U23 World League

Suleskard Stadium
Spectators: 8437 (Terracing: 6329, Seating: 1940, VIP seats: 168) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Harrie Van Havent started the match with the kick off. 3 minutes into the match, Harrie Van Havent notched a goal, 0-1, to the right of Suleskard's Adrian Grøndahl. Adrian Grøndahl was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. 7 minutes into the match, Purple Talents's goalkeeper Michael Neels had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Torjus Fjellheim. Michael Neels took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Alf Nøttveit, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After a rather tough play, Purple Talents's Filip Van Houtvinc got a free kick in the 16th minute. After 19 minutes Suleskard's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Willem-Jan Villyn who took care of the corner kick. A nice corner shot did that Willem-Jan Villyn got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Adrian Grøndahl quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. Filip Van Houtvinc kicked well hit freekick during the 21st minute of the match. In the 26th minute Torjus Fjellheim shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Michael Neels saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Adrian Grøndahl made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Harrie Van Havent in the 27th minute of play. Michael Neels made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Torjus Fjellheim in the 29th minute of play. In the 30th minute, Torjus Fjellheim made a precise shot to the right of Michael Neels. Purple Talents's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 1-1. Antoine Cromefeldt fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 34th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Adrian Grøndahl having to interfere. Adrian Grøndahl made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Harrie Van Havent in the 37th minute of play. Michael Neels made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Sebastian Ekelund in the 39th minute of play. Purple Talents's Antoine Cromefeldt managed, thanks to a brazen rush, stole the ball on a throw-in made by Kristian Neteland in the 40 minute of the game. An unexpectedly hard shot by Alf Nøttveit in the 45th minute of play forced Purple Talents's goalkeeper Michael Neels to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The supporters of Suleskard booed when Purple Talents was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 46 match minutes in a wonderful position. Hannes De Vorster didn't get a good kick on the ball.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Sebastian Ekelund stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Isaac Coosemans kicked well hit freekick during the 54th minute of the match. Alf Nøttveit blasted a shot towards the goal in the 57th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Michael Neels having to make a save. Michael Neels showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Alf Nøttveit in the 61st minute of the match. 64 minutes into the match, Suleskard's goalkeeper Adrian Grøndahl had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Harrie Van Havent. Michael Neels showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Alf Nøttveit in the 65th minute of the match. In the 71st minute, Torjus Fjellheim left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Suleskard fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 2-1. Purple Talents made a substitution. Richy Van Boeckost replaced Harrie Van Havent. Antoine Cromefeldt hit a great freekick 78 minutes into the match. After 83 minutes Suleskard's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Willem-Jan Villyn who took care of the corner kick. When the referee ended the match the Suleskard players were able to celebrate. They had won a fair victory and recieved the ovations of their fans.