U18 League

Dragons Stronghold
Spectators: 152 (Terracing: 114, Seating: 35, VIP seats: 3) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Edmond Walder started the match with the kick off. Yelle Van Damme showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Anton Robert in the 5th minute of the match. In the 6th minute, Yanne Van Beneden left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The SK Gullegem fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-1. Yelle Van Damme showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Anton Robert in the 10th minute of the match. In the 11th minute of the match Black Dragons got a corner. SK Gullegem's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Dietrich Dreher ran over to the corner to take the kick. After taking down the ball on Black Dragons's corner Dietrich Dreher fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Yelle Van Damme quite easily take care of the ball. The audience thought a goal was coming when Jeremy Laube got free with Yelle Van Damme in the 13th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. When Edmond Walder came up free with the goalie in the 14th minute, the SK Gullegem fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Edmond Walder couldn't finish the play. Black Dragons's Arnaldo Berardi played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Edmond Walder in the 16th minute of play. Matthis Vandommele charged in rather forcefully in the 19th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Matthis Vandommele the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. Matthis Vandommele hit a great freekick 19 minutes into the match. Yannic Banholzer kicked well hit freekick during the 23rd minute of the match. In the 27th minute Albertus Reijdams shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Arnaldo Berardi saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Albertus Reijdams in the 30th minute of play forced Black Dragons's goalkeeper Arnaldo Berardi to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 34th minute, Yanne Van Beneden made a precise shot to the right of Arnaldo Berardi. Black Dragons's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-2. Arnaldo Berardi took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Albertus Reijdams, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After some fancy dribbling in the 39th minute, Edmond Walder managed to get in a good position for a shot. SK Gullegem's supporters rose to their feet, but Edmond Walder was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Arnaldo Berardi breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Arnaldo Berardi showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Albertus Reijdams in the 41st minute of the match. Black Dragons's Arnaldo Berardi played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Edmond Walder in the 42nd minute of play. 45 minutes into the game, SK Gullegem's Albertus Reijdams nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Arnaldo Berardi made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-3. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 0-3 lead.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Anton Robert to make the kick off. With a little luck, Black Dragons's Arnaldo Berardi got control of the ball when Albertus Reijdams tried to sneak it across the goal line. 52 minutes in the game, the ball went up into the seats when SK Gullegem's Edmond Walder fired away a shot that was just a little bit too high. He walked away shaking his head. Edmond Walder fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 59th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Arnaldo Berardi having to interfere. Black Dragons's Arnaldo Berardi played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Albertus Reijdams in the 61st minute of play. Thomas Fieschi lost his temper 62 minutes into the game and shoved another player to the ground. He was immediately shown a red card. Arnaldo Berardi had in the 63rdth minute some difficulties stopping Edmond Walder's well aimed penalty as it nearly passed him on his left side, but he still managed to hold the ball. Albertus Reijdams sent away a hard shot on goal in the 68th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. After some fancy dribbling in the 69th minute, Albertus Reijdams managed to get in a good position for a shot. SK Gullegem's supporters rose to their feet, but Albertus Reijdams was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Arnaldo Berardi breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. The audience thought a goal was coming when Albertus Reijdams got free with Arnaldo Berardi in the 72nd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Albertus Reijdams came free with the goalkeeper in the 74th minute of the match, and shot straight on target. The shot was a little too simple and Arnaldo Berardi could save by the left post. After 75 minutes, Yannic Banholzer mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Black Dragons and the SK Gullegem players grew even worse after the yellow card. Yannic Banholzer hit a great freekick 76 minutes into the match. In the 78th minute SK Gullegem were awarded a corner. Edmond Walder went to the cornerflag to take it. After taking down the ball on SK Gullegem's corner Edmond Walder fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Arnaldo Berardi quite easily take care of the ball. 81 minutes into the match, SK Gullegem's Albertus Reijdams sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Arnaldo Berardi narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Edmond Walder in the 83rd minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Arnaldo Berardi prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Albertus Reijdamss short, quick shot in the 90thth minute got Arnaldo Berardi to make great effort and bar the ball away from getting in. Edmond Walder did some fancy footwork in front of goal and succeeded to deceive the defenders so he could slam the ball in 0-5 to the left of a surprised Arnaldo Berardi 95 minutes into the match.