Challenge

Witte Leeuwe Stadion
Spectators: 44 (Terracing: 34, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Hans Meijs got the match started through his kick off. In the 3rd match minute, Defender Red Bull2.1 was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Hans Meijs to maneuver through the defense. When Panama's Abraham Alguacil in the 4th minute got a chance for a shot 4th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Defender Red Bull2.1's goalie prevented a goal. Roelof Hesseling showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Tomas Berganza, who was totally free with the ball in the 5th minute. 10 minutes into the match, Defender Red Bull2.1's goal looked a bit too open when Abraham Alguacil came free, but Roelof Hesseling reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. When the match had gone on for 11 minutes, Hans Meijs put it in 1-0 from a short distance just to the right of Marcos Cotilla. When Isidoro Sarmiento came up free with the goalie in the 18th minute, the Panama 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 Isidoro Sarmiento couldn't finish the play. After 20 played minutes Panama got a freekick which was hit by Alex Cambeiro. Marcos Cotilla showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Anthony Velez in the 21st minute of the match. Anthony Velez succeeded to score despite a near miss that spronge from right pole into the goal to 2-0 in the 21st playminute. Abraham Alguacil received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 24th minute. Roelof Hesseling tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Utkan Ruhi hit a great freekick 27 minutes into the match. Panama's Abraham Alguacil couldn't find anyone to pass the ball to, so he shot a long shot towards the goal in the 28th minute. The shot went wide which resulted in a goal kick for Defender Red Bull2.1. Roelof Hesseling showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Isidoro Sarmiento in the 29th minute of the match. Marcos Cotilla showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Anthony Velez in the 32nd minute of the match. In the 34th minute Abraham Alguacil shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Roelof Hesseling saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 41st minute, Renārs Mandeiķis hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Af the end of the first half the score was 2-0. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Tomas Berganza to strike the kick off in the second half. 53 minutes into the match, Defender Red Bull2.1's goalkeeper Roelof Hesseling had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Isidoro Sarmiento. Tomas Berganza hit a great freekick 54 minutes into the match. If Anthony Velez had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 59th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. 66 minutes into the match, Defender Red Bull2.1's goal looked a bit too open when Tomas Berganza came free, but Roelof Hesseling reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 67 minutes had been played when some careless play by Defender Red Bull2.1's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Abraham Alguacil was slow to take the kick. During this time Panama's players had a chance to rest. After taking down the ball on Panama's corner Abraham Alguacil fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Roelof Hesseling quite easily take care of the ball. In the 74th minute, Hans Meijs hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. A collision led to Defender Red Bull2.1 getting a freekick after 79 minutes play. Mathieu Zwartkruis hit a great ball. In the 82nd minute Panama were awarded a corner. Abraham Alguacil went to the cornerflag to take it. A nice corner shot did that Abraham Alguacil got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Roelof Hesseling quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. In the 85th minute, Edward Zuidema hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Roelof Hesseling took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Tomas Berganza, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Roelof Hesseling stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Tomas Berganza's shot from short distance in the 92nd minute. 96 minutes into the match, Abraham Alguacil had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Roelof Hesseling. Defender Red Bull2.1's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Abraham Alguacil was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 2-1. The Defender Red Bull2.1 support was delighted with a win in a match that could easily have ended differently.