More than a simple victory. On October 1st in Rotterdam, Dutch Futsal celebrated the winning match over Belgium, but above all the farewell game of three impressive "orange" players like
Edwin Grunholz, Max Tjaden and
Maarten Frankfort. We are talking about three players who helped the national team coach
Vic Hermans in making the history and building the future of dutch futsal. Thanks for all guys!
Belgium was defeated by its "sons", as more than the 50% of the selected players (15 for this occasion) are playing in the local first division (with the only exception of Edwin Grunholz, now in second division with Krijnen Keukens Malle)
Below you can see some images of the dutch tribute to Grunholz, Frankfort and Tjaden, thanks to the great picture of
Jurgen Poelmans (www.futsalecho.be).
Matches details by
Peter Rozenbeek1/10/2005Rotterdam, Topsportcentrum
Attendance:1000
Netherlands – Belgium
4-1 (1-0)NETHERLANDS: Rozenbeek (gk), Thomassen (gk); Merlino, Makhoukhi, El Morabiti, Hulshorst, Frankfort, Tjaden, Blankendal, Grünholz, Letemahulu, Ngarigota, Brands, Idlaasri, Pereira
Coach: Vic Hermans
BELGIUM: Cragnaz, Dandoy; Philippens, Neukermans, Nicaise, Ilyas El Haoual, Samir El Haoual, Chaibai, El Yahiaoui, Papanicolaou, Vergauwen, Pauly
Coach: Benny Meurs
Scorers:
1-0 Idlaasri 7'
2-0 Makhoukhi 33'
3-0 Hulshorst 37'
4-0 Makhoukhi 39'
4-1 S. El Haoual 39'
Referees: Van Eekelen and Van Helvoirt
Yellow card: Ngarigota (Netherland)
Well... there are no words to describe Edwin Grunholz... if you follow international futsal since a lot of years, you know who we are talking about... the dutch legend! (Photo Courtesy: Jurgen Poelmans - www.futsalecho.be)

Max Tjaden, another piece of dutch futsal history goes away... (Photo Courtesy: Jurgen Poelmans - www.futsalecho.be)

Time of deserved celebration for Maarten Frankfort! (Photo Courtesy: Jurgen Poelmans - www.futsalecho.be)

Group picture: thanks guys! (Photo Courtesy: Jurgen Poelmans - www.futsalecho.be)

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