U18 League

MetLife Stadium
Spectators: 174 (Terracing: 131, Seating: 40, VIP seats: 3) FC Henter Somosd's László Lantos started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. After a rather tough play, New York Giants's Renzo Smets got a free kick in the 4th minute. In the 10th match minute, FC Henter Somosd was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Krisztián Konkoly to maneuver through the defense. New York Giants's Jeoffrey Stoffels was substituted for Yoeri Van den Brul. Bence Takács kicked well hit freekick during the 12th minute of the match. István Jósa made an important save on a dangerous shot by Cederic Kest in the 16th minute. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Emil Csongrádi during the 24th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. The supporters of New York Giants booed when FC Henter Somosd was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 25 match minutes in a wonderful position. Emil Csongrádi didn't get a good kick on the ball. Eddy Van Clynenbreugel charged in rather forcefully in the 28th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Eddy Van Clynenbreugel the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. After a rather tough play, New York Giants's Eddy Van Clynenbreugel got a free kick in the 28th minute. 29 minutes into the match, Rómeó Török had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Tibo Kortens. New York Giants's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Rómeó Török was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-1. After a defensive mix-up in New York Giants's zone, Rómeó Török stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Tibo Kortens came out of the goal and Rómeó Török tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Tibo Kortens showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Krisztián Konkoly, who was totally free with the ball in the 37th minute. Bence Takács kicked well hit freekick during the 40th minute of the match. Tibo Kortens made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Krisztián Konkoly in the 43rd minute of play. Bence Takács took the ball and in the 44 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Tibo Kortens. Tibo Kortens dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-2. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 0-2.

FC Henter Somosd's Bence Takács got his second yellow card of the match in the 50th minute. The referee ordered Bence Takács off the ground. 55 minutes into the match, László Lantos notched a goal, 0-3, to the right of New York Giants's Tibo Kortens. Tibo Kortens was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Kasper Pastijns hit a great freekick 62 minutes into the match. In the 70th minute László Lantos shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Tibo Kortens saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. A hard shot 72 in the game by László Lantos from a close distance when the talented Tibo Kortens managed to make a qualified save. New York Giants's players were relieved. In the 79th minute, László Lantos 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. Rómeó Töröks short, quick shot in the 88thth minute got Tibo Kortens to make great effort and bar the ball away from getting in. Tibo Kortens made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from László Lantos in the 92nd minute of play. István Jósa made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Eddy Van Clynenbreugel in the 94th minute of play. In the 95th minute, Miguel Van Havent hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 95th minute of the match Gedeon Peterdy shot from a long distance. The ball could have gone into the goal to the right of the goalkeeper, but Tibo Kortens showed his good shape when he easily got hold of the ball. The FC Henter Somosd supporters could be heard counting down the last seconds of the match. They errupted in celebration when the whistle blew, knowing FC Henter Somosd would go home with victory in their luggage after a match that easily could have ended differently.