U23 League

Teffelen
Spectators: 161 (Terracing: 121, Seating: 37, VIP seats: 3) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Jouke Jacobs started the match with the kick off. Alfred Oevermans was a little too slow when Koos Keupink got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 4th minute. The score was now 1-0. Alfred Oevermans showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Elbert Spanjer, who was totally free with the ball in the 7th minute. With 11 minutes on the clock, Jef Savenije commited a dangerous tackle. The referee had no choice but to show him the red card. Jef Savenije hit a great freekick 12 minutes into the match. In the 20th minute the ball was on its way in behind De Pelgrims's goalkeeper Laurens Oosterman, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Jordi Meijer could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 25th minute of the match, but Alfred Oevermans made a huge save. Alfred Oevermans was out of position in the 29 minute of play, and Jouke Jacobs capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Jouke Jacobs really showed his touch with that goal: 2-0. The audience thought a goal was coming when Jordi Meijer got free with Alfred Oevermans in the 37th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. De Pelgrims's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Ferdi van der Schaaf in the 40th minute. Gerard van Diemen hit a great freekick 40 minutes into the match. In the 40th minute, Gerard van Diemen fired away a free kick at the goal, but hit it at the wrong angle and it went over the crossbar. The supporters of De Pelgrims booed when De Kasteelheren was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 42 match minutes in a wonderful position. Henk Hoebe didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 44th match minute, De Pelgrims was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Ferdi van der Schaaf to maneuver through the defense. Nathan Wermans kicked well hit freekick during the 45th minute of the match. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 3-0.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Nathan Wermans was the one to do the kick off. Henk Hoebe could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 54th minute of the match, but Laurens Oosterman made a huge save. Laurens Oosterman showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Remond Zijden in the 57th minute of the match. 59 minutes into the match, Jordi Meijer notched a goal, 4-0, to the right of De Kasteelheren's Alfred Oevermans. Alfred Oevermans was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. An unexpectedly hard shot by Remond Zijden in the 62nd minute of play forced De Pelgrims's goalkeeper Laurens Oosterman to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. When Carlo Bosstraeten fell near the penalty area in the 65th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored De Kasteelheren's protests and gave Carlo Bosstraeten a yellow card for diving instead. After a rather tough play, De Kasteelheren's Carlo Bosstraeten got a free kick in the 65th minute. Alfred Oevermans showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Jordi Meijer in the 68th minute of the match. 72 minutes into the match, De Pelgrims's goalkeeper Laurens Oosterman had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Carlo Bosstraeten. Alfred Oevermans didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Jouke Jacobs went, in the 74th minute, to the upper right corner, 5-0 was the resulting score. An unexpectedly hard shot by Koos Keupink in the 77th minute of play forced De Kasteelheren's goalkeeper Alfred Oevermans to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Alfred Oevermans showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Gerard van Diemen in the 83rd minute of the match. Carlo Bosstraeten sent away a hard shot on goal in the 86th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Jordi Meijer took the ball and in the 89 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Alfred Oevermans. Alfred Oevermans dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 6-0. The referee blew his whistle, and the match came to a close. The players exchanged shirts and headed down the tunnel. The De Pelgrims fans cheered their team off the field, for while De Kasteelheren had put up a good fight, they were unable to come out of the game with any points to show for their effort.