Challenge

HULKAS ARENA
Spectators: 42 (Terracing: 32, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Gijsbert ter Kruimer started the match with the kick off. Ke Qi showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Lars Meesters in the 4th minute of the match. - HULKAS -'s Ke Qi played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Lars Meesters in the 5th minute of play. Arnout Reekers took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Oğuz Cetin, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Arnout Reekers made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Oğuz Cetin in the 11th minute of play. In the 13th minute Wim Wilmes shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Ke Qi saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. - HULKAS -'s Ke Qi played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Gustaaf Groeneveldt in the 16th minute of play. In the 17th minute Wim Wilmes shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Ke Qi saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Ke Qi came out of the goal in the 26th minute to try and stop a shot by Netherlands's Gijsbert ter Kruimer. But to his dismay, Gijsbert ter Kruimer quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-1. If Oğuz Cetin had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 30th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Arnout Reekers didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Oğuz Cetin went, in the 31st minute, to the upper right corner, 1-1 was the resulting score. In the 44th minute, Kees Mooiweer hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Kees Mooiweer hit a great freekick 45 minutes into the match. Netherlands's Arnout Reekers played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Oğuz Cetin in the 46th minute of play. A collision led to Netherlands getting a freekick after 47 minutes play. Lars Meesters hit a great ball. After the first half the score was level. The break gave the players a chance to catch their breath, whilst the managers went over the tactics with them again.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Oğuz Cetin stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Ke Qi made a fantastic save in the 54th minute, when Wim Wilmes sent off a good shot on target. Ke Qi made an important save on a dangerous shot by Wim Wilmes in the 58th minute. In the 59th match minute, Netherlands was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by David Eikelkamp to maneuver through the defense. Kees Mooiweer hit a great freekick 60 minutes into the match. - HULKAS -'s attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Pontus Granlund in the 63rd minute. Oğuz Cetin got a throw-in 65 minutes in the game and the ball was received by Pontus Granlund. After 70 played minutes - HULKAS - got a freekick which was hit by Pontus Granlund. With a little luck, - HULKAS -'s Ke Qi got control of the ball when David Eikelkamp tried to sneak it across the goal line. Arnout Reekers made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Recep Tayyip Yürüker in the 73rd minute of play. Ke Qi made a fantastic save in the 78th minute, when Gustaaf Groeneveldt sent off a good shot on target. 79 minutes into the game, Oğuz Cetin cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 2-1. Arnout Reekers was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Kees Mooiweer hit a great freekick 91 minutes into the match. Oğuz Cetin's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Arnout Reekers read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 93rd minute of play. After some fancy dribbling in the 94th minute, Oğuz Cetin managed to get in a good position for a shot. - HULKAS -'s supporters rose to their feet, but Oğuz Cetin was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Arnout Reekers breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Despite being the better team, Netherlands failed to find the winning goal and were forced to settle for a single point.