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Patricia Khadija
Spectators: 8476 (Terracing: 6358, Seating: 1949, VIP seats: 169) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Stijn Boswijk made the kick off which started today's match. When the match clock showed 4 minutes, the score became 0-1 when Stijn Boswijk sped through SAFA United's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Jan Israel. Stefano Kaspers sent away a hard shot on goal in the 7th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Jan Israel stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Stijn Boswijk's shot from short distance in the 8th minute. Jan Israel made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Timo Mosselveld in the 10th minute of play. Stijn Boswijk took the ball and in the 12 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Jan Israel. Jan Israel 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. After 17 minutes of play, Snits United Reloaded's Stijn Boswijk made it 0-3 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Jan Israel was left in no man's land by his defense there! Jan Israel showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Stijn Boswijk in the 20th minute of the match. Stijn Boswijk scored 0-4 in the 22nd match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Jan Israel, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Dolf Caluwé took the ball and in the 26 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Jan Israel. Jan Israel dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-5. Stefano Kaspers sent away a hard shot on goal in the 29th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. After 31 minutes, Mario Zoolingen made it 0-6 with a short kick to the right side. SAFA United's Jan Israel tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. When Snits United Reloaded's Stijn Boswijk in the 35th minute got a chance for a shot 35th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye SAFA United's goalie prevented a goal. Freek van de Meerakker sent away a hard shot on goal in the 36th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. The audience was convinced that Stijn Boswijk's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Jan Israel was relentless in the 38th minute of the game. In the 39th minute, Freek van de Meerakker ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Jan Israel was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-7. Mario Zoolingen took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 44th minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Jan Israel. SAFA United's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. After the first half Snits United Reloaded were leading 0-7. They had played with great self confidence throughout the first half and fully deserved their lead.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Ronald Hofman to make the kick off. After some careless play in the SAFA United defense, Stijn Boswijk kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Jan Israel. The SAFA United fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Jan Israel should have stopped the shot. Freek van de Meerakker received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 56th minute. Jan Israel tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Jan Israel took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Dolf Caluwé, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Mario Zoolingen's shot when he came free in front of the goal in the 58thth minute, Jan Israel skillfully showed off with a save to what seemed to be an obvious goal. In the 64th minute, Snits United Reloaded's Dolf Caluwé dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 0-10. After 68 played minutes Snits United Reloaded got a freekick which was hit by Stefano Kaspers. Stijn Boswijk received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Jan Israel came out and tried to block the shot, but Stijn Boswijk slotted it home off the left post making it 0-11 in the 70th minute. Stefano Kaspers could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 73rd minute of the match, but Jan Israel made a huge save. Jan Israel came out of the goal in the 74th minute to try and stop a shot by Snits United Reloaded's Dolf Caluwé. But to his dismay, Dolf Caluwé quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-12. After a defensive mix-up in SAFA United's zone, Stefano Kaspers stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Jan Israel came out of the goal and Stefano Kaspers tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. The crowd rose to their feet as Snits United Reloaded's Stijn Boswijk slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Jan Israel. That made the score 0-13 after 80 minutes of play. SAFA United's Wilfred Veldman was substituted for Guus Schophuis. SAFA United made a substitution. Otto van Dijk replaced Dennis Holten. Jan Israel made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Dolf Caluwé in the 88th minute of play. Jan Israel came out of the goal in the 89th minute to try and stop a shot by Snits United Reloaded's Stijn Boswijk. But to his dismay, Stijn Boswijk quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-14. With a little luck, SAFA United's Jan Israel got control of the ball when Dolf Caluwé tried to sneak it across the goal line.