U21 League

Wormereer Sportveld
Spectators: 147 (Terracing: 113, Seating: 34, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Gerrit Schaap started the match with the kick off. Wormereer's Henk Dagelet got a good chance for a goal in the 4th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. In the 5th minute, Stef Graaff hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Gerrit Schaap might have been able to make a better finish in the 9th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Teun Gierman. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Gerrit Schaap ran back to his position shaking his head. Teun Gierman showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Gerrit Schaap in the 12th minute of the match. A collision led to Wormereer getting a freekick after 15 minutes play. Gerrit Schaap hit a great ball. Gerrit Schaap blasted a shot towards the goal in the 17th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Teun Gierman having to make a save. A collision led to Nadzieja Speed Elblag getting a freekick after 19 minutes play. Arnout Piening hit a great ball. The crowd rose to their feet as Wormereer's Gert Heuving slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Teun Gierman. That made the score 1-0 after 20 minutes of play. In the 27th minute, Hans Vledder hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. An unexpectedly hard shot by Pim van Gaal in the 30th minute of play forced Wormereer's goalkeeper Roland Tinge to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 36th minute, Pim van Gaal 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. Gerrit Schaap struck a weak shot in the 43rd minute. Teun Gierman didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Wormereer. The home fans were very happy to see their team leading 1-0 at half-time.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Pim van Gaal stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. In the 55th match minute, Nadzieja Speed Elblag was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Stef Graaff to maneuver through the defense. Nigel Berendt kicked well hit freekick during the 59th minute of the match. A hard shot by Bart Koekkoek from long distance, 61 minutes into the match, got Roland Tinge's attention. Through a fast twist with his body, he could stop the ball from going in on his right side. If Gert Heuving had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 65th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 66th minute, Johan Heuving hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After having played for 69 minutes, Gerrit Schaap managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Wormereer's supporters crossed their fingers, but Gerrit Schaap was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. After a rather tough play, Nadzieja Speed Elblag's Stef Graaff got a free kick in the 76th minute. In the 78th minute, Hans Vledder hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Roland Tinge was a little too slow when Pim van Gaal got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 89th minute. The score was now 1-1. Wormereer's defense didn't have a chance, in the 94th minute, when Johan Heuving scored to the left of an out of position Roland Tinge, making the score, 1-2. When the match was over Nadzieja Speed Elblag could go home with a victory in their luggage, having controlled the game far better than Wormereer throughout the match.