U18 World League

Sjukstugan
Spectators: 7690 (Terracing: 5768, Seating: 1769, VIP seats: 153) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Wesly Leenpoels got the match started through his kick off. The supporters of ZigZag Athletic booed when KFC Vliegplein was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 3 match minutes in a wonderful position. Waut Van Hoof didn't get a good kick on the ball. After 4 played minutes, ZigZag Athletic's Malcolm Nykvist shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Charl Van Bockorst came through and got his fingers on the ball before it flew over the goal line. He then quickly gripped the ball tighter before the forwards in ZigZag Athletic reached it. A collision led to KFC Vliegplein getting a freekick after 4 minutes play. Wesly Leenpoels hit a great ball. After 6 played minutes KFC Vliegplein got a freekick which was hit by William Eekhout. In the 8th minute, Wesly Leenpoels made a precise shot to the right of Wictor Dahlquist. ZigZag Athletic's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-1. Charl Van Bockorst showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Henrik Larsfelt in the 12th minute of the match. Jesper Vollander did some fancy footwork in front of goal and succeeded to deceive the defenders so he could slam the ball in 1-1 to the left of a surprised Charl Van Bockorst 14 minutes into the match. Charl Van Bockorst made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from August Hökkvist in the 20th minute of play. Jesper Vollander hit a great freekick 22 minutes into the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Thierry Nagels in the 23rd minute of play forced ZigZag Athletic's goalkeeper Wictor Dahlquist to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. ZigZag Athletic's Wictor Dahlquist played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by William Eekhout in the 25th minute of play. The audience was convinced that Jesper Vollander's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Charl Van Bockorst was relentless in the 28th minute of the game. In the 29th minute, William Eekhout left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The KFC Vliegplein fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 1-2. After a rather tough play, KFC Vliegplein's Ralf De Keuster got a free kick in the 32nd minute. Wictor Dahlquist took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Jochen Vogels, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 42nd minute August Hökkvist shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Charl Van Bockorst saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In a very dangerous position, a player in KFC Vliegplein fell when an opponent tried to get the ball from him in the 43rd minute. Penalty! 47 minutes into the match, ZigZag Athletic's goal looked a bit too open when Wesly Leenpoels came free, but Wictor Dahlquist reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. The first half was very even, with the score at 2-2 when the whistle went for half-time. The players welcomed the break and quickly retired to the dressing rooms.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Jesper Vollander to make the kick off. ZigZag Athletic's defense didn't have a chance, in the 52nd minute, when Christoffel Winnepenninck scored to the left of an out of position Wictor Dahlquist, making the score, 2-3. Charl Van Bockorst stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Jesper Vollander's shot from short distance in the 60th minute. 64 minutes into the match, ZigZag Athletic's goalkeeper Wictor Dahlquist had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by William Eekhout. In the 71st minute the ball was on its way in behind ZigZag Athletic's goalkeeper Wictor Dahlquist, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Thierry Nagels during the 73rd minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. In the 78th minute, Waut Van Hoof hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 79th minute of the match Malcolm Nykvist sent off a long shot with destination to the right of the goalkeeper, but Charl Van Bockorst skillfully saved the ball. Charl Van Bockorst stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Jesper Vollander's shot from short distance in the 86th minute. The audience was convinced that Jesper Vollander's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Charl Van Bockorst was relentless in the 86th minute of the game. 87 minutes into the match, KFC Vliegplein's goal looked a bit too open when August Hökkvist came free, but Charl Van Bockorst reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 92 minutes had been played when some careless play by KFC Vliegplein's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Malcolm Nykvist was slow to take the kick. During this time ZigZag Athletic's players had a chance to rest. ZigZag Athletic's George Engström was first on the ball when the corner was shot and he dangerously headed the ball towards goal, but Charl Van Bockorst in the goal jumped up to prevent it from getting in. Hans Odén kicked well hit freekick during the 94th minute of the match.