Challenge

Bovenheijde
Spectators: 44 (Terracing: 34, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Zhao Xiang Xuan got the match started through his kick off. In the 2nd minute, Erik Roodenburg hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. 4 minutes into the match, Zhao Xiang Xuan notched a goal, 1-0, to the right of Venezuela's Jonathan Ferrant. Jonathan Ferrant was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Jonathan Ferrant made an important save on a dangerous shot by Zhao Xiang Xuan in the 8th minute. Venezuela's Jonathan Ferrant proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 17th minute of the match, managed to save Venezuela from getting a goal against them. De Digitale Dribbelaars's Co Fuchs got a good chance for a goal in the 18th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Jonathan Ferrant didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Zhao Xiang Xuan went, in the 21st minute, to the upper right corner, 2-0 was the resulting score. Sindre Westerlund received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Jonathan Ferrant came out and tried to block the shot, but Sindre Westerlund slotted it home off the left post making it 3-0 in the 24th minute. In the 28th minute, Tomas Illescas ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Pascal Vledder was frozen by the shot and now it was 3-1. Tomas Illescas fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 35th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Pascal Vledder having to interfere. After a rather tough play, Venezuela's Camilo Gaos got a free kick in the 37th minute. A throw-in in the 39th minute of the game was made by Erik Roodenburg with Sindre Westerlund as target, who quickly passed the ball forward. Jonathan Ferrant made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Co Fuchs in the 40th minute of play. Zhao Xiang Xuan could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 43rd minute of the match, but Jonathan Ferrant made a huge save. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 3-1.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Tomas Illescas made a kick off. After 62 played minutes Venezuela got a freekick which was hit by Jonathan Venegas. Co Fuchs recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 62nd minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Jonathan Ferrant made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Pankracy Wisniewski in the 76th minute of play. Jonathan Ferrant made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Zhao Xiang Xuan in the 77th minute of play. Pankracy Wisniewski fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 81st minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Jonathan Ferrant having to interfere. Camilo Gaos hit a great freekick 84 minutes into the match. After having played for 85 minutes, Hugo Blank managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. De Digitale Dribbelaars's supporters crossed their fingers, but Hugo Blank was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. In the 87thth minute of the game Co Fuchs who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Venezuela's Jonathan Ferrant was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Joshua Secada in the 90th minute of play forced De Digitale Dribbelaars's goalkeeper Pascal Vledder to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Camilo Gaos kicked well hit freekick during the 95th minute of the match. After having played for 96 minutes, Zhao Xiang Xuan managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. De Digitale Dribbelaars's supporters crossed their fingers, but Zhao Xiang Xuan was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. De Digitale Dribbelaars's supporters were delighted with their team's performance and swarmed onto the pitch at the end of the match to celebrate the victory with the players.