U18 League

Platinum Arena
Spectators: 174 (Terracing: 131, Seating: 40, VIP seats: 3) Nikolay Zykov made the kick off and thus started the match. After having played for 8 minutes, Sjaak Saarloos managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. FC Bal op het Dak's supporters crossed their fingers, but Sjaak Saarloos was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. FK Amur's Dmitriy Sidorov played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Gerard Mulder in the 8th minute of play. In the 10th minute Nil Dergachev shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Taco Neeskens saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 11 minutes into the game, Jan Rein Helwig was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. FC Bal op het Dak's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave FK Amur the free kick. A collision led to FC Bal op het Dak getting a freekick after 11 minutes play. Jan Rein Helwig hit a great ball. Dmitriy Sidorov made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Edwin Batum in the 14th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Gerard Mulder in the 21st minute of play forced FK Amur's goalkeeper Dmitriy Sidorov to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. If Gerard Mulder had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 25th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. FC Bal op het Dak's Taco Neeskens proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 27th minute of the match, managed to save FC Bal op het Dak from getting a goal against them. After 29 played minutes FK Amur got a freekick which was hit by Danila Akinfeev. Gerard Mulder recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 30th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. The supporters of FC Bal op het Dak booed when FK Amur was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 32 match minutes in a wonderful position. Grigoriy Gerson didn't get a good kick on the ball. FK Amur's Dmitriy Sidorov played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Gerard Mulder in the 33rd minute of play. With an all-out effort, FK Amur's Taco Neeskens threw himself towards the right post 34 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Nikolay Seliverstov, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. 35 minutes into the game, Edwin Batum was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. FC Bal op het Dak's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave FK Amur the free kick. After a rather tough play, FC Bal op het Dak's Edwin Batum got a free kick in the 35th minute. In the 36th minute Nikolay Zykov shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Taco Neeskens saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Edwin Batum was shown his second yellow card after 37 minutes, following a rather ugly tackle on opponent. That was the end of his participation in the match. After 37 played minutes FC Bal op het Dak got a freekick which was hit by Edwin Batum. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Gerard Mulder during the 42nd minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. Gerard Mulder kicked well hit freekick during the 43rd minute of the match. Nil Dergachev hit a great freekick 44 minutes into the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Dirk Tollenaar in the 46th minute of play forced FK Amur's goalkeeper Dmitriy Sidorov to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After fighting hard for a draw in the first half, the players were able to take a much needed rest.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Dirk Tollenaar made a kick off. When Georgiy Bakich fell near the penalty area in the 60th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored FK Amur's protests and gave Georgiy Bakich a yellow card for diving instead. In the 60th match minute, FK Amur was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Georgiy Bakich to maneuver through the defense. In the 63rdth minute of the game Nikolay Zykov who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but FC Bal op het Dak's Taco Neeskens was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Taco Neeskens showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Georgiy Bakich, who was totally free with the ball in the 65th minute. A nice corner shot did that Hans de Graaf got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Dmitriy Sidorov quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. After having played for 79 minutes, Dirk Tollenaar managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. FC Bal op het Dak's supporters crossed their fingers, but Dirk Tollenaar was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. After 86 played minutes FC Bal op het Dak got a freekick which was hit by Sjaak Saarloos. After 90 minutes, Kristof Numan mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the FC Bal op het Dak and the FK Amur players grew even worse after the yellow card. The supporters of FK Amur booed when FC Bal op het Dak was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 90 match minutes in a wonderful position. Kristof Numan didn't get a good kick on the ball. Taco Neeskens didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Nikolay Zykov went, in the 92nd minute, to the upper right corner, 1-0 was the resulting score.