Challenge

Nijhoven Sportveld
Spectators: 41 (Terracing: 32, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) Curacao's Bruno Barrett played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Fredrik Odén in the 2nd minute of play. Jelmer Moek sent away a hard shot on goal in the 4th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. After some fancy dribbling in the 5th minute, Berend Korfs managed to get in a good position for a shot. Nijhoven's supporters rose to their feet, but Berend Korfs was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Bruno Barrett breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. In the 6th minute, Nijhoven's Fredrik Odén ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Bruno Barrett. Bruno Barrett yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 1-0. In the 12th minute Lochlan Newman shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Jan Wel saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Pierre Schirring could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 14th minute of the match, but Bruno Barrett made a huge save. Bruno Barrett didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Berend Korfs went, in the 17th minute, to the upper right corner, 3-0 was the resulting score. Fredrik Odén had several of the Curacao's defenders around him in the penalty area when he, after 20 minutes of play, received a pass and succeeded in some way to shoot a shot which went straight ahead into goal. This resulted in a 4-0 score and a disappointed Bruno Barrett as he didn't even see the shot coming. 23 minutes into the game, Fredrik Odén lined in a short shot 5-0 behind a frustrated Bruno Barrett. When the match clock showed 38 minutes, the score became 7-0 when Fredrik Odén sped through Curacao's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Bruno Barrett. With a little luck, Curacao's Bruno Barrett got control of the ball when Fredrik Odén tried to sneak it across the goal line. When the match had gone on for 45 minutes, Fredrik Odén took a quick shot and it went in 8-0 without a chance for Bruno Barrett to make any attempt to save it.

Bruno Barrett took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Richard Fens, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After some fancy dribbling in the 55th minute, Geale Idelberger managed to get in a good position for a shot. Nijhoven's supporters rose to their feet, but Geale Idelberger was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Bruno Barrett breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Troy Kennedy during the 64th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. After 64 played minutes Curacao got a freekick which was hit by Troy Kennedy. Fredrik Odén took the ball and in the 65 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Bruno Barrett. Bruno Barrett dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 9-0. Bruno Barrett stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Fredrik Odén's shot from short distance in the 72nd minute. After 73 minutes of play, Nijhoven's Richard Fens made it 10-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Bruno Barrett was left in no man's land by his defense there! Bruno Barrett stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Fredrik Odén's shot from short distance in the 76th minute. After some fancy dribbling in the 80th minute, Fredrik Odén managed to get in a good position for a shot. Nijhoven's supporters rose to their feet, but Fredrik Odén was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Bruno Barrett breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Bruno Barrett made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Pierre Schirring in the 81st minute of play. 83 minutes into the match, Fredrik Odén had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Bruno Barrett. Curacao's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Fredrik Odén was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 11-0. 89 minutes into the match, Curacao's goal looked a bit too open when Berend Korfs came free, but Bruno Barrett reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 90th minute Fredrik Odén shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Bruno Barrett saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Stanley Wallace fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 95th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Jan Wel having to interfere. When the referee ended the match the Nijhoven players were able to celebrate. They had won a fair victory and recieved the ovations of their fans.