World League

The Twelfth Raven
Spectators: 7756 (Terracing: 5819, Seating: 1783, VIP seats: 154) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Reinard Hennes kicked off to start the match. In the 3rd minute Rähim Sterling shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Roland Vanden Broucke saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Erik Skog showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Reinard Hennes, who was totally free with the ball in the 6th minute. In the 8th minute, Donato de Salles left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Garphyttan fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-1. 13 minutes into the match, Twelve Ravens's goal looked a bit too open when Donato de Salles came free, but Roland Vanden Broucke reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 15 minutes into the match, Reinard Hennes notched a goal, 1-1, to the right of Garphyttan's Erik Skog. Erik Skog was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Pietro Turrieta kicked well hit freekick during the 17th minute of the match. The audience was convinced that Reinard Hennes's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Erik Skog was relentless in the 21st minute of the game. When Reinard Hennes, who was free, got the in front of the goal in the 22 minute he wasn't focused and tipped the ball just over the goal. The Erik Skog was delighted since the ball would have got in if it had gone under the crossbar. 25 minutes into the match, Garphyttan's goal looked a bit too open when Reinard Hennes came free, but Erik Skog reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. If Reinard Hennes had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 26th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Erik Skog showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Reinard Hennes, who was totally free with the ball in the 26th minute. Roland Vanden Broucke took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Lolo Obis, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. With a little luck, Garphyttan's Erik Skog got control of the ball when Pierre Van Hinnendael tried to sneak it across the goal line. In the 30th match minute, Garphyttan was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Rähim Sterling to maneuver through the defense. In the 31st minute, Reinard Hennes got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. Roland Vanden Broucke took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Viktor Albäck, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Roland Vanden Broucke took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Rähim Sterling, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Dinaras Kantauskas's late challenge caught a Twelve Ravens's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Dinaras Kantauskas helped the player get up and apologised. After 38 played minutes Garphyttan got a freekick which was hit by Dinaras Kantauskas. 43 minutes in the game Philipp Konermann did a throw-in, and the ball was quickly in game thanks to Viktor Albäck. Roland Vanden Broucke made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Donato de Salles in the 44th minute of play. 47 minutes into the game, Rähim Sterling cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 1-2. Roland Vanden Broucke was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. After the first half Garphyttan were leading 1-2. They had played with great self confidence throughout the first half and fully deserved their lead.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Rähim Sterling to strike the kick off in the second half. With a little luck, Twelve Ravens's Roland Vanden Broucke got control of the ball when Rähim Sterling tried to sneak it across the goal line. Twelve Ravens were awarded a corner in the 57th minute after Garphyttan's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Lennart De Coster took the corner. A well-hit corner resulted in Reinard Hennes heading the ball towards the goal, but to his dismay he misdirected it and missed the goal completely. A collision led to Twelve Ravens getting a freekick after 61 minutes play. Yanick Goosens hit a great ball. Reinard Hennes took the ball and in the 64 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Erik Skog. Erik Skog dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 2-2. A collision led to Garphyttan getting a freekick after 73 minutes play. Philipp Konermann hit a great ball. Garphyttan's Jim Kellman was substituted for Michael Kvalfält. Twelve Ravens's Bjorn Van de Weijer was substituted for Reinard Hennes. Erik Skog took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Bjorn Van de Weijer, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. The audience was convinced that Bjorn Van de Weijer's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Erik Skog was relentless in the 81st minute of the game. In the 84th minute Bjorn Van de Weijer shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Erik Skog saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Garphyttan's Albin Bergström was substituted for Donato de Salles. In the 89th minute of the game Dinaras Kantauskas made a throw-in which Jim Kellman played forward. When Bjorn Van de Weijer came up free with the goalie in the 91st minute, the Twelve Ravens 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 Bjorn Van de Weijer couldn't finish the play. Roland Vanden Broucke was out of position in the 93 minute of play, and Albin Bergström capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Albin Bergström really showed his touch with that goal: 2-3. After 96 played minutes Twelve Ravens got a freekick which was hit by Osvald Lindberg. In the 99th minute of the match Garphyttan got a corner. Twelve Ravens's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Jim Kellman ran over to the corner to take the kick. The Garphyttan supporters could be heard counting down the last seconds of the match. They errupted in celebration when the whistle blew, knowing Garphyttan would go home with victory in their luggage after a match that easily could have ended differently.