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Eldersloo Sportveld
Spectators: 8276 (Terracing: 6334, Seating: 1942, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Emilian Pantilimon took the kick off in the first half of the match. Frits Blaauwgeers could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 3rd minute of the match, but Paul de Boer made a huge save. The crowd rose to their feet as Eldersloo's Emilian Pantilimon slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Paul de Boer. That made the score 1-0 after 3 minutes of play. In the 8th minute, Emilian Pantilimon left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Eldersloo fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 2-0. Rob Ewald charged in rather forcefully in the 13th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Rob Ewald the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. In the 14th match minute, FC de Patjakkers was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Rob Ewald to maneuver through the defense. A collision led to Eldersloo getting a freekick after 15 minutes play. Ubaldo Venerando hit a great ball. Emil van Amersfoort showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Pierre Breugel in the 21st minute of the match. 22 minutes into the game, Eldersloo's Emilian Pantilimon nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Paul de Boer made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 3-0. 25 minutes into the match, Eldersloo's goal looked a bit too open when Joost Veenhuis came free, but Emil van Amersfoort reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Emilian Pantilimon might have been able to make a better finish in the 27th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Paul de Boer. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Emilian Pantilimon ran back to his position shaking his head. 29 minutes into the match, Eldersloo's Jelle Meulman sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Paul de Boer narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Eldersloo's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Christoffer Valberg in the 32nd minute. Eldersloo's Christoffer Valberg was first on the ball when the corner was shot and he dangerously headed the ball towards goal, but Paul de Boer in the goal jumped up to prevent it from getting in. Ben Luirink kicked well hit freekick during the 35th minute of the match. Klement Liberko's late challenge caught a Eldersloo's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Klement Liberko helped the player get up and apologised. A collision led to FC de Patjakkers getting a freekick after 38 minutes play. Klement Liberko hit a great ball. After some careless play in the Eldersloo defense, Pierre Breugel kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Emil van Amersfoort. The Eldersloo fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Emil van Amersfoort should have stopped the shot. If Pierre Breugel had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 44th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Emilian Pantilimon sent away a hard shot on goal in the 46th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. When the referee blew for the end of the half the home team players were clearly happier, as they went in to the break leading 3-1.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Pierre Breugel to make the kick off. Ege Sabit fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 67th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Paul de Boer having to interfere. Pierre Breugel's shot when he came free in front of the goal in the 69thth minute, Emil van Amersfoort skillfully showed off with a save to what seemed to be an obvious goal. Ubaldo Venerando hit a great freekick 72 minutes into the match. Cezary Fujarczuk kicked well hit freekick during the 75th minute of the match. After a defensive mix-up in Eldersloo's zone, Brain Roelofsen stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Emil van Amersfoort came out of the goal and Brain Roelofsen tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Paul de Boer showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Emilian Pantilimon, who was totally free with the ball in the 79th minute. If Ege Sabit had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 82nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. FC de Patjakkers's Paul de Boer played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Emilian Pantilimon in the 84th minute of play. 86 minutes into the game, one of FC de Patjakkers:s players got tackled near the goal, and the referee blew for a penalty. FC de Patjakkers:s Paul de Boer showed great skill when he stopped Emilian Pantilimon:s penalty. Paul de Boer took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Ege Sabit, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. When the referee blew the final whistle, Eldersloo could leave the field as winners, despite FC de Patjakkers having more of the ball for most of the match.