League

Minute Maid Park
Spectators: 8425 (Terracing: 6319, Seating: 1938, VIP seats: 168) Springplank FC's Kant Cooley 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. Kant Cooley's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Jaap van der Schans read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 8th minute of play. After recieving a nice pass, Westenenk's Eddy van den Eede tried to score from far away in the 12th minute, but the ball went over the crossbar. Springplank FC's Benjamin Meurs proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 13th minute of the match, managed to save Springplank FC from getting a goal against them. Kant Cooley sent away a hard shot on goal in the 14th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. After a rather tough play, Springplank FC's Gerrit Bos got a free kick in the 15th minute. In the 16th minute, Mathieu Schophuis hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 17th minute, Eddy van den Eede 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. After some fancy dribbling in the 20th minute, Kant Cooley managed to get in a good position for a shot. Springplank FC's supporters rose to their feet, but Kant Cooley was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Jaap van der Schans breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. After a rather tough play, Westenenk's Jan Rein Karremans got a free kick in the 23rd minute. Valio Tammisto kicked well hit freekick during the 28th minute of the match. In the 30th minute, Eddy van den Eede ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Benjamin Meurs was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-0. Westenenk's Jaap van der Schans played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Eddie Murphy in the 34th minute of play. Springplank FC's Benjamin Meurs played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Eddy van den Eede in the 36th minute of play. 37 minutes into the game, Eddie Murphy cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 1-1. Jaap van der Schans was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. 42 minutes into the match, Springplank FC's goalkeeper Benjamin Meurs had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Wieslaw Posadzki. Benjamin Meurs made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Valio Tammisto in the 44th minute of play. When the match had gone on for 46 minutes, Kant Cooley put it in 1-2 from a short distance just to the right of Jaap van der Schans. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 1-2.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Valio Tammisto to make the kick off. In the 51st match minute, Springplank FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Kant Cooley to maneuver through the defense. The supporters of Springplank FC booed when Westenenk was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 53 match minutes in a wonderful position. Japke Sturm didn't get a good kick on the ball. Benjamin Meurs showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Valio Tammisto in the 58th minute of the match. Benjamin Meurs made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Valio Tammisto in the 59th minute of play. Gerrit Bos sent away a hard shot on goal in the 63rd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Benjamin Meurs took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Wieslaw Posadzki, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 71st minute of the match, Wasyl Majczyk tried to roll the ball into the goal by the right post, but Jaap van der Schans saw his intentions and got control of the ball before it passed the line. Benjamin Meurs showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Valio Tammisto, who was totally free with the ball in the 72nd minute. Benjamin Meurs showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Wieslaw Posadzki, who was totally free with the ball in the 76th minute. 76 minutes into the game, Valio Tammisto cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 2-2. Benjamin Meurs was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Kant Cooley kicked well hit freekick during the 78th minute of the match. A sloppy throw-in by Jan Rein Karremans in the 82nd minute of the game went astray and was snapped up by Springplank FC's Eddie Murphy. Springplank FC's Eddie Murphy got a good chance for a goal in the 88th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Jaap van der Schans made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Wasyl Majczyk in the 93rd minute of play. Wasyl Majczyk received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 96th minute. Jaap van der Schans tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. The final whistle blew with the score still tied, and both teams left the pitch thinking about the missed chances that could have given their team the win.