Friendly League

The Twelfth Raven
Spectators: 44 (Terracing: 34, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) Roland Vanden Broucke showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Dan Kjellman in the 4th minute of the match. 8 minutes into the match, Twelve Ravens's goal looked a bit too open when Dan Kjellman came free, but Roland Vanden Broucke reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 15th minute the ball was on its way in behind Twelve Ravens's goalkeeper Roland Vanden Broucke, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. When Dan Kjellman came up free with the goalie in the 17th minute, the FC Bal op het Dak fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Dan Kjellman couldn't finish the play. After 26 minutes of play, FC Bal op het Dak's Dan Kjellman made it 0-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Roland Vanden Broucke was left in no man's land by his defense there! After a rather tough play, FC Bal op het Dak's Cobus Harding got a free kick in the 46th minute. In the 47th minute the ball was on its way in behind FC Bal op het Dak's goalkeeper Harvey Davies, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 0-2.

The wind increased when Reinard Hennes made the kick off in the second half. With an all-out effort, FC Bal op het Dak's Roland Vanden Broucke threw himself towards the right post 54 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Dan Kjellman, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. FC Bal op het Dak made a substitution. Iwan Valentijn replaced Aristides Gombal. Dan Kjellman in the 64thth minute had a little luck and got a chance for a shot in front of the goal. Without hesitation aimed to the right of Roland Vanden Broucke, who managed to lunge to the right direction and made a save. In the 67th minute FC Bal op het Dak were awarded a corner. Marick Brunt went to the cornerflag to take it. A nice corner shot did that Marick Brunt got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Roland Vanden Broucke quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. 73 minutes into the game, Twelve Ravens's Reinard Hennes nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Harvey Davies made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 1-3. FC Bal op het Dak's Harvey Davies played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Vicent Duranseau in the 81st minute of play. When FC Bal op het Dak's Martijn August in the 86th minute got a chance for a shot 86th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Twelve Ravens's goalie prevented a goal. Martijn August received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Roland Vanden Broucke came out and tried to block the shot, but Martijn August slotted it home off the left post making it 1-4 in the 87th minute. After 90 played minutes FC Bal op het Dak got a freekick which was hit by Eddy Neijsen. It was beautiful to see Twelve Ravens's Lennart De Coster in action when he in the 91st minute dribbled his way through a couple of opponents and the fired away a shot from almost standing still. First the ball seemed to get in, but turned out to be on the outside of the net. A great chance! After having played for 94 minutes, Vicent Duranseau managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Twelve Ravens's supporters crossed their fingers, but Vicent Duranseau was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. FC Bal op het Dak's supporters were very happy and cheered loudly because their team had won after a very close match.