Challenge

Johan Cruyff Arena
Spectators: 45 (Terracing: 35, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) Haiti's Jonathan Alphonse started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. Michelangelo Merganiotis received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 3rd minute. Noel Seide tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Haiti's Noel Seide played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Nikos Sterpis in the 4th minute of play. 10 minutes into the match, Haiti's goalkeeper Noel Seide had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Michelangelo Merganiotis. 11 minutes into the match, Haiti's goal looked a bit too open when Miltos Margaritidis came free, but Noel Seide reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. AFC Ajax's Miltos Margaritidis got a good chance for a goal in the 13th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Ernso Constant's late challenge caught a AFC Ajax's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Ernso Constant helped the player get up and apologised. After a rather tough play, Haiti's Ernso Constant got a free kick in the 14th minute. Michelangelo Merganiotis received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 15th minute. Noel Seide tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Nikos Sterpis could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 22nd minute of the match, but Noel Seide made a huge save. Ernso Constant was shown his second yellow card after 24 minutes, following a rather ugly tackle on opponent. That was the end of his participation in the match. After a rather tough play, Haiti's Ernso Constant got a free kick in the 25th minute. Noel Seide made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Miltos Margaritidis in the 27th minute of play. 28 minutes into the game, Nikos Sterpis cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 2-0. Noel Seide was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. German Sarracino could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 33rd minute of the match, but Noel Seide made a huge save. Noel Seide made a fantastic save in the 37th minute, when Nikos Sterpis sent off a good shot on target. With a little luck, Haiti's Noel Seide got control of the ball when Lakis Tsopakis tried to sneak it across the goal line. In the 41st minute, Nikos Sterpis ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Noel Seide was frozen by the shot and now it was 3-0. 46 minutes into the game, German Sarracino cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 4-0. Noel Seide was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. When the referee blew for the end of the half the home team players were clearly happier, as they went in to the break leading 4-0.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Nikos Sterpis stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. 54 minutes into the match, Nikos Sterpis had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Noel Seide. Haiti's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Nikos Sterpis was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 5-0. In the 58th minute Miltos Margaritidis shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Noel Seide saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. AFC Ajax's Markos Seremetidis was substituted for Nikos Sterpis. AFC Ajax's Aureo Morera was substituted for German Sarracino. AFC Ajax made a substitution. Thalis Karteris replaced Aleksander Petka. After some careless play in the Haiti defense, Markos Seremetidis kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Noel Seide. The Haiti fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Noel Seide should have stopped the shot. AFC Ajax's attentive Thomas Kallergis managed to snatch the ball when Rodney Emmanuel made a throw-in in the 67th minute of the game. Markos Seremetidis took the ball and in the 68 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Noel Seide. Noel Seide dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 8-0. The throw-in from Rodney Emmanuel in the 71st minute of the game was unfortunally taken care of by AFC Ajax's Thomas Kallergis. An unexpectedly hard shot by Markos Seremetidis in the 76th minute of play forced Haiti's goalkeeper Noel Seide to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 77 minutes into the game, AFC Ajax's Markos Seremetidis nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Noel Seide made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 9-0. The supporters of AFC Ajax booed when Haiti was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 81 match minutes in a wonderful position. Rodney Emmanuel didn't get a good kick on the ball. 83 minutes into the match, Haiti's goal looked a bit too open when Markos Seremetidis came free, but Noel Seide reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Noel Seide took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Markos Seremetidis, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. AFC Ajax were awarded a corner in the 86th minute after Haiti's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Miltos Margaritidis took the corner. Noel Seide showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Markos Seremetidis, who was totally free with the ball in the 87th minute. Jonathan Alphonse kicked well hit freekick during the 88th minute of the match. Jean Claude Ulysse kicked well hit freekick during the 90th minute of the match. 91 minutes into the match, Haiti's goal looked a bit too open when Markos Seremetidis came free, but Noel Seide reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 94 minutes into the match, Haiti's goal looked a bit too open when Michelangelo Merganiotis came free, but Noel Seide reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 96th minute, Stavros Tsebelis left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The AFC Ajax fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 10-0. It was no surprise that this one had ended in a win for the home team. AFC Ajax had played much better football throughout.