U21 League

GALLIA BELGICA
Spectators: 153 (Terracing: 115, Seating: 35, VIP seats: 3) Lennert Van Den Bosch started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. In the 3rd minute, Duško Turnšek left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The HIT Gorica fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-1. The supporters of Portus Ganda booed when HIT Gorica was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 5 match minutes in a wonderful position. Duško Turnšek didn't get a good kick on the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Duško Turnšek in the 7th minute of play forced Portus Ganda's goalkeeper Nils Robin to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Portus Ganda's Nils Robin played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Zlatko Goričan in the 8th minute of play. Nils Robin made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Zlatko Goričan in the 9th minute of play. Nils Robin didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Duško Turnšek went, in the 10th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-2 was the resulting score. 17 minutes into the match, Duško Turnšek had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Nils Robin. Portus Ganda's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Duško Turnšek was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-3. Nils Robin showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Zlatko Goričan in the 20th minute of the match. In the 21st minute, Lennert De Loose hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 23rd minute, Duško Turnšek made a precise shot to the right of Nils Robin. Portus Ganda's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-4. Nils Robin showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Zlatko Goričan in the 27th minute of the match. Nils Robin didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Zlatko Goričan went, in the 30th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-5 was the resulting score. Nils Robin came out of the goal in the 34th minute to try and stop a shot by HIT Gorica's CJ Desailly. But to his dismay, CJ Desailly quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-6. In the 37th match minute, HIT Gorica was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Duško Turnšek to maneuver through the defense. The referee felt a red card was in order, 39 minutes into the game, when Christopher Swinnen put in a rough tackle. After 40 played minutes Portus Ganda got a freekick which was hit by Christopher Swinnen. In the 41st minute, Istok Šabotić made a precise shot to the right of Nils Robin. Portus Ganda's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-7. In the 43rd minute, Zlatko Goričan left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The HIT Gorica fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-8. Even after changing tactics the home team jogged off the field with a 0-8 deficit. They would have to work harder if they wanted to turn things around in the second half.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Duško Turnšek to make the kick off. With a little luck, Portus Ganda's Nils Robin got control of the ball when CJ Desailly tried to sneak it across the goal line. Nils Robin made a fantastic save in the 52nd minute, when Duško Turnšek sent off a good shot on target. In the 55thth minute of the game Zlatko Goričan who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Portus Ganda's Nils Robin was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Duško Turnšek in the 56th minute of play forced Portus Ganda's goalkeeper Nils Robin to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 59 minutes into the match, Duško Turnšek had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Nils Robin. Portus Ganda's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Duško Turnšek was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-9. 63 minutes into the game, HIT Gorica's Duško Turnšek nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Nils Robin made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-10. Nils Robin took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Zlatko Goričan, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Nils Robin took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Constantino Eguntsenti, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After a rather tough play, Portus Ganda's Loid Franckx got a free kick in the 71st minute. HIT Gorica made a substitution. Wlodzimierz Wlodyga replaced Jernej Petrovič. In the 73rd minute, Loid Franckx hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Antoni Zdrojewski received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 76th minute. Nils Robin tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. HIT Gorica's Slawomir Gargasz was substituted for Constantino Eguntsenti. 79 minutes into the match, Portus Ganda's goal looked a bit too open when Zlatko Goričan came free, but Nils Robin reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Danny Spoelberchs hit a great freekick 81 minutes into the match. 83 minutes into the game, Quentin Willmott cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-11. Nils Robin was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. A collision led to Portus Ganda getting a freekick after 86 minutes play. Lennert Van Den Bosch hit a great ball. 0-12 became the score in the 88th minute when László Tar elegantly shot the ball into goal just under the crossbar. When the match had gone on for 91 minutes, Brite McCready took a quick shot and it went in 0-13 without a chance for Nils Robin to make any attempt to save it. Portus Ganda's Nils Robin played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Brite McCready in the 94th minute of play. HIT Gorica's players went to the stands to thank the travelling support. The fan's backing had helped spurr the team on to a fine performance that won them the match.