U21 League

FALCONS NEST
Spectators: 159 (Terracing: 120, Seating: 36, VIP seats: 3) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Nathan Kostermans started the match with the kick off. 5 minutes into the match, SEA FALCONS's goal looked a bit too open when Martien Degenkamp came free, but Alexi Niklin reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 8th minute, Nathan Kostermans ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Alexi Niklin was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-1. FC Bal op het Dak's Carsten Maurits played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Krasen Búnkov in the 10th minute of play. Alexi Niklin didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Nathan Kostermans went, in the 14th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-2 was the resulting score. Martien Degenkamp recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 21st minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. In the 26th minute, Martien Degenkamp hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. 29 minutes into the game, Galabin Petrichev was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. SEA FALCONS's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave FC Bal op het Dak the free kick. Alexi Niklin showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Nathan Kostermans, who was totally free with the ball in the 30th minute. Alexi Niklin didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Nathan Kostermans went, in the 30th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-3 was the resulting score. Alexi Niklin showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Nathan Kostermans, who was totally free with the ball in the 36th minute. Alexi Niklin showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Gert Jan Schutrups, who was totally free with the ball in the 37th minute. Alexi Niklin showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Martien Degenkamp in the 39th minute of the match. Alexi Niklin showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Martien Degenkamp in the 42nd minute of the match. FC Bal op het Dak's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Wouter Spiering in the 45th minute. Wouter Spiering made a great header on FC Bal op het Dak's corner, it was just that SEA FALCONS's Alexi Niklin managed to reach the ball for a save. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 0-3.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Krasen Búnkov was the one to do the kick off. A collision led to SEA FALCONS getting a freekick after 53 minutes play. Serafim Cholchev hit a great ball. In the 54th minute of the match Wouter Spiering sent off a long shot with destination to the right of the goalkeeper, but Alexi Niklin skillfully saved the ball. Through an outstanding action, after 56 minutes, Alexi Niklin successfully got his hands on the ball before it slid into the goal at the right post. Alexi Niklin didn't succeed to prevent the ball from going into goal when FC Bal op het Dak's Nathan Kostermans shot an unexpected shot in the crossbar's under edge and made 0-4 in the ordered_time% minute. Carsten Maurits made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Krasen Búnkov in the 60th minute of play. In the 62nd minute, Galabin Petrichev made a precise shot to the right of Carsten Maurits. FC Bal op het Dak's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 1-4. With his leg Alexi Niklin managed to avoid a goal in the 68thth minute, when FC Bal op het Dak's Nathan Kostermans fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. In the 71st minute Krasen Búnkov shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Carsten Maurits saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. A hard shot 77 in the game by Nathan Kostermans from a close distance when the talented Alexi Niklin managed to make a qualified save. SEA FALCONS's players were relieved. In the 79th minute, FC Bal op het Dak's Wouter Spiering seemed to kick out at an opponent. The referee saw this and, surprisingly, showed Wouter Spiering the red card, dismissing him from the pitch. The coaching staff of FC Bal op het Dak protested bitterly, but the referee would have none of it, and Wouter Spiering had no choice but to slowly walk off the pitch. In the 80th minute, Wouter Spiering hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. An unexpectedly hard shot by Milko Ploshtakov in the 81st minute of play forced FC Bal op het Dak's goalkeeper Carsten Maurits to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Martien Degenkamp kicked well hit freekick during the 88th minute of the match. Carsten Maurits made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Krasen Búnkov in the 89th minute of play. Alexi Niklin showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Theo Boeve in the 92nd minute of the match. With a little luck, SEA FALCONS's Alexi Niklin got control of the ball when Han Pieters tried to sneak it across the goal line. The FC Bal op het Dak players were relieved to hear the final whistle blow to end the match. The away crowd was happy to see their team win after a very tight game.