Official Cup

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Spectators: 184 (Terracing: 139, Seating: 42, VIP seats: 3) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Marco Kiewiet took the kick off in the first half of the match. A collision led to De Pelgrims getting a freekick after 3 minutes play. Rien Drenth hit a great ball. In the 4th minute, Alexander Tan 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. Afiq Hongyi showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Gert Boersma in the 11th minute of the match. After a rather tough play, 苏州觅香足球俱乐部's Tan Sim got a free kick in the 12th minute. In the 22nd minute Sean Yip shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Hendrik Adriaanse saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 23rd minute Gert Boersma shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Afiq Hongyi saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. When Faiz Tan fell near the penalty area in the 26th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored 苏州觅香足球俱乐部's protests and gave Faiz Tan a yellow card for diving instead. After a rather tough play, 苏州觅香足球俱乐部's Faiz Tan got a free kick in the 26th minute. After 28 played minutes De Pelgrims got a freekick which was hit by Ferdi van der Schaaf. Alexander Tan was probably a little too eager to shoot when he, in the 29th played minute, shot the ball from way out. The shot was hard, but the ball flew wide of the goal. After 31 played minutes De Pelgrims got a freekick which was hit by Rien Drenth. In the 35th minute, Marco Kiewiet left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The De Pelgrims fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-1. In the 38th minute, Arif Kool hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 41st minute Steve de Hoop shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Afiq Hongyi saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The supporters of 苏州觅香足球俱乐部 booed when De Pelgrims was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 45 match minutes in a wonderful position. Gert Boersma didn't get a good kick on the ball. Sean Yip received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 47th minute. Hendrik Adriaanse tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. The 苏州觅香足球俱乐部 players were disheartened as they walked off the pitch after the first half. De Pelgrims were winning 0-1.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Zak Sim to strike the kick off in the second half. Zak Sim's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Hendrik Adriaanse read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 52nd minute of play. In the 58th minute Zak Sim shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Hendrik Adriaanse saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 66th minute Zak Sim shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Hendrik Adriaanse saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After 67 played minutes 苏州觅香足球俱乐部 got a freekick which was hit by Arif Kool. Hendrik Adriaanse showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Haziq Chew, who was totally free with the ball in the 70th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Ferdi van der Schaaf in the 75th minute of play forced 苏州觅香足球俱乐部's goalkeeper Afiq Hongyi to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The 苏州觅香足球俱乐部 fans' excitement grew in the 78th match minute when 苏州觅香足球俱乐部's Zak Sim looked to have a clear shot with the ball near the goal. The shot wasn't hard, but the ball still rolled over the goal line to make it 1-1 before the goalkeeper had a chance to intervene. Hendrik Adriaanse showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Zak Sim, who was totally free with the ball in the 84th minute. Sean Yip's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Hendrik Adriaanse read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 85th minute of play. 苏州觅香足球俱乐部's Afiq Hongyi played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Gert Boersma in the 90th minute of play. Tan Sim hit a great freekick 90 minutes into the match.