National stadium
Spectators: 50 (Terracing: 38,
Seating: 11, VIP seats: 1) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Big Diamond made the kick off which started today's match. Tadej Pogačar showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Ksawery Gongola, who was totally free with the ball in the 2nd minute. In the 5th minute of the match Netherlands got a corner. FFC Merainies 03's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Ernst Melis ran over to the corner to take the kick. The corner ended in Ernst Melis almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but FFC Merainies 03's Rıdvan İbrahimoğlu did a great save. FFC Merainies 03's Rıdvan İbrahimoğlu played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Big Diamond in the 10th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Frits van Gaal in the 13th minute of play forced FFC Merainies 03's goalkeeper Rıdvan İbrahimoğlu to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 19th minute Leon Craandijk shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Tadej Pogačar saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Ernst Melis kicked well hit freekick during the 21st minute of the match. Rıdvan İbrahimoğlu showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Big Diamond in the 22nd minute of the match. In the 24th minute of the match Netherlands got a corner. FFC Merainies 03's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Ernst Melis ran over to the corner to take the kick. Ernst Melis made a great header on Netherlands's corner, it was just that FFC Merainies 03's Rıdvan İbrahimoğlu managed to reach the ball for a save. Rıdvan İbrahimoğlu showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Big Diamond, who was totally free with the ball in the 32nd minute. 32 minutes into the match, Big Diamond notched a goal, 2-0, to the right of FFC Merainies 03's Rıdvan İbrahimoğlu. Rıdvan İbrahimoğlu was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. In the 35th minute, Ksawery Gongola left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The FFC Merainies 03 fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 2-1. Rıdvan İbrahimoğlu showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Warman de Jager, who was totally free with the ball in the 40th minute. When FFC Merainies 03's Ksawery Gongola in the 44th minute got a chance for a shot 44th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Netherlands's goalie prevented a goal. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Big Diamond in the 46th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Rıdvan İbrahimoğlu prevented the ball from getting in the gole. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 2-1.
When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Pepijn Hummel made a kick off. Frits van Gaal might have been able to make a better finish in the 51st minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Rıdvan İbrahimoğlu. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Frits van Gaal ran back to his position shaking his head. Rıdvan İbrahimoğlu made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Frits van Gaal in the 51st minute of play. 51 minutes into the game, Netherlands's Frits van Gaal nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Rıdvan İbrahimoğlu made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 3-1. Tadej Pogačar made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Ksawery Gongola in the 58th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Ksawery Gongola in the 58th minute of play forced Netherlands's goalkeeper Tadej Pogačar to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Pepijn Hummel's shot straight on target was not completely harmless. The ball had pretty good speed, but Tadej Pogačar firmly grabbed it by the left post. FFC Merainies 03's Pepijn Hummel came free and shot a quick shot against goal 59 minutes in the game, fortunately Tadej Pogačar had problems saving as it came toward the left post. Rıdvan İbrahimoğlu showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Frits van Gaal, who was totally free with the ball in the 61st minute. In the 64thth minute of the game Ksawery Gongola who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Netherlands's Tadej Pogačar was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Ksawery Gongola in the 65th minute of play forced Netherlands's goalkeeper Tadej Pogačar to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Netherlands's Big Diamond got a good chance for a goal in the 66th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Netherlands made a substitution. Steven Gierman replaced Ernst Melis. FFC Merainies 03 made a substitution. Gertjan Engbers replaced Jörgen Kjellqvist. Tadej Pogačar showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Pepijn Hummel, who was totally free with the ball in the 72nd minute. After a rather tough play, FFC Merainies 03's Ksawery Gongola got a free kick in the 73rd minute. In the 74th match minute, FFC Merainies 03 was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Ksawery Gongola to maneuver through the defense. After a rather tough play, FFC Merainies 03's Job Gasteren got a free kick in the 76th minute. In the 77th match minute, FFC Merainies 03 was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Job Gasteren to maneuver through the defense. FFC Merainies 03's Rıdvan İbrahimoğlu played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Joris Scheer in the 79th minute of play. In the 80th minute Netherlands were awarded a corner. Cobus Harding went to the cornerflag to take it. Tadej Pogačar took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Job Gasteren, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Rıdvan İbrahimoğlu showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Joris Scheer in the 86th minute of the match. In the 90th minute, FFC Merainies 03's Job Gasteren ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Tadej Pogačar. Tadej Pogačar yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 4-2.
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