World League

Pannenkoekenhuis
Spectators: 7443 (Terracing: 5583, Seating: 1712, VIP seats: 148) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Joeri Das started the match with the kick off. Valiente Venezian struck a weak shot in the 5th minute. René Batum didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Cercadinho. In the 6th match minute, Pannekoeken was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Roger Heide to maneuver through the defense. William de Castro scored 0-1 in the 8th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of René Batum, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. After a defensive mix-up in Pannekoeken's zone, Valiente Venezian stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. René Batum came out of the goal and Valiente Venezian tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. René Batum showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Valiente Venezian, who was totally free with the ball in the 18th minute. Valiente Venezian scored 0-2 in the 20th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of René Batum, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. René Batum stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Valiente Venezian's shot from short distance in the 23rd minute. A collision led to Pannekoeken getting a freekick after 25 minutes play. Martien Crans hit a great ball. In the 29th minute of the match Cercadinho got a corner. Pannekoeken's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Walmir Pirani ran over to the corner to take the kick. A well-hit corner resulted in William de Castro heading the ball towards the goal, but to his dismay he misdirected it and missed the goal completely. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Valiente Venezian in the 31st minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck René Batum prevented the ball from getting in the gole. In the 34th match minute, Cercadinho was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Mauro Prata to maneuver through the defense. 38 minutes into the match, Abdulkadir Turay had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of René Batum. Pannekoeken's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Abdulkadir Turay was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-3. René Batum didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Abdulkadir Turay went, in the 42nd minute, to the upper right corner, 0-4 was the resulting score. If Abdulkadir Turay had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 45th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. 47 minutes into the match, Pannekoeken's goal looked a bit too open when He Fei Zhou came free, but René Batum reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Abdulkadir Turay in the 48th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg René Batum saved Pannekoeken from getting behind. Disappointed in the 0-4 score, the home team went to the dressing room to adjust 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. Valiente Venezian was the one to do the kick off. Pannekoeken's René Batum proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 52nd minute of the match, managed to save Pannekoeken from getting a goal against them. Abdulkadir Turay could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 56th minute of the match, but René Batum made a huge save. Cercadinho made a substitution. Jailson Mazza replaced Luisinho Vinhas. In the 62nd minute, Joeri Das hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. If Martien Crans had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 65th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Abdulkadir Turay sent away a hard shot on goal in the 70th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. 79 minutes into the match, Valiente Venezian dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of René Batum, 0-6. René Batum came out of the goal in the 90th minute to try and stop a shot by Cercadinho's Valiente Venezian. But to his dismay, Valiente Venezian quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-8. Abdulkadir Turay sent away a hard shot on goal in the 94th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Cercadinho's fans were overjoyed with their teams well-earned victory and stayed in the stadium long after the final whistle to celebrate the win.