National stadium
Spectators: 10300 (Terracing: 7725,
Seating: 2369, VIP seats: 206) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Nick Heesen got the match started through his kick off. Ariel Balboa showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Nick Heesen, who was totally free with the ball in the 2nd minute. Ariel Balboa made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Nick Heesen in the 4th minute of play. Ariel Balboa 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 5th minute. The audience thought a goal was coming when Frenkie de Jong got free with Ariel Balboa in the 7th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Tadej Pogačar made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Cristian Alvarenga in the 9th minute of play. Paraguay's Ariel Balboa proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 10th minute of the match, managed to save Paraguay from getting a goal against them. 13 minutes into the game, Paraguay's Dantae Lahoz nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Tadej Pogačar made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-1. In the 17th minute Pepijn Hummel shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Ariel Balboa saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Tadej Pogačar showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Dantae Lahoz, who was totally free with the ball in the 19th minute. With a little luck, Paraguay's Ariel Balboa got control of the ball when Frenkie de Jong tried to sneak it across the goal line. Tadej Pogačar showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Dantae Lahoz in the 22nd minute of the match. In the 26th match minute, Paraguay was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Denis Inestrosa to maneuver through the defense. Ariel Balboa made an important save on a dangerous shot by Frenkie de Jong in the 27th minute. Ariel Balboa came out of the goal in the 30th minute to try and stop a shot by Netherlands's Nick Heesen. But to his dismay, Nick Heesen quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 2-1. After a rather tough play, Paraguay's Saúl Salcedo got a free kick in the 33rd minute. In the 34th minute Marinus Doren shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Ariel Balboa saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Ariel Balboa stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Frenkie de Jong's shot from short distance in the 36th minute. In the 39th minute Paraguay were awarded a corner. Hugo Quintana went to the cornerflag to take it. After taking down the ball on Paraguay's corner Hugo Quintana fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Tadej Pogačar quite easily take care of the ball. When the match had gone on for 40 minutes, Frenkie de Jong took a quick shot and it went in 3-1 without a chance for Ariel Balboa to make any attempt to save it. Tadej Pogačar showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Ignatius Galo in the 44th minute of the match. 44 minutes into the game, Paraguay's Ignatius Galo nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Tadej Pogačar made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 3-2. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 3-2.
In the 52nd minute Nick Heesen shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Ariel Balboa saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Tadej Pogačar showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Valentine Hernandez, who was totally free with the ball in the 53rd minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Marinus Doren in the 56th minute of play forced Paraguay's goalkeeper Ariel Balboa to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Tadej Pogačar made a fantastic save in the 58th minute, when Valentine Hernandez sent off a good shot on target. Cobus Harding was astounded when the referee showed him the red card after a seemingly innocent challenge, 60 minutes into the match. Netherlands made a substitution. Joop Meder replaced Nick Heesen. Paraguay's Guillelme Lomas was substituted for Cristian Alvarenga. The referee blew the whistle for a penalty in the 59th minute of the game. One of Netherlands:s players had nearly got his shirt torn off by an opponent while getting free in front of Paraguay:s goal. An unexpectedly hard shot by Pepijn Hummel in the 65th minute of play forced Paraguay's goalkeeper Ariel Balboa to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Tadej Pogačar made a fantastic save in the 68th minute, when Valentine Hernandez sent off a good shot on target. Ariel Balboa 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. Through an outstanding action, after 73 minutes, Tadej Pogačar successfully got his hands on the ball before it slid into the goal at the right post. 73 minutes into the match, Netherlands's goal looked a bit too open when Ignatius Galo came free, but Tadej Pogačar reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 76 minutes into the match, Netherlands's goalkeeper Tadej Pogačar had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Guillelme Lomas. Tadej Pogačar made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Valentine Hernandez in the 78th minute of play. Ariel Balboa showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Marinus Doren in the 79th minute of the match. Tadej Pogačar made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Ignatius Galo in the 80th minute of play. Pepijn Hummel's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Ariel Balboa read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 81st minute of play. Paraguay made a substitution. Ponciano Lebron replaced Denis Inestrosa. Netherlands's Robin Boelens was substituted for Pepijn Hummel. After 84 minutes Paraguay's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Michel Dijkman who took care of the corner kick. Frenkie de Jong blasted a shot towards the goal in the 85th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Ariel Balboa having to make a save. In the 85th minute Frenkie de Jong shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Ariel Balboa saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Ariel Balboa made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Frenkie de Jong in the 89th minute of play. In the 93rd minute of the match Paraguay got a corner. Netherlands's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Hugo Quintana ran over to the corner to take the kick. A nice corner shot did that Hugo Quintana got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Tadej Pogačar quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. Netherlands's Tadej Pogačar played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Valentine Hernandez in the 97th minute of play. The final whistle blew with the score still tied, and both teams left the pitch thinking about the missed chances that could have given their team the win.
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