U21 World League

De Ballenbak
Spectators: 7507 (Terracing: 5631, Seating: 1726, VIP seats: 150) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Dé Baron kicked off to start the match. When Ton de Ruijter fell near the penalty area in the 2nd minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored NFC Eagles 22's protests and gave Ton de Ruijter a yellow card for diving instead. After 2 played minutes NFC Eagles 22 got a freekick which was hit by Ton de Ruijter. An unexpectedly hard shot by Dé Baron in the 7th minute of play forced São José City - FSCMZ's goalkeeper Hélder Severo to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The audience was convinced that Nelsinho Cunha's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Christiaan Been was relentless in the 9th minute of the game. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Moisés Montenegro during the 10th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. A collision led to São José City - FSCMZ getting a freekick after 11 minutes play. Moisés Montenegro hit a great ball. 14 minutes into the match, São José City - FSCMZ's goal looked a bit too open when Dé Baron came free, but Hélder Severo reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 16 minutes in the game Moisés Montenegro did a throw-in, and the ball was quickly in game thanks to Ciro Toledo. Dé Baron kicked well hit freekick during the 29th minute of the match. When Moisés Montenegro was, once again, overly rough in his play he received his second yellow card and was ordered off the ground. 30 minutes had been played. In the 31st minute, Moisés Montenegro hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Dé Baron might have been able to make a better finish in the 33rd minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Hélder Severo. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Dé Baron ran back to his position shaking his head. NFC Eagles 22's Chris Hollander got a good chance for a goal in the 36th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. The supporters of NFC Eagles 22 booed when São José City - FSCMZ was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 40 match minutes in a wonderful position. Luiz Paulo Leão didn't get a good kick on the ball. The crowd rose to their feet as Dé Baron kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Hélder Severo. That made the score 1-0 in the 46 minute of play. Af the end of the first half the score was 1-0. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

When Dé Baron came up free with the goalie in the 56th minute, the NFC Eagles 22 fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Dé Baron couldn't finish the play. The supporters of São José City - FSCMZ booed when NFC Eagles 22 was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 57 match minutes in a wonderful position. Ton de Ruijter didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 60th minute, Dé Baron ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Hélder Severo was frozen by the shot and now it was 2-0. When Andreas Deinse came up free with the goalie in the 66th minute, the NFC Eagles 22 fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Andreas Deinse couldn't finish the play. After 68 played minutes São José City - FSCMZ got a freekick which was hit by Ciro Toledo. Dé Baron fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 76th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Hélder Severo having to interfere. An unexpectedly hard shot by Chris Hollander in the 82nd minute of play forced São José City - FSCMZ's goalkeeper Hélder Severo to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Hélder Severo didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Chris Hollander went, in the 84th minute, to the upper right corner, 3-0 was the resulting score. In the 87th minute, Ciro Toledo had to be helped off the field due to a pulled leg muscle. Dé Baron's late challenge caught a São José City - FSCMZ's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Dé Baron helped the player get up and apologised. A collision led to NFC Eagles 22 getting a freekick after 88 minutes play. Dé Baron hit a great ball. Andreas Deinse scored 4-0 in the 92nd match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Hélder Severo, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. When the referee ended the match the NFC Eagles 22 players were able to celebrate. They had won a fair victory and recieved the ovations of their fans.