Challenge

Maya Angelou Arena
Spectators: 45 (Terracing: 35, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Romain Mesmakers made the kick off which started today's match. Arron Conlon kicked well hit freekick during the 2nd minute of the match. Mohammad Hasan made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Brian Verhaghen in the 6th minute of play. Carel Van de Schrieck made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Nicholas Perrin in the 10th minute of play. After 10 minutes, Richard Louks mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Maya Angelou Birds and the Café DE PLOEG players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 11th minute, Richard Louks hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 12th minute, Romain Mesmakers 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. In the 15th minute Brian Verhaghen shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Mohammad Hasan saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Romain Mesmakers scored 0-1 in the 17th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Mohammad Hasan, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. 20 minutes into the match, Romain Mesmakers notched a goal, 0-2, to the right of Maya Angelou Birds's Mohammad Hasan. Mohammad Hasan was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. In the 22nd minute Ludwig Kloots shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Mohammad Hasan saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Arron Conlon took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 24th minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Carel Van de Schrieck. Café DE PLOEG's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. Mohammad Hasan showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Romain Mesmakers in the 26th minute of the match. In the 28th minute, David Cooke hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. 29 minutes into the match, Maya Angelou Birds's goal looked a bit too open when Romain Mesmakers came free, but Mohammad Hasan reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 30th minute, Bert Windelinckx ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Mohammad Hasan was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-3. Mohammad Hasan took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Ludwig Kloots, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 37th minute Café DE PLOEG were awarded a corner. Bert Windelinckx went to the cornerflag to take it. The corner led Café DE PLOEG's Thoyib Mangindaan to fire away a dangerous shot which Mohammad Hasan despite some difficulties managed to get hold on the ball. After 44 minutes of play, Café DE PLOEG's Romain Mesmakers made it 0-5 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Mohammad Hasan was left in no man's land by his defense there!

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Rory McCarthy was the one to do the kick off. Carel Van de Schrieck made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Michael Noble in the 54th minute of play. 55 minutes had been played when some careless play by Café DE PLOEG's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Arron Conlon was slow to take the kick. During this time Maya Angelou Birds's players had a chance to rest. The corner first didn't look so dangerous but when Nicholas Perrin got the ball he succeeded in some way to get through the defenders to deliver a very hard score. Result 1-5. 55 minutes into the match. Charl De Metser hit a great freekick 58 minutes into the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Brian Verhaghen in the 62nd minute of play forced Maya Angelou Birds's goalkeeper Mohammad Hasan to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Mohammad Hasan took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Brian Verhaghen, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Carel Van de Schrieck showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Rory McCarthy in the 69th minute of the match. Mohammad Hasan showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Brian Verhaghen in the 74th minute of the match. Bert Windelinckx kicked well hit freekick during the 74th minute of the match. Through an outstanding action, after 78 minutes, Mohammad Hasan successfully got his hands on the ball before it slid into the goal at the right post. Café DE PLOEG made a substitution. Charles Teuma Castelletti replaced Romain Mesmakers. Mohammad Hasan made a fantastic save in the 87th minute, when Charles Teuma Castelletti sent off a good shot on target. After a defensive mix-up in Café DE PLOEG's zone, Rory McCarthy stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Carel Van de Schrieck came out of the goal and Rory McCarthy tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. The audience thought a goal was coming when Thoyib Mangindaan got free with Mohammad Hasan in the 92nd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. In the 97th minute, Charles Teuma Castelletti reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Mohammad Hasan. The goal made the score 1-6. When the final whistle sounded Café DE PLOEG left the ground with the victory after a much better performance than Maya Angelou Birds.