World League

VerwachtingArena
Spectators: 7541 (Terracing: 5657, Seating: 1734, VIP seats: 150) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Christijan Schreuder took the kick off in the first half of the match. Herbert Hilhorst showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Enrique Ferreira in the 4th minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Enrique Ferreira in the 6th minute of play forced Verwachting's goalkeeper Herbert Hilhorst to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 10th match minute, Pihl United was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Gabriel Jacobsson to maneuver through the defense. Gottfrid Haström showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Twan Hesseling, who was totally free with the ball in the 11th minute. Verwachting's Herbert Hilhorst played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Daniel Waselewicz in the 16th minute of play. In the 18th minute, Tommy Sundberg made a precise shot to the right of Herbert Hilhorst. Verwachting's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-1. In the 24th minute Enrique Ferreira shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Herbert Hilhorst saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The corner led Pihl United's Luc Fontaine to fire away a dangerous shot which Herbert Hilhorst despite some difficulties managed to get hold on the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Daniel Waselewicz in the 28th minute of play forced Verwachting's goalkeeper Herbert Hilhorst to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Nicolaas Anelka in the 34th minute of play forced Verwachting's goalkeeper Herbert Hilhorst to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Herbert Hilhorst didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Nicolaas Anelka went, in the 34th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-2 was the resulting score. Verwachting's Harm de Freitas got a good chance for a goal in the 37th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Herbert Hilhorst didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Daniel Waselewicz went, in the 39th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-3 was the resulting score. When the match had gone on for 45 minutes, Adriaan Kuypers took a quick shot and it went in 1-3 without a chance for Gottfrid Haström to make any attempt to save it. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 1-3 lead.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Tommy Sundberg made a kick off. Herbert Hilhorst showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Enrique Ferreira in the 51st minute of the match. Anderson Leal could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 52nd minute of the match, but Herbert Hilhorst made a huge save. Pihl United's Gottfrid Haström played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Ruud Geels in the 58th minute of play. Daniel Waselewicz could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 62nd minute of the match, but Herbert Hilhorst made a huge save. Gottfrid Haström made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Ruud Geels in the 63rd minute of play. In the 66th minute Tommy Sundberg shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Herbert Hilhorst saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Gottfrid Haström showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Ruud Geels in the 67th minute of the match. 70 minutes into the match, Pihl United's goal looked a bit too open when Ruud Geels came free, but Gottfrid Haström reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Sergio-Roberto Ramos made in the 72nd minute of the game a throw-in that took a bad bounce and was taken care of by Verwachting's Adriaan Kuypers. In the 80th minute Daniel Waselewicz shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Herbert Hilhorst saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Tommy Sundberg in the 82nd minute of play forced Verwachting's goalkeeper Herbert Hilhorst to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 82nd minute, Hans Deitmers hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Gottfrid Haström took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Christijan Schreuder, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 86 minutes into the game, Enrique Ferreira cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 1-5. Herbert Hilhorst was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. 93 minutes into the match, Verwachting's goalkeeper Herbert Hilhorst had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Daniel Waselewicz. Pihl United's players went to the stands to thank the travelling support. The fan's backing had helped spurr the team on to a fine performance that won them the match.