U23 League

SvE United Stadion
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. Marko Kirilov started the match with the kick off. After 5 minutes of play, Esquirla FC's Bryan Marant made it 0-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Stavri Novakov was left in no man's land by his defense there! In the 15th minute, Laurent Grauwen ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Stavri Novakov was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-2. 20 minutes into the match, Bryan Marant had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Stavri Novakov. SvE United's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Bryan Marant was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-3. Stavri Novakov took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Ben Wittemans, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Nikolay Levenski during the 24th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. A collision led to SvE United getting a freekick after 24 minutes play. Nikolay Levenski hit a great ball. After 25 played minutes SvE United got a freekick which was hit by Nikolay Levenski. After 27 minutes of play, Esquirla FC's Laurent Grauwen made it 0-4 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Stavri Novakov was left in no man's land by his defense there! Stavri Novakov showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Laurent Grauwen, who was totally free with the ball in the 32nd minute. Bryan Marant took the ball and in the 33 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Stavri Novakov. Stavri Novakov dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-5. After 42 minutes of play, Esquirla FC's Ben Wittemans made it 0-7 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Stavri Novakov was left in no man's land by his defense there! In the 47th minute Esquirla FC were awarded a corner. Dedé van Beek went to the cornerflag to take it. The corner led Esquirla FC's Vic de Reyck to fire away a dangerous shot which Stavri Novakov despite some difficulties managed to get hold on the ball. After the first half Esquirla FC were leading 0-7. They had played with great self confidence throughout the first half and fully deserved their lead.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Laurent Grauwen made a kick off. Ben De Neuter showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Genko Klyashev, who was totally free with the ball in the 54th minute. In the 55th minute Bryan Marant shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Stavri Novakov saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After a rather tough play, SvE United's Benislav Shaprin got a free kick in the 56th minute. 58 minutes into the match, SvE United's goal looked a bit too open when Alek Verdonckt came free, but Stavri Novakov reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 69 minutes into the match, SvE United's goalkeeper Stavri Novakov had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Laurent Grauwen. In the 70th minute Marko Kirilov shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Ben De Neuter saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 72nd play minute Laurent Grauwen came free and shot an unsuspected shot which went into goal from the right pole behind a surprised Stavri Novakov. 0-8. If Laurent Grauwen had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 74th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. In the 86th minute, Esquirla FC's Laurent Grauwen ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Stavri Novakov. Stavri Novakov yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 0-9. Seppe Baert kicked well hit freekick during the 91st minute of the match. Henrik Styles hit a great freekick 94 minutes into the match. After recieving a nice pass, SvE United's Genko Klyashev tried to score from far away in the 95th minute, but the ball went over the crossbar. The SvE United fans had already started to leave before the final whistle blew. Esquirla FC were clearly better and deserved to take the win.