U18 League

De Ballenbak
Spectators: 150 (Terracing: 113, Seating: 34, VIP seats: 3) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Pavol Šmajda made the kick off which started today's match. After some careless play in the NFC Eagles 22 defense, Pavol Šmajda kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Billy Korf. The NFC Eagles 22 fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Billy Korf should have stopped the shot. An unexpectedly hard shot by Pavol Šmajda in the 6th minute of play forced NFC Eagles 22's goalkeeper Billy Korf to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Ondrej Babčan scored 0-2 in the 9th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Billy Korf, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. An unexpectedly hard shot by Tomáš Jastrab in the 12th minute of play forced NFC Eagles 22's goalkeeper Billy Korf to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 13th minute Lukáč Mečiar shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Billy Korf saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Billy Korf showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Lukáč Mečiar in the 15th minute of the match. Billy Korf came out of the goal in the 16th minute to try and stop a shot by FC Gladiators Milošová's Tomáš Jastrab. But to his dismay, Tomáš Jastrab quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-3. After some fancy dribbling in the 23rd minute, Ronny Colen managed to get in a good position for a shot. NFC Eagles 22's supporters rose to their feet, but Ronny Colen was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Viktor Turek breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Dé Baron could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 25th minute of the match, but Viktor Turek made a huge save. Pavol Šmajda fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 27th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Billy Korf having to interfere. In the 30th match minute, NFC Eagles 22 was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Timmie Wieringh to maneuver through the defense. After some careless play in the NFC Eagles 22 defense, Pavol Šmajda kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Billy Korf. The NFC Eagles 22 fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Billy Korf should have stopped the shot. Tomáš Jastrab scored 1-5 in the 39th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Billy Korf, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. The audience thought a goal was coming when Dé Baron got free with Viktor Turek in the 42nd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Billy Korf didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Ondrej Babčan went, in the 45th minute, to the upper right corner, 1-6 was the resulting score. After the first half FC Gladiators Milošová were leading 1-6. They had played with great self confidence throughout the first half and fully deserved their lead.

The wind increased when Dé Baron made the kick off in the second half. Erik Slovák charged in rather forcefully in the 54th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Erik Slovák the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. A collision led to FC Gladiators Milošová getting a freekick after 54 minutes play. Erik Slovák hit a great ball. FC Gladiators Milošová's Viktor Turek played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Dé Baron in the 55th minute of play. Godfried Steelman kicked well hit freekick during the 56th minute of the match. Erik Slovák hit a great freekick 57 minutes into the match. In the 60th minute, FC Gladiators Milošová's Ondrej Babčan dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 1-7. Timmie Wieringh hit a great freekick 78 minutes into the match. Billy Korf took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Lukáč Mečiar, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After some careless play in the FC Gladiators Milošová defense, Handi Harri kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Viktor Turek. The FC Gladiators Milošová fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Viktor Turek should have stopped the shot. In the 87thth minute of the game Dé Baron who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but FC Gladiators Milošová's Viktor Turek was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. If Ronny Colen had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 94th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Viktor Turek made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Dé Baron in the 95th minute of play. The audience thought a goal was coming when Lukáč Mečiar got free with Billy Korf in the 96th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. FC Gladiators Milošová played a much better game than NFC Eagles 22 and deserved their victory. The NFC Eagles 22 players were clearly disappointed as they left the ground.