U18 World League

De Ballenbak
Spectators: 7532 (Terracing: 5650, Seating: 1732, VIP seats: 150) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Dé Baron started the match with the kick off. The supporters of CLUB ATLETICO RIVER PLATE booed when NFC Eagles 22 was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 2 match minutes in a wonderful position. Ton de Ruijter didn't get a good kick on the ball. Arnold Hekman hit a great freekick 4 minutes into the match. If Ton de Ruijter had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 7th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 14th minute Severino Oinatz shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Christiaan Been saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Hector Jakes didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Ton de Ruijter went, in the 17th minute, to the upper right corner, 1-0 was the resulting score. The supporters of CLUB ATLETICO RIVER PLATE booed when NFC Eagles 22 was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 23 match minutes in a wonderful position. Cobus Heck didn't get a good kick on the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Carolo Austin in the 26th minute of play forced NFC Eagles 22's goalkeeper Christiaan Been to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The throw-in from Ismael Laurentzi in the 27th minute of the game was unfortunally taken care of by NFC Eagles 22's Arnold Hekman. Arnold Hekman hit a great freekick 38 minutes into the match. In the 44th minute the ball was on its way in behind CLUB ATLETICO RIVER PLATE's goalkeeper Hector Jakes, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Af the end of the first half the score was 1-0. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

In the 53rd minute, Paulo Bittor ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Christiaan Been was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-1. In the 64th match minute, NFC Eagles 22 was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Robin Vonk to maneuver through the defense. An unexpectedly hard shot by Paulo Bittor in the 67th minute of play forced NFC Eagles 22's goalkeeper Christiaan Been to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 69th minute, Dé Baron ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Hector Jakes was frozen by the shot and now it was 2-1. Christiaan Been showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Paulo Bittor, who was totally free with the ball in the 73rd minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Claude Žák in the 75th minute of play forced CLUB ATLETICO RIVER PLATE's goalkeeper Hector Jakes to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 80th minute, Ismael Laurentzi hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 81st match minute, NFC Eagles 22 was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Arnold Hekman to maneuver through the defense. Christiaan Been made a fantastic save in the 86th minute, when Hector Gizon sent off a good shot on target. The supporters of CLUB ATLETICO RIVER PLATE booed when NFC Eagles 22 was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 86 match minutes in a wonderful position. Ton de Ruijter didn't get a good kick on the ball. Carolo Austin received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 87th minute. Christiaan Been tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere.