Prized/Friendly Cup

De Ballenbak
Spectators: 45 (Terracing: 35, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Huib van der Gun started the match with the kick off. 8 minutes into the match, Joel Savion had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Robert-Jan Hermensen. NFC Eagles 22's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Joel Savion was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-1. Nereo Pes charged in rather forcefully in the 16th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Nereo Pes the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. The supporters of NFC Eagles 22 booed when ramirez fc was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 16 match minutes in a wonderful position. Nereo Pes didn't get a good kick on the ball. Nereo Pes recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 20th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. In the 26th minute, Nemesio Ferrer ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Robert-Jan Hermensen was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-2. 33 minutes into the match, ramirez fc's goal looked a bit too open when Huib van der Gun came free, but Geronimo Innocenzio reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 36th minute there was a penalty for ramirez fc. Nemesio Ferrer stepped forward and shot the ball to the right of a diving Robert-Jan Hermensen. 0-3. If Huib van der Gun had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 39th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Geronimo Innocenzio made an important save on a dangerous shot by Huib van der Gun in the 39th minute.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Nemesio Ferrer stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. ramirez fc's Geronimo Innocenzio played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Huib van der Gun in the 54th minute of play. In the 58th minute, Nereo Pes hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Bernardino Quin kicked well hit freekick during the 67th minute of the match. The audience was convinced that Huib van der Gun's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Geronimo Innocenzio was relentless in the 69th minute of the game. After some careless play in the NFC Eagles 22 defense, Joel Savion kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Robert-Jan Hermensen. The NFC Eagles 22 fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Robert-Jan Hermensen should have stopped the shot. Geronimo Innocenzio came out of the goal in the 77th minute to try and stop a shot by NFC Eagles 22's Huib van der Gun. But to his dismay, Huib van der Gun quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 1-4. Robert-Jan Hermensen showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Joel Savion, who was totally free with the ball in the 80th minute. Arjan Kun kicked well hit freekick during the 83rd minute of the match. After having played for 84 minutes, Joel Savion managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. ramirez fc's supporters crossed their fingers, but Joel Savion was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. In the 86th minute, Bernardino Quin hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Giovanni Rademaker hit a great freekick 87 minutes into the match. Melchor Cerilo sent away a hard shot on goal in the 88th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. If Freek Saarloos had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 90th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead.