World League

Estádio Tamboril
Spectators: 7478 (Terracing: 5610, Seating: 1719, VIP seats: 149) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Twan Hesseling started the match with the kick off. Tamboril's Frank Netto played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Twan Hesseling in the 9th minute of play. Frank Netto stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Christijan Schreuder's shot from short distance in the 11th minute. Christijan Schreuder kicked well hit freekick during the 12th minute of the match. A nice corner shot did that Adriaan Kuypers got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Frank Netto quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. Frank Netto showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Twan Hesseling, who was totally free with the ball in the 23rd minute. Tamboril's Frank Netto played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Twan Hesseling in the 31st minute of play. Frank Netto showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Twan Hesseling in the 33rd minute of the match. A collision led to Tamboril getting a freekick after 37 minutes play. Eurico Cordeiro hit a great ball. In the 38th minute, Twan Hesseling left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Verwachting fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-2. The Verwachting fans' excitement grew in the 41st match minute when Verwachting's Twan Hesseling looked to have a clear shot with the ball near the goal. The shot wasn't hard, but the ball still rolled over the goal line to make it 0-3 before the goalkeeper had a chance to intervene.

The wind increased when Waldir Cearense made the kick off in the second half. Twan Hesseling's shot when he came free in front of the goal in the 53rdth minute, Frank Netto skillfully showed off with a save to what seemed to be an obvious goal. After a rather tough play, Tamboril's Christiano Freitas got a free kick in the 53rd minute. Eurico Cordeiro hit a great freekick 55 minutes into the match. In the 60th minute, Enrique Berger got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. An unexpectedly hard shot by Frederico Gonçalves in the 63rd minute of play forced Verwachting's goalkeeper Herbert Hilhorst to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Frank Netto showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Twan Hesseling, who was totally free with the ball in the 64th minute. Tamboril's Frank Netto proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 65th minute of the match, managed to save Tamboril from getting a goal against them. Tamboril's Frank Netto proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 68th minute of the match, managed to save Tamboril from getting a goal against them. Frank Netto stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Twan Hesseling's shot from short distance in the 71st minute. Herbert Hilhorst showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Frederico Gonçalves, who was totally free with the ball in the 73rd minute. Verwachting's Herbert Hilhorst played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Christiano Freitas in the 75th minute of play. If Twan Hesseling had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 76th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. The audience was convinced that Twan Hesseling's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Frank Netto was relentless in the 79th minute of the game. A hard shot 80 in the game by Twan Hesseling from a close distance when the talented Frank Netto managed to make a qualified save. Tamboril's players were relieved. With an all-out effort, Verwachting's Frank Netto threw himself towards the right post 93 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Twan Hesseling, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. Twan Hesseling who was well placed in front of the goal fired away a dangerous shot that in the 96thth minute tested the skills of Frank Netto when he managed to save the team from getting behind. The Verwachting players were relieved to hear the final whistle blow to end the match. The away crowd was happy to see their team win after a very tight game.