U18 World League

Estádio Figueiredo
Spectators: 8512 (Terracing: 6385, Seating: 1957, VIP seats: 170) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Diogo Nóbrega took the kick off in the first half of the match. After 4 played minutes, Beek City's Gwen Wegers shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Luiz Gustavo Negri 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 Beek City reached it. In the 9th match minute, Beek City was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Jurgen Van Goethem to maneuver through the defense. After 13 played minutes Ique Football Club got a freekick which was hit by Diego Rezende. Mitch Van De Wyngaert kicked well hit freekick during the 16th minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Gwen Wegers in the 18th minute of play forced Ique Football Club's goalkeeper Luiz Gustavo Negri to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 19 minutes, Mitch Van De Wyngaert mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Beek City and the Ique Football Club players grew even worse after the yellow card. A collision led to Beek City getting a freekick after 19 minutes play. Mitch Van De Wyngaert hit a great ball. In the 21st minute Gwen Wegers shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Luiz Gustavo Negri saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Luiz Gustavo Negri came out of the goal in the 21st minute to try and stop a shot by Beek City's Gwen Wegers. But to his dismay, Gwen Wegers quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-1. Luiz Gustavo Negri took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Gwen Wegers, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After some fancy dribbling in the 31st minute, João Vítor Bueno managed to get in a good position for a shot. Ique Football Club's supporters rose to their feet, but João Vítor Bueno was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Laurence Luyten breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. When Beek City's Gwen Wegers in the 33rd minute got a chance for a shot 33rd didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Ique Football Club's goalie prevented a goal. An unexpectedly hard shot by Gwen Wegers in the 45th minute of play forced Ique Football Club's goalkeeper Luiz Gustavo Negri to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After a rather tough play, Ique Football Club's Duarte Arósio got a free kick in the 48th minute. After the first half Beek City were leading 0-1. They had played with great self confidence throughout the first half and fully deserved their lead.

The wind increased when Mitch Van De Wyngaert made the kick off in the second half. Luiz Gustavo Negri was in the perfect position, and the defense had done a good job marking him, but Gwen Wegers showcased his skills and made a perfect shot to score 0-2 in the 63 minute of play. Luiz Gustavo Negri made an important save on a dangerous shot by Gwen Wegers in the 72nd minute. Diogo Nóbrega sent away a hard shot on goal in the 74th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. If João Vítor Bueno had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 76th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. After 78 minutes of play Ique Football Club's Duarte Arósio was too eager in his attempt to stop his opponent and brought him down. With that he got his second yellow card and was ordered off the ground. In the 79th match minute, Ique Football Club was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Duarte Arósio to maneuver through the defense. Beek City's Gwen Wegers got a good chance for a goal in the 83rd minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. In the 91st minute, Gwen Wegers reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Luiz Gustavo Negri. The goal made the score 0-4. Beek City's supporters were very happy and cheered loudly because their team had won after a very close match.