U23 World League

EL NATIONAL
Spectators: 7598 (Terracing: 5700, Seating: 1747, VIP seats: 151) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Donalton Meneses kicked off to start the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Pedro Augusto Leme in the 4th minute of play forced FC Ouagadougou National's goalkeeper Antonio Claeys to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. FC Ouagadougou National's Bill Van den Haute quite brazenly broke a throw-in by Chiquinho Dracena, made in the 5th minute of the game. The supporters of FC Ouagadougou National booed when 『盛世メ名門』MZ TOMAR NO C∩ ™ was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 5 match minutes in a wonderful position. Jorginho Dionísio didn't get a good kick on the ball. Thiago Dantas took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Pieter-Jan Rummens, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. When the match clock showed 7 minutes, the score became 1-0 when Pieter-Jan Rummens sped through 『盛世メ名門』MZ TOMAR NO C∩ ™'s defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Thiago Dantas. Antonio Claeys showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Donalton Meneses, who was totally free with the ball in the 11th minute. 『盛世メ名門』MZ TOMAR NO C∩ ™'s Thiago Dantas played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Pieter-Jan Rummens in the 13th minute of play. After 14 played minutes FC Ouagadougou National got a freekick which was hit by Robbe Van Der Taelen. After 15 played minutes, 『盛世メ名門』MZ TOMAR NO C∩ ™'s Pedro Augusto Leme shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Antonio Claeys came through and got his fingers on the ball before it flew over the goal line. He then quickly gripped the ball tighter before the forwards in 『盛世メ名門』MZ TOMAR NO C∩ ™ reached it. Pieter-Jan Rummens hit a great freekick 19 minutes into the match. Pedro Augusto Leme took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 20th minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Antonio Claeys. FC Ouagadougou National's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. Antonio Claeys showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Donalton Meneses in the 21st minute of the match. Pieter-Jan Rummens might have been able to make a better finish in the 23rd minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Thiago Dantas. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Pieter-Jan Rummens ran back to his position shaking his head. Chiquinho Dracena made in the 26th minute of the game a throw-in that took a bad bounce and was taken care of by FC Ouagadougou National's Bill Van den Haute. In the 29th minute, Pedro Augusto Leme ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Antonio Claeys was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-1. In the 37th minute Pedro Augusto Leme shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Antonio Claeys saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Donalton Meneses fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 38th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Antonio Claeys having to interfere. In the 40th match minute, 『盛世メ名門』MZ TOMAR NO C∩ ™ was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Chiquinho Dracena to maneuver through the defense. After a very even first half the match was still tied. The players went to their respective dressing rooms to discuss the tactics for the second half.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Pieter-Jan Rummens stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Donalton Meneses scored 1-2 in the 51st match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Antonio Claeys, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Thanks to some nice moves Tiago Azevedo could shoot a difficult shot in the 55th minute, which Antonio Claeys however easily saved by the left post. FC Ouagadougou National's Antonio Claeys proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 56th minute of the match, managed to save FC Ouagadougou National from getting a goal against them. In the 66th match minute, FC Ouagadougou National was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Yvan Fraes to maneuver through the defense. Armand Owerckx charged in rather forcefully in the 67th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Armand Owerckx the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. In the 67th match minute, FC Ouagadougou National was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Armand Owerckx to maneuver through the defense. FC Ouagadougou National's Antonio Claeys played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Enéas Varela in the 68th minute of play. The corner led 『盛世メ名門』MZ TOMAR NO C∩ ™'s Pedro Augusto Leme to fire away a dangerous shot which Antonio Claeys despite some difficulties managed to get hold on the ball. In the 78th minute, Pieter-Jan Rummens ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Thiago Dantas was frozen by the shot and now it was 2-3. Robbe Van Der Taelen kicked well hit freekick during the 88th minute of the match. The audience thought a goal was coming when Pedro Augusto Leme got free with Antonio Claeys in the 89th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. With a little luck, FC Ouagadougou National's Antonio Claeys got control of the ball when Donalton Meneses tried to sneak it across the goal line. When the match was over 『盛世メ名門』MZ TOMAR NO C∩ ™ could go home with a victory in their luggage, having controlled the game far better than FC Ouagadougou National throughout the match.