Friendly League

Devils Playground
Spectators: 42 (Terracing: 32, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Robertinho Carabajal started the match with the kick off. Ulises Steven was out of position in the 3 minute of play, and Gottfrid Stenman capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Gottfrid Stenman really showed his touch with that goal: 1-0. AFC Koolkerke's attentive Philipp Raemakers managed to snatch the ball when Nelson de Queirós made a throw-in in the 5th minute of the game. 7 minutes into the match, Robertinho Carabajal had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Tom Wall. Zero Hedge's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Robertinho Carabajal was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-1. In the 12th minute Cacey Sharp shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Ulises Steven saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Cacey Sharp recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 13th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. In the 17th minute Gottfrid Stenman shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Ulises Steven saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 19 minutes into the match, AFC Koolkerke's Robertinho Carabajal sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Tom Wall narrowly saved just below the crossbar. AFC Koolkerke's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Clóvis Bittencourt in the 20th minute. A nice corner shot did that Clóvis Bittencourt got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Tom Wall quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. Zero Hedge's Tom Wall played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Robertinho Carabajal in the 24th minute of play. Tom Wall took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Robertinho Carabajal, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. AFC Koolkerke's Ulises Steven proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 27th minute of the match, managed to save AFC Koolkerke from getting a goal against them. An unexpectedly hard shot by Cacey Sharp in the 29th minute of play forced AFC Koolkerke's goalkeeper Ulises Steven to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 31 minutes into the game, Gottfrid Stenman recieved a splendid long ball, split the defenders, and gently placed the ball to the left of Ulises Steven. Gottfrid Stenman showed that you don't have to tear a hole in the net to score, 2-1. Zero Hedge's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Best Ibland in the 35th minute. The corner led Zero Hedge's Best Ibland to fire away a dangerous shot which Ulises Steven despite some difficulties managed to get hold on the ball. When Zero Hedge's Cacey Sharp in the 38th minute got a chance for a shot 38th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye AFC Koolkerke's goalie prevented a goal. In the 39th minute Robertinho Carabajal shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Tom Wall saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Ulises Steven was out of position in the 41 minute of play, and Cacey Sharp capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Cacey Sharp really showed his touch with that goal: 3-1. 47 minutes into the match, Zero Hedge's goal looked a bit too open when Joseph Smits came free, but Tom Wall reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. When the referee blew for the end of the half the home team players were clearly happier, as they went in to the break leading 3-1.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Cacey Sharp to strike the kick off in the second half. The supporters of AFC Koolkerke booed when Zero Hedge was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 51 match minutes in a wonderful position. Cacey Sharp didn't get a good kick on the ball. Tom Wall took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Robertinho Carabajal, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Zero Hedge's Cecilio Fanuco was substituted for Cacey Sharp. Zero Hedge made a substitution. Bubu Denat replaced Gottfrid Stenman. Bubu Denat received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 60th minute. Ulises Steven tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Ulises Steven took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Cecilio Fanuco, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 64 minutes into the match, AFC Koolkerke's goal looked a bit too open when Cecilio Fanuco came free, but Ulises Steven reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Alex Koit hit a great freekick 68 minutes into the match. Cecilio Fanuco fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 69th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Ulises Steven having to interfere. In the 76th minute, Cecilio Fanuco left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Zero Hedge fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 4-1. An unexpectedly hard shot by Robertinho Carabajal in the 79th minute of play forced Zero Hedge's goalkeeper Tom Wall to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Ulises Steven showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Bubu Denat, who was totally free with the ball in the 80th minute. Ulises Steven showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Bubu Denat in the 84th minute of the match. Ulises Steven made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Cecilio Fanuco in the 86th minute of play. Cecilio Fanuco scored 5-1 in the 86th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Ulises Steven, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. 92 minutes into the game, Cecilio Fanuco cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 6-1. Ulises Steven was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Zero Hedge's supporters were delighted with their team's performance and swarmed onto the pitch at the end of the match to celebrate the victory with the players.