World League

Winthont Arena
Spectators: 7696 (Terracing: 5773, Seating: 1770, VIP seats: 153) Winthont FC's Marc van Nistelrooij 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. In the 4th minute of the match Pascal Zegeling shot from a long distance. The ball could have gone into the goal to the right of the goalkeeper, but Virgilio Mateus showed his good shape when he easily got hold of the ball. In the 7th minute Dawid Beninda shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Dennis Beerthuis saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. JK Kurevere's Virgilio Mateus played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Hermengildo Nesor in the 10th minute of play. Winthont FC were awarded a corner in the 11th minute after JK Kurevere's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Sander Schaars took the corner. Winthont FC's Sander Schaars was first on the ball when the corner was shot and he dangerously headed the ball towards goal, but Virgilio Mateus in the goal jumped up to prevent it from getting in. Marc van Nistelrooij blasted a shot towards the goal in the 16th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Virgilio Mateus having to make a save. Dennis Beerthuis showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Manel Fonelleda in the 19th minute of the match. In the 20th minute Dawid Beninda shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Dennis Beerthuis saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The throw-in from Märten Viilukas in the 24th minute of the game was unfortunally taken care of by Winthont FC's Leif Hammarberg. Dawid Beninda scored 0-1 in the 26th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Dennis Beerthuis, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Virgilio Mateus made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Hermengildo Nesor in the 29th minute of play. In the 30th match minute, Winthont FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Marc van Nistelrooij to maneuver through the defense. Riivo Arro kicked well hit freekick during the 31st minute of the match. Virgilio Mateus showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Hermengildo Nesor in the 32nd minute of the match. Dennis Beerthuis showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Manel Fonelleda in the 35th minute of the match. Dennis Beerthuis made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Manel Fonelleda in the 37th minute of play. In the 42nd minute, Winthont FC's Hermengildo Nesor ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Virgilio Mateus. Virgilio Mateus yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 1-1. After a very even first half the match was still tied. The players went to their respective dressing rooms to discuss the tactics for the second half.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Dawid Beninda was the one to do the kick off. Robert Müürsepp's shot straight on target was not completely harmless. The ball had pretty good speed, but Dennis Beerthuis firmly grabbed it by the left post. Robert Müürsepp's shot when he came free in front of the goal in the 56thth minute, Dennis Beerthuis skillfully showed off with a save to what seemed to be an obvious goal. Virgilio Mateus didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Hermengildo Nesor went, in the 57th minute, to the upper right corner, 2-1 was the resulting score. Hermengildo Nesor blasted a shot towards the goal in the 61st minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Virgilio Mateus having to make a save. An unexpectedly hard shot by Hermengildo Nesor in the 61st minute of play forced JK Kurevere's goalkeeper Virgilio Mateus to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 63rd minute, Henrique Ramalho hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. JK Kurevere made a substitution. Mairo Koppelmann replaced Robert Müürsepp. In the 65th minute, Henrique Ramalho hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. The audience was convinced that Hermengildo Nesor's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Virgilio Mateus was relentless in the 69th minute of the game. Mairo Koppelmann in the 72ndth minute had a little luck and got a chance for a shot in front of the goal. Without hesitation aimed to the right of Dennis Beerthuis, who managed to lunge to the right direction and made a save. With a little luck, Winthont FC's Dennis Beerthuis got control of the ball when Mairo Koppelmann tried to sneak it across the goal line. After 76 minutes of play, Winthont FC's Hermengildo Nesor made it 3-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Virgilio Mateus was left in no man's land by his defense there! Winthont FC's Sixto Gorbea was substituted for Hermengildo Nesor. 85 minutes into the match, JK Kurevere's goal looked a bit too open when Marc van Nistelrooij came free, but Virgilio Mateus reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Virgilio Mateus showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Sixto Gorbea, who was totally free with the ball in the 86th minute. After taking down the ball on Winthont FC's corner Sander Schaars fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Virgilio Mateus quite easily take care of the ball.