Challenge

The Dome
Spectators: 43 (Terracing: 33, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) After 9 minutes of play, Uruguay's Francisco Seco made it 0-2 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Gijs ter Averst was left in no man's land by his defense there! In the 15th minute, Egbert Robbermond hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Maximiliano Escribano struck a weak shot in the 17th minute. Gijs ter Averst didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Uruguay. 19 minutes into the match, Maximiliano Escribano had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Gijs ter Averst. Revenge's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Maximiliano Escribano was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-3. After a rather tough play, Revenge's Cees Masker got a free kick in the 21st minute. The audience was convinced that Francisco Seco's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Gijs ter Averst was relentless in the 22nd minute of the game. When Serge Spiljard came up free with the goalie in the 27th minute, the Revenge 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 Serge Spiljard couldn't finish the play. Uruguay's Alberto Gisbert managed, thanks to a brazen rush, stole the ball on a throw-in made by Ate van de Meerakker in the 29 minute of the game. 30 minutes into the match, Revenge's goal looked a bit too open when Francisco Seco came free, but Gijs ter Averst reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. A collision led to Uruguay getting a freekick after 31 minutes play. Bruno Beldad hit a great ball. Rick Theisens's shot when he came free in front of the goal in the 32ndth minute, Joaquin Gayoso skillfully showed off with a save to what seemed to be an obvious goal. Gijs ter Averst made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Francisco Seco in the 36th minute of play. When Francisco Seco came up free with the goalie in the 37th minute, the Uruguay 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 Francisco Seco couldn't finish the play. 39 minutes into the match, Revenge's goal looked a bit too open when Francisco Seco came free, but Gijs ter Averst reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 44th minute, Francisco Seco got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. Gijs ter Averst made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Maximiliano Escribano in the 46th minute of play.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Francisco Seco stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Revenge's Gijs ter Averst proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 51st minute of the match, managed to save Revenge from getting a goal against them. Egbert Robbermond kicked well hit freekick during the 53rd minute of the match. Francisco Seco recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 54th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Ate van de Meerakker made in the 56th minute of the game a sloppy throw-in which Rick Theisens however managed to control. In the 59th match minute, Uruguay was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Maximiliano Escribano to maneuver through the defense. In the 61st minute, Francisco Seco reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Gijs ter Averst. The goal made the score 0-4. In the 67th minute, Rick Theisens left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Revenge fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 1-4. Bruno Beldad received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 77th minute. Gijs ter Averst tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. When Maximiliano Escribano came up free with the goalie in the 80th minute, the Uruguay 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 Maximiliano Escribano couldn't finish the play. 82 minutes into the match, Maximiliano Escribano had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Gijs ter Averst. Revenge's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Maximiliano Escribano was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-5. Joaquin Gayoso showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Serge Spiljard, who was totally free with the ball in the 88th minute. Camilo Franco came free with the goalkeeper in the 90th minute of the match, and shot straight on target. The shot was a little too simple and Gijs ter Averst could save by the left post. After 90 minutes, Egbert Robbermond mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Revenge and the Uruguay players grew even worse after the yellow card. Egbert Robbermond hit a great freekick 91 minutes into the match. Maximiliano Escribano struck a weak shot in the 94th minute. Gijs ter Averst didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Uruguay. 95 minutes into the match, Maximiliano Escribano dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Gijs ter Averst, 1-6. When the match was over Uruguay could go home with a victory in their luggage, having controlled the game far better than Revenge throughout the match.