Friendly League

Minute Maid Park
Spectators: 38 (Terracing: 29, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) If Valio Tammisto had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 2nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. AA Bełchatów's Vitinho de Barros got a good chance for a goal in the 4th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. After 7th play minutes Vitinho de Barros shot 0-1, a short shot which went by Jaap van der Schans and just under the crossbar into goal. When Vitinho de Barros came up free with the goalie in the 11th minute, the AA Bełchatów 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 Vitinho de Barros couldn't finish the play. Leonard Rosen was a little too slow when Eddy van den Eede got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 19th minute. The score was now 1-1. After some fancy dribbling in the 22nd minute, Vitinho de Barros managed to get in a good position for a shot. AA Bełchatów's supporters rose to their feet, but Vitinho de Barros was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Jaap van der Schans breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. After 25th play minutes Vitinho de Barros shot 1-2, a short shot which went by Jaap van der Schans and just under the crossbar into goal. 30 minutes into the match, Westenenk's goal looked a bit too open when Vitinho de Barros came free, but Jaap van der Schans reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Adolfo Luque made in the 31st minute of the game a throw-in that took a bad bounce and was taken care of by AA Bełchatów's Alexandru Macavei. In the 36th minute the ball was on its way in behind Westenenk's goalkeeper Jaap van der Schans, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Valio Tammisto's late challenge caught a AA Bełchatów's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Valio Tammisto helped the player get up and apologised. In the 37th match minute, Westenenk was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Valio Tammisto to maneuver through the defense. After some fancy dribbling in the 38th minute, Vitinho de Barros managed to get in a good position for a shot. AA Bełchatów's supporters rose to their feet, but Vitinho de Barros was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Jaap van der Schans breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. The audience thought a goal was coming when Eddy van den Eede got free with Leonard Rosen in the 40th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Jaap van der Schans took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Vitinho de Barros, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 45th minute AA Bełchatów were awarded a corner. 忠 杨浩云 went to the cornerflag to take it. After taking down the ball on AA Bełchatów's corner Alexandru Macavei fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Jaap van der Schans quite easily take care of the ball. AA Bełchatów's 忠 杨浩云 was first on the ball when the corner was shot and he dangerously headed the ball towards goal, but Jaap van der Schans in the goal jumped up to prevent it from getting in. Disappointed in the 1-2 score, the home team went to the dressing room to adjust tactics for the second half.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Valio Tammisto stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. AA Bełchatów's Alexandru Macavei managed, thanks to a brazen rush, stole the ball on a throw-in made by Adolfo Luque in the 54 minute of the game. Vitinho de Barros's shot when he came free in front of the goal in the 56thth minute, Jaap van der Schans skillfully showed off with a save to what seemed to be an obvious goal. Jaap van der Schans didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Vitinho de Barros went, in the 58th minute, to the upper right corner, 1-3 was the resulting score. In the 60th minute, Vitinho de Barros reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Jaap van der Schans. The goal made the score 1-4. In the 62nd match minute, Westenenk was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Adolfo Luque to maneuver through the defense. Jaap van der Schans made a fantastic save in the 64th minute, when Vitinho de Barros sent off a good shot on target. AA Bełchatów's Leonard Rosen played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Wieslaw Posadzki in the 66th minute of play. Westenenk's Jaap van der Schans proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 70th minute of the match, managed to save Westenenk from getting a goal against them. Leonard Rosen showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Eddy van den Eede in the 71st minute of the match. After 72 played minutes Westenenk got a freekick which was hit by Adolfo Luque. Westenenk's Jaap van der Schans proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 73rd minute of the match, managed to save Westenenk from getting a goal against them. Leonard Rosen took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Valio Tammisto, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. When Vitinho de Barros came up free with the goalie in the 80th minute, the AA Bełchatów 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 Vitinho de Barros couldn't finish the play. The audience thought a goal was coming when Vitinho de Barros got free with Jaap van der Schans in the 85th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. AA Bełchatów's Alexandru Macavei quite brazenly broke a throw-in by Adolfo Luque, made in the 88th minute of the game. Jaap van der Schans made a fantastic save in the 92nd minute, when Vitinho de Barros sent off a good shot on target. AA Bełchatów's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by 忠 杨浩云 in the 93rd minute. 忠 杨浩云 made a great header on AA Bełchatów's corner, it was just that Westenenk's Jaap van der Schans managed to reach the ball for a save. The referee blew the final whistle, and the away crowd roared, having watched AA Bełchatów eke out a victory against a very well matched opponent.