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Spectators: 41 (Terracing: 32, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) A collision led to Fc Benefica getting a freekick after 11 minutes play. Burak Başaran hit a great ball. De-la-Cruz de Alcântara took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Leandro Soares, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Mehmet Çağrı Coşan in the 22nd minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck De-la-Cruz de Alcântara prevented the ball from getting in the gole. In the 30th minute Paulus Van Hove shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Taco Uebels saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. De-la-Cruz de Alcântara showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Burak Başaran in the 31st minute of the match. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Burak Başaran in the 31st managed to get into a good position. With a left leg De-la-Cruz de Alcântara saved de belletrekkers from getting behind. The crowd rose to their feet as Burak Başaran kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving De-la-Cruz de Alcântara. That made the score 1-0 in the 32 minute of play. After 36 minutes, 董宽皓 mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the de belletrekkers and the Fc Benefica players grew even worse after the yellow card. After a rather tough play, de belletrekkers's 董宽皓 got a free kick in the 36th minute. Mehmet Çağrı Coşan scored 2-0 in the 37th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of De-la-Cruz de Alcântara, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. In the 41st minute Leandro Soares shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but De-la-Cruz de Alcântara saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 2-0 at half-time.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Mehmet Çağrı Coşan made a kick off. After 52 played minutes de belletrekkers got a freekick which was hit by Philipp Van Emelen. de belletrekkers's De-la-Cruz de Alcântara played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Leandro Soares in the 56th minute of play. De-la-Cruz de Alcântara took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Leandro Soares, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Paulus Van Hove's late challenge caught a Fc Benefica's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Paulus Van Hove helped the player get up and apologised. In the 64th minute, Paulus Van Hove hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. De-la-Cruz de Alcântara took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Mehmet Çağrı Coşan, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. An unexpectedly hard shot by Burak Başaran in the 67th minute of play forced de belletrekkers's goalkeeper De-la-Cruz de Alcântara to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 68 minutes into the match, de belletrekkers's goal looked a bit too open when Mehmet Çağrı Coşan came free, but De-la-Cruz de Alcântara reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. De-la-Cruz de Alcântara made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Mehmet Çağrı Coşan in the 70th minute of play. After 74 played minutes de belletrekkers got a freekick which was hit by Paulus Van Hove. De-la-Cruz de Alcântara made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Leandro Soares in the 87th minute of play. After some careless play in the de belletrekkers defense, Mehmet Çağrı Coşan kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of De-la-Cruz de Alcântara. The de belletrekkers fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that De-la-Cruz de Alcântara should have stopped the shot. The referee blew his whistle, and the match came to a close. The players exchanged shirts and headed down the tunnel. The Fc Benefica fans cheered their team off the field, for while de belletrekkers had put up a good fight, they were unable to come out of the game with any points to show for their effort.