Friendly League

EL NATIONAL
Spectators: 46 (Terracing: 35, Seating: 11, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Abdulla Baia started the match with the kick off. The audience was convinced that Nazmi Tanberk's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Ludo Vanden Bossche was relentless in the 17th minute of the game. The crowd rose to their feet as FC Ouagadougou National's Jedrzej Kiszkiel slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Ludo Vanden Bossche. That made the score 1-0 after 20 minutes of play. The Everett Hawks's Ludo Vanden Bossche played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Abdulla Baia in the 23rd minute of play. 26 minutes into the match, The Everett Hawks's goalkeeper Ludo Vanden Bossche had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Abdulla Baia. In the last second Ludo Vanden Bossche throw himself and got hold of the ball when Abdulla Baia in the 27thth minute from his position got away a shot towards the right post. Andreas Pirlo received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 30th minute. Rene Vereijt tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After a rather tough play, FC Ouagadougou National's Andres Calamaro got a free kick in the 32nd minute. Ludo Vanden Bossche showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Jedrzej Kiszkiel in the 33rd minute of the match. In the 39th match minute, The Everett Hawks was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Willem-Jan Grootjans to maneuver through the defense. After some fancy dribbling in the 39th minute, Dani Rojas managed to get in a good position for a shot. FC Ouagadougou National's supporters rose to their feet, but Dani Rojas was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Ludo Vanden Bossche breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Rene Vereijt took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Fre van Eijnde, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 46 minutes into the match, The Everett Hawks's goal looked a bit too open when Jedrzej Kiszkiel came free, but Ludo Vanden Bossche reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Ludo Vanden Bossche made a fantastic save in the 47th minute, when Dani Rojas sent off a good shot on target. All the noise was coming from the home fans when the whistle went for half-time. The home team had fought hardest to put themselves in a deserved lead.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Andreas Pirlo stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Ludo Vanden Bossche showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Dani Rojas, who was totally free with the ball in the 52nd minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Andreas Pirlo in the 62nd minute of play forced FC Ouagadougou National's goalkeeper Rene Vereijt to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Ludo Vanden Bossche took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Abdulla Baia, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Kris Van Eersel sent away a hard shot on goal in the 64th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Ludo Vanden Bossche showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Dani Rojas in the 70th minute of the match. The supporters of The Everett Hawks booed when FC Ouagadougou National was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 72 match minutes in a wonderful position. Andres Calamaro didn't get a good kick on the ball. The Everett Hawks's Philip Goorts was substituted for Kris Van Eersel. In the 73rd minute, Andres Calamaro hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. The Everett Hawks's Ludo Vanden Bossche played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Nazmi Tanberk in the 77th minute of play. Ludo Vanden Bossche showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Abdulla Baia in the 79th minute of the match. Rene Vereijt took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Andreas Pirlo, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. The Everett Hawks's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Feijo Fresnos in the 82nd minute. A nice corner shot did that Feijo Fresnos got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Rene Vereijt quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. The Everett Hawks's Ludo Vanden Bossche played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Abdulla Baia in the 85th minute of play. In the 86th minute, Gustavo Arrelucea hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Rene Vereijt was in the perfect position, and the defense had done a good job marking him, but Philippe-Arnaud Heremans showcased his skills and made a perfect shot to score 3-1 in the 87 minute of play. After some careless play in the The Everett Hawks defense, Abdulla Baia kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Ludo Vanden Bossche. The The Everett Hawks fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Ludo Vanden Bossche should have stopped the shot. 94 minutes into the match, FC Ouagadougou National's goal looked a bit too open when Andreas Pirlo came free, but Rene Vereijt reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. A collision led to The Everett Hawks getting a freekick after 95 minutes play. Fre van Eijnde hit a great ball.