U18 League

Old Trafford
Spectators: 160 (Terracing: 120, Seating: 37, VIP seats: 3) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Steve De kaiser started the match with the kick off. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Steve De kaiser in the 5th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Grisha Rakitski prevented the ball from getting in the gole. 6 minutes had been played when some careless play by MANCHESTER UNITED's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Boris Stroobant was slow to take the kick. During this time De Keikoppers's players had a chance to rest. Trayko Slavinski tried to clear up in front of the goal, but didn't succeed and rather the ball rolled into the own goal to the right of a despaired Grisha Rakitski. An unnecessary self made goal, 0-1 in the 6th minute. Steve De kaiser struck a weak shot in the 10th minute. Grisha Rakitski didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for De Keikoppers. After 11 played minutes MANCHESTER UNITED got a freekick which was hit by Mihail Opúlchenski. In the 13th minute Doncho Reklyovski shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Rolf Saelens saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Doncho Reklyovski in the 14th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Rolf Saelens prevented the ball from getting in the gole. In the 18th minute, Boris Stroobant hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After a rather tough play, De Keikoppers's Paul-Louis Van de Plas got a free kick in the 20th minute. After some careless play in the MANCHESTER UNITED defense, Boris Stroobant kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Grisha Rakitski. The MANCHESTER UNITED fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Grisha Rakitski should have stopped the shot. After a defensive mix-up in De Keikoppers's zone, Tzeno Berovski stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Rolf Saelens came out of the goal and Tzeno Berovski tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. In the 32nd match minute, De Keikoppers was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Steve De kaiser to maneuver through the defense. After 35 minutes of play, De Keikoppers's Steve De kaiser made it 0-3 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Grisha Rakitski was left in no man's land by his defense there! Grisha Rakitski came out of the goal in the 39th minute to try and stop a shot by De Keikoppers's Steve De kaiser. But to his dismay, Steve De kaiser quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-4. An unexpectedly hard shot by Leon Heijligem in the 42nd minute of play forced MANCHESTER UNITED's goalkeeper Grisha Rakitski to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Doncho Reklyovski stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Rolf Saelens stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Doncho Reklyovski's shot from short distance in the 51st minute. After 52 played minutes MANCHESTER UNITED got a freekick which was hit by Toshko Gerginov. A collision led to MANCHESTER UNITED getting a freekick after 54 minutes play. Dancho Pochinkov hit a great ball. Grisha Rakitski acted impressively in front of the goal and made a superb save when he, in the 55th minute, took the ball on the long shot from Boris Stroobant. Grisha Rakitski showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Steve De kaiser, who was totally free with the ball in the 56th minute. In the 57th minute, Dancho Pochinkov hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. 62 minutes into the match, De Keikoppers's Boris Stroobant sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Grisha Rakitski narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Tom Francken sent away a hard shot on goal in the 66th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. After 69 minutes, Aime De Graef mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the De Keikoppers and the MANCHESTER UNITED players grew even worse after the yellow card. A collision led to De Keikoppers getting a freekick after 69 minutes play. Aime De Graef hit a great ball. The audience was convinced that Doncho Reklyovski's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Rolf Saelens was relentless in the 73rd minute of the game. Gabriel Gillekens kicked well hit freekick during the 75th minute of the match. After some fancy dribbling in the 81st minute, Tzeno Berovski managed to get in a good position for a shot. MANCHESTER UNITED's supporters rose to their feet, but Tzeno Berovski was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Rolf Saelens breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Rolf Saelens showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Doncho Reklyovski in the 84th minute of the match. Vlado Dzhatov hit a great freekick 90 minutes into the match. The crowd rose to their feet as De Keikoppers's Steve De kaiser slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Grisha Rakitski. That made the score 0-5 after 92 minutes of play.