost Holst made the kick off in the second half. After 53 minutes of play, FC Real Leonana's Gao Feng Le made it 2-2 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Alvydas Turskis was left in no man's land by his defense there! Through an outstanding action, after 55 minutes, Alvydas Turskis successfully got his hands on the ball before it slid into the goal at the right post. Ajax Amsterdam's Hermengildo Txeru was substituted for Joost Holst. After 58 minutes Ajax Amsterdam's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Adriano Aparecido who took care of the corner kick. It was a well-played corner which Thijs Hermensen managed to volley towards the net. Unfortunately, he didn't get a great hit on the ball and it went out into the grandstand. Izaak Stuifzand's shot when he came free in front of the goal in the 62ndth minute, Alvydas Turskis skillfully showed off with a save to what seemed to be an obvious goal. Izaak Stuifzand could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 67th minute of the match, but Alvydas Turskis made a huge save. Otto Ekgren received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 69th minute. Koos Scheper tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Hermengildo Txeru received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 75th minute. Koos Scheper tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. 76 minutes into the match, Ajax Amsterdam's goalkeeper Alvydas Turskis had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Thijs Hermensen. If Luizinho Vidal had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 78th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. A collision led to FC Real Leonana getting a freekick after 87 minutes play. Thijs Hermensen hit a great ball. FC Real Leonana were disappointed that they only managed a draw, even though they felt themselves to be the better team.