World League

United 11 Arena
Spectators: 7479 (Terracing: 5611, Seating: 1719, VIP seats: 149) United 11 FC's Şerif Kutlualp started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. Michel Biörnberg showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Iwo Wietrzychowski in the 4th minute of the match. United 11 FC's Michel Biörnberg played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Ruud Reinders in the 5th minute of play. In the 10th minute, Ruud Reinders made a precise shot to the right of Michel Biörnberg. United 11 FC's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-1. After 15 played minutes Buitenhout FC got a freekick which was hit by Ruud Reinders. Tudor Mihoc took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Şerif Kutlualp, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. An unexpectedly hard shot by Ferry Hebels in the 21st minute of play forced United 11 FC's goalkeeper Michel Biörnberg to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. When Buitenhout FC's Sjaak Degens in the 23rd minute got a chance for a shot 23rd didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye United 11 FC's goalie prevented a goal. United 11 FC's Michel Biörnberg played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Ruud Reinders in the 31st minute of play. After a rather tough play, United 11 FC's Zbyszko Snaza got a free kick in the 32nd minute. Buitenhout FC's Rafael van Zeggeren suffered a concussion in the 34th minute, after a hard challenge, and had to leave the field. After 35 minutes, Prince Nelson mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the United 11 FC and the Buitenhout FC players grew even worse after the yellow card. After 36 played minutes United 11 FC got a freekick which was hit by Prince Nelson. Michel Biörnberg showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Ruud Reinders in the 42nd minute of the match. After 44 minutes of play, Buitenhout FC's Hannibal Lecter made it 0-2 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Michel Biörnberg was left in no man's land by his defense there! Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 0-2 lead.

The wind increased when Sjaak Degens made the kick off in the second half. In the 53rd minute, Marius Plopșor hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. 0-3 came in the 55th minute when Ted Fokkelman all by himself managed to get straight through the defense and place the ball into the net to the right of Michel Biörnberg. In the 68th minute, Buitenhout FC's Ruud Reinders dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 0-4. The audience was convinced that Aquiles Tróia's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Tudor Mihoc was relentless in the 74th minute of the game. In the 77th minute of the match United 11 FC got a corner. Buitenhout FC's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Lars Runeberg ran over to the corner to take the kick. After 82 minutes of play, Buitenhout FC's Robert Ramzinski made it 0-5 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Michel Biörnberg was left in no man's land by his defense there! 90 minutes into the match, United 11 FC's goalkeeper Michel Biörnberg had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Ferry Hebels. Michel Biörnberg took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Robert Ramzinski, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. An unexpectedly hard shot by Aquiles Tróia in the 95th minute of play forced Buitenhout FC's goalkeeper Tudor Mihoc to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 96 minutes Buitenhout FC's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Lars Runeberg who took care of the corner kick. The corner ended in Lars Runeberg almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but Buitenhout FC's Tudor Mihoc did a great save.