U23 World League

Wolves Arena
Spectators: 7506 (Terracing: 5630, Seating: 1726, VIP seats: 150) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Israel Vito made the kick off which started today's match. When Guido Vedillo fell near the penalty area in the 2nd minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Dark Wolves FC's protests and gave Guido Vedillo a yellow card for diving instead. A collision led to Dark Wolves FC getting a freekick after 2 minutes play. Guido Vedillo hit a great ball. In the 7th match minute, Dark Wolves FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by João Bacelar to maneuver through the defense. Tomislav Kardum made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Edward van Asten in the 9th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Edward van Asten in the 10th minute of play forced Dark Wolves FC's goalkeeper Tomislav Kardum to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 17 minutes into the match, Dark Wolves FC's goal looked a bit too open when Jouke Boon came free, but Tomislav Kardum reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 18th minute, Toni Zwarthoet hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After a rather tough play, SCARFACE's Oscar Weken got a free kick in the 20th minute. If Israel Vito had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 25th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Tomislav Kardum took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Jouke Boon, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Giovanni Braamhaar didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Israel Vito went, in the 28th minute, to the upper right corner, 1-0 was the resulting score. Giovanni Braamhaar made an important save on a dangerous shot by Abílio Lages in the 34th minute. With his leg Giovanni Braamhaar managed to avoid a goal in the 35thth minute, when Dark Wolves FC's Israel Vito fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. In the 37th match minute, Dark Wolves FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Ismael Herensuge to maneuver through the defense. Israel Vito fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 40th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Giovanni Braamhaar having to interfere. 45 minutes into the match, SCARFACE's goalkeeper Giovanni Braamhaar had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Israel Vito. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 4-0 at half-time.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Edward van Asten to strike the kick off in the second half. After 64 minutes of play, Dark Wolves FC's Israel Vito made it 5-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Giovanni Braamhaar was left in no man's land by his defense there! 70 minutes into the game, Israel Vito cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 6-0. Giovanni Braamhaar was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. In the 75th minute, Israel Vito made a precise shot to the right of Giovanni Braamhaar. SCARFACE's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 7-0. Israel Vito received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 78th minute. Giovanni Braamhaar tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After having played for 82 minutes, Israel Vito managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Dark Wolves FC's supporters crossed their fingers, but Israel Vito was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Giovanni Braamhaar showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from João Bacelar, who was totally free with the ball in the 84th minute. The audience was convinced that Israel Vito's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Giovanni Braamhaar was relentless in the 86th minute of the game. Israel Vito charged in rather forcefully in the 89th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Israel Vito the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. 92 minutes into the game, Luc Ensing was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. SCARFACE's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Dark Wolves FC the free kick. Luc Ensing hit a great freekick 92 minutes into the match. The referee blew his whistle, and the match came to a close. The players exchanged shirts and headed down the tunnel. The Dark Wolves FC fans cheered their team off the field, for while SCARFACE had put up a good fight, they were unable to come out of the game with any points to show for their effort.