Friendly League

ThE Wonder ArEnA
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Alek Candries started the match with the kick off. With an all-out effort, The Original Wonderteam's Romeo Dominic threw himself towards the right post 5 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Ronny Rau, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. In the 8th minute, Alek Candries got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. In the 11th minute, Alek Candries made a precise shot to the right of Romeo Dominic. SOUTH AFRICA's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 1-0. Elvio Ted took the ball and in the 19 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Philip Boffin. Philip Boffin dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 1-1. 25 minutes into the game, Wellington de Andrade threw the ball into play from the sideline. The Original Wonderteam's Tibet Kutlucan quickly snatched the ball and retained possesion. 26 minutes into the match, SOUTH AFRICA's goal looked a bit too open when Alek Candries came free, but Romeo Dominic reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Wellington de Andrade made in the 30th minute of the game a quick throw-in and Artemio Jokin immediately put the ball in play. Philip Boffin showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Artemio Jokin in the 36th minute of the match. Constantijn Belmans's late challenge caught a SOUTH AFRICA's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Constantijn Belmans helped the player get up and apologised. SOUTH AFRICA were awarded a corner in the 40th minute after The Original Wonderteam's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Artemio Jokin took the corner. In the 42nd minute the ball was on its way in behind SOUTH AFRICA's goalkeeper Romeo Dominic, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. In the 45th minute, Artemio Jokin left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The SOUTH AFRICA fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 1-3. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 1-3 lead.

The wind increased when Romeo Mel made the kick off in the second half. Alek Candries took the ball and in the 53 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Romeo Dominic. Romeo Dominic dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 2-3. Romeo Dominic stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Alek Candries's shot from short distance in the 56th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Artemio Jokin in the 57th minute of play forced The Original Wonderteam's goalkeeper Philip Boffin to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Philip Boffin made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Artemio Jokin in the 59th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Alek Candries in the 65th minute of play forced SOUTH AFRICA's goalkeeper Romeo Dominic to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The Original Wonderteam's Benjamin Specht was substituted for Valko De Hond. With a little luck, The Original Wonderteam's Philip Boffin got control of the ball when Romeo Mel tried to sneak it across the goal line. In the 76th minute Elvio Ted shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Philip Boffin saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 80th minute, Isaac Terris ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Philip Boffin was frozen by the shot and now it was 2-4. SOUTH AFRICA made a substitution. 张洲荣 replaced Romeo Mel. Philip Boffin showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Artemio Jokin in the 90th minute of the match. Romeo Dominic made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Alek Candries in the 92nd minute of play. Benjamin Specht sent away a hard shot on goal in the 94th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance.