Challenge

Ursus Magura Buzau
Spectators: 42 (Terracing: 32, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Gijsbert ter Kruimer kicked off to start the match. The crowd rose to their feet as -BZF- Ursus Magura's Claudiu Şerbănoiu slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Arnout Reekers. That made the score 1-0 after 5 minutes of play. -BZF- Ursus Magura's Sandu Alungulesei played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Gustaaf Groeneveldt in the 14th minute of play. The crowd rose to their feet as Claudiu Şerbănoiu kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Arnout Reekers. That made the score 2-0 in the 15 minute of play. Sandu Alungulesei showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Gustaaf Groeneveldt in the 19th minute of the match. -BZF- Ursus Magura's Sandu Alungulesei played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Gustaaf Groeneveldt in the 20th minute of play. In the 21st minute Netherlands were awarded a corner. Gijsbert ter Kruimer went to the cornerflag to take it. The corner ended in Lars Meesters almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but -BZF- Ursus Magura's Sandu Alungulesei did a great save. Sandu Alungulesei showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Gijsbert ter Kruimer in the 23rd minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Gustaaf Groeneveldt in the 26th minute of play forced -BZF- Ursus Magura's goalkeeper Sandu Alungulesei to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. If Wim Wilmes had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 32nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Sandu Alungulesei 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. In the 37th minute Gijsbert ter Kruimer shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Sandu Alungulesei saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Claudiu Şerbănoiu could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 39th minute of the match, but Arnout Reekers made a huge save. Gijsbert ter Kruimer kicked well hit freekick during the 43rd minute of the match. Nicolas Whitmore blasted a shot towards the goal in the 48th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Arnout Reekers having to make a save. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 2-0.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Claudiu Şerbănoiu was the one to do the kick off. An unexpectedly hard shot by Codrin Şumălan in the 59th minute of play forced Netherlands's goalkeeper Arnout Reekers to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 65 minutes into the match, -BZF- Ursus Magura's goalkeeper Sandu Alungulesei had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Wim Wilmes. When Netherlands's Gustaaf Groeneveldt in the 66th minute got a chance for a shot 66th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye -BZF- Ursus Magura's goalie prevented a goal. 67 minutes had been played when some careless play by -BZF- Ursus Magura's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Gijsbert ter Kruimer was slow to take the kick. During this time Netherlands's players had a chance to rest. -BZF- Ursus Magura's Sandu Alungulesei played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Lars Meesters in the 72nd minute of play. In the 72nd minute, Lars Meesters ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Sandu Alungulesei was frozen by the shot and now it was 2-1. After 74 played minutes -BZF- Ursus Magura got a freekick which was hit by Mihăiţă Vergulescu. A collision led to -BZF- Ursus Magura getting a freekick after 78 minutes play. Claudiu Şerbănoiu hit a great ball. Sandu Alungulesei made a fantastic save in the 82nd minute, when Wim Wilmes sent off a good shot on target. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Darin Dafov in the 85th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Arnout Reekers prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Sandu Alungulesei showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Gijsbert ter Kruimer in the 87th minute of the match. 87 minutes into the match, Gijsbert ter Kruimer had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Sandu Alungulesei. -BZF- Ursus Magura's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Gijsbert ter Kruimer was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 2-3. Sandu Alungulesei showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Wim Wilmes in the 89th minute of the match. Darin Dafov fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 96th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Arnout Reekers having to interfere. The referee blew the final whistle, and the away crowd roared, having watched Netherlands eke out a victory against a very well matched opponent.