U23 League

Moisty Moire
Spectators: 153 (Terracing: 115, Seating: 35, VIP seats: 3) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Dennis Hekman started the match with the kick off. After 7 minutes, Tran Hauwaerts mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Flamenco United and the ASV Muziekwijk players grew even worse after the yellow card. A collision led to Flamenco United getting a freekick after 7 minutes play. Tran Hauwaerts hit a great ball. Marcel Wilson hit a great freekick 8 minutes into the match. When Flamenco United's Tran Hauwaerts in the 16th minute got a chance for a shot 16th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye ASV Muziekwijk's goalie prevented a goal. Flamenco United were awarded a corner in the 17th minute after ASV Muziekwijk's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Tran Hauwaerts took the corner. Marcel Wilson tried in the 17th minute to hit away a contribution but miss-kicked the ball which ended up in his own goal and left an unhappy Tommy de Zeeuw a with quite unnecessary self made goal. Result 1-0. Flamenco United's Gilbert Van Meerbeec played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Dennis Hekman in the 20th minute of play. Tran Hauwaerts kicked well hit freekick during the 23rd minute of the match. 26 minutes into the match, Flamenco United's goal looked a bit too open when Dennis Hekman came free, but Gilbert Van Meerbeec reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After a rather tough play, Flamenco United's Tran Hauwaerts got a free kick in the 33rd minute. The audience was convinced that Dennis Hekman's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Gilbert Van Meerbeec was relentless in the 34th minute of the game. After a defensive mix-up in Flamenco United's zone, Godfried Dost stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Gilbert Van Meerbeec came out of the goal and Godfried Dost tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. The score stood at 1-1 when the half time whistle went. Both sets of players seemed reasonably pleased with how the match was going.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Tran Hauwaerts stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Ton Meulman during the 53rd minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. Ton Meulman hit a great freekick 53 minutes into the match. In the 59th minute Dennis Hekman shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Gilbert Van Meerbeec saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Billy van Loen could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 60th minute of the match, but Gilbert Van Meerbeec made a huge save. Mike Ijspol fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 63rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Gilbert Van Meerbeec having to interfere. Jose Beaufort charged in rather forcefully in the 65th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Jose Beaufort the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. A collision led to Flamenco United getting a freekick after 65 minutes play. Jose Beaufort hit a great ball. Flamenco United were furious when Lex Bruyninckx was red carded, 66 minutes into the game, but the referee dismissed their protests. 65 minutes into the game, one of Flamenco United:s players got tackled near the goal, and the referee blew for a penalty. The referee gave ASV Muziekwijk a penalty, 67 minutes into the game. The penalty shot was made by Wim Oosterman, who made a well placed shot into the net to the right of Flamenco United's Gilbert Van Meerbeec. 1-2. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Maxime Leemans during the 72nd minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. In the 73rd match minute, Flamenco United was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Maxime Leemans to maneuver through the defense. Gilbert Van Meerbeec made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Dennis Hekman in the 82nd minute of play. 87 minutes into the game, Dennis Hekman recieved a splendid long ball, split the defenders, and gently placed the ball to the left of Gilbert Van Meerbeec. Dennis Hekman showed that you don't have to tear a hole in the net to score, 1-4. In the 92nd minute, Ton Meulman reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Gilbert Van Meerbeec. The goal made the score 1-5. Dennis Hekman sent away a hard shot on goal in the 98th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance.