World League

Söderstadion
Spectators: 7471 (Terracing: 5604, Seating: 1718, VIP seats: 149) The audience was convinced that Matheus Baltazar's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Lionel Van Den Broek was relentless in the 2nd minute of the game. Karl-Axel Nyman made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Joachim Van Der Meren in the 5th minute of play. Glenn De Smedt scored 0-1 in the 6th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Karl-Axel Nyman, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Söderbröder's Karl-Axel Nyman played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Rolf Huveneers in the 9th minute of play. Qu Liang received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 15th minute. Lionel Van Den Broek tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. With his leg Lionel Van Den Broek managed to avoid a goal in the 17thth minute, when Söderbröder's Matheus Baltazar fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. When Gláuber Bertassi fell near the penalty area in the 19th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Söderbröder's protests and gave Gláuber Bertassi a yellow card for diving instead. After 20 played minutes, De Keikoppers's Rolf Huveneers shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Karl-Axel Nyman came through and got his fingers on the ball before it flew over the goal line. He then quickly gripped the ball tighter before the forwards in De Keikoppers reached it. In the 21st minute, Zhou Han Yang hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Geert Smidts fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 23rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Karl-Axel Nyman having to interfere. In the 31st minute Rolf Huveneers shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Karl-Axel Nyman saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 32 minutes into the match, Eric Petersson dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Lionel Van Den Broek, 1-2. 44 minutes into the match, De Keikoppers's goalkeeper Lionel Van Den Broek had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Qu Liang. The score stood at 2-2 when the half time whistle went. Both sets of players seemed reasonably pleased with how the match was going.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Sem De Kelper stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. 58 minutes into the match, De Keikoppers's goal looked a bit too open when Agapito Cabanela came free, but Lionel Van Den Broek reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. With a little luck, Söderbröder's Karl-Axel Nyman got control of the ball when Sem De Kelper tried to sneak it across the goal line. Sem De Kelper took the ball and in the 66 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Karl-Axel Nyman. Karl-Axel Nyman dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 2-3. In the 69th match minute, Söderbröder was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Valentin Åström to maneuver through the defense. The audience thought a goal was coming when Sem De Kelper got free with Karl-Axel Nyman in the 70th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Karl-Axel Nyman showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Rolf Huveneers, who was totally free with the ball in the 71st minute. With a little luck, Söderbröder's Karl-Axel Nyman got control of the ball when Joachim Van Der Meren tried to sneak it across the goal line. The audience was convinced that Matheus Baltazar's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Lionel Van Den Broek was relentless in the 74th minute of the game. Qu Liang sent away a hard shot on goal in the 78th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Lionel Van Den Broek took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Agapito Cabanela, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 85 minutes into the game, Sem De Kelper cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 2-4. Karl-Axel Nyman was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. An unexpectedly hard shot by Rolf Huveneers in the 89th minute of play forced Söderbröder's goalkeeper Karl-Axel Nyman to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Glenn De Smedt in the 94th minute of play forced Söderbröder's goalkeeper Karl-Axel Nyman to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. De Keikoppers'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.