U18 League

Estadio Olavarria
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. Benjamin De Wulf started the match with the kick off. After a rather tough play, Olavarria FC's Julien Heirpoel got a free kick in the 5th minute. After a rather tough play, Olavarria FC's Stefan Klopterop got a free kick in the 7th minute. After having played for 13 minutes, Luk Ombelets managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Olavarria FC's supporters crossed their fingers, but Luk Ombelets was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Rüştü Preudhomme made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Pieterjan Valckeneers in the 16th minute of play. Rüştü Preudhomme showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Pieterjan Valckeneers, who was totally free with the ball in the 17th minute. In the 27th minute Robbie De Kijser shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Tommi Ooms saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Guillaume Carels received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 30th minute. Tommi Ooms tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. An unexpectedly hard shot by Anthonio Van der Willeghem in the 33rd minute of play forced Selebi-Phikwe's goalkeeper Tommi Ooms to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Ernest De Koq kicked well hit freekick during the 34th minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Robbie De Kijser in the 35th minute of play forced Selebi-Phikwe's goalkeeper Tommi Ooms to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. When Thomas Gobeleyns fell near the penalty area in the 39th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Selebi-Phikwe's protests and gave Thomas Gobeleyns a yellow card for diving instead. In the 39th minute, Thomas Gobeleyns hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. With a little luck, Selebi-Phikwe's Tommi Ooms got control of the ball when Robbie De Kijser tried to sneak it across the goal line. A well placed Luk Ombelets short distance shot in the 45th minute ended with a hard ball which without a chance for the goalkeeper went staright up into the goalkeepers left cross. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 1-0 at half-time.

Tommi Ooms showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Robbie De Kijser, who was totally free with the ball in the 51st minute. After some careless play in the Selebi-Phikwe defense, Robbie De Kijser kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Tommi Ooms. The Selebi-Phikwe fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Tommi Ooms should have stopped the shot. Rüştü Preudhomme showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Benjamin De Wulf, who was totally free with the ball in the 57th minute. In the 58th match minute, Olavarria FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Anthonio Van der Willeghem to maneuver through the defense. Benjamin De Wulf in the 59thth minute had a little luck and got a chance for a shot in front of the goal. Without hesitation aimed to the right of Rüştü Preudhomme, who managed to lunge to the right direction and made a save. After 61 played minutes Selebi-Phikwe got a freekick which was hit by Dre Coomans. In the 78thth minute of the game Luk Ombelets who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Selebi-Phikwe's Tommi Ooms was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Robbin Meeus hit a great freekick 80 minutes into the match. After having played for 82 minutes, Anthonio Van der Willeghem managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Olavarria FC's supporters crossed their fingers, but Anthonio Van der Willeghem was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. After some fancy dribbling in the 90th minute, Robbie De Kijser managed to get in a good position for a shot. Olavarria FC's supporters rose to their feet, but Robbie De Kijser was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Tommi Ooms breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Tommi Ooms showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Luk Ombelets, who was totally free with the ball in the 92nd minute. The referee blew his whistle, and the match came to a close. The players exchanged shirts and headed down the tunnel. The Olavarria FC fans cheered their team off the field, for while Selebi-Phikwe had put up a good fight, they were unable to come out of the game with any points to show for their effort.