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Match Report
Chlorine Arena
Spectators: 7724 (Terracing: 5794,
Seating: 1776, VIP seats: 154) Etienne Reijckmans started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. After 2 played minutes Psycho-Circus got a freekick which was hit by Eliseo Araoz. Geordy Maerschalcx took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 3rd minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Nicolas Lapurdi. Psycho-Circus's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. 10 minutes into the match, Psycho-Circus's goalkeeper Nicolas Lapurdi had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Alfred Maeijnaerts. Tomm Uyttebroeck made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Miguel Abuelo in the 13th minute of play. When Psycho-Circus's Eliseo Lando in the 16th minute got a chance for a shot 16th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Twierdza Osowiec's goalie prevented a goal. Nicolas Lapurdi came out of the goal in the 21st minute to try and stop a shot by Twierdza Osowiec's Etienne Reijckmans. But to his dismay, Etienne Reijckmans quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 1-0. Nicolas Lapurdi showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Lennart Van Aertvin, who was totally free with the ball in the 29th minute. A collision led to Twierdza Osowiec getting a freekick after 31 minutes play. Lauren Berckmans hit a great ball. Tomm Uyttebroeck came out of the goal in the 32nd minute to try and stop a shot by Psycho-Circus's Miguel Abuelo. But to his dismay, Miguel Abuelo quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 1-1. If Eliseo Lando had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 36th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. The audience was convinced that Lennart Van Aertvin's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Nicolas Lapurdi was relentless in the 38th minute of the game. After some fancy dribbling in the 44th minute, Vinicio Isadore managed to get in a good position for a shot. Psycho-Circus's supporters rose to their feet, but Vinicio Isadore was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Tomm Uyttebroeck breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. After the first half Psycho-Circus were leading 1-2. They had played with great self confidence throughout the first half and fully deserved their lead.
The wind increased when Miguel Abuelo made the kick off in the second half. Humberto Cordarell might have been able to make a better finish in the 53rd minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Tomm Uyttebroeck. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Humberto Cordarell ran back to his position shaking his head. 54 minutes into the match, Psycho-Circus's goal looked a bit too open when Etienne Reijckmans came free, but Nicolas Lapurdi reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Etienne Reijckmans in the 58th minute of play forced Psycho-Circus's goalkeeper Nicolas Lapurdi to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. When Eliseo Araoz fell near the penalty area in the 60th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Psycho-Circus's protests and gave Eliseo Araoz a yellow card for diving instead. The supporters of Twierdza Osowiec booed when Psycho-Circus was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 60 match minutes in a wonderful position. Eliseo Araoz didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 61st minute, Eliseo Lando hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Nicolas Lapurdi showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Lennart Van Aertvin, who was totally free with the ball in the 63rd minute. In the 65th minute Emanuel Ooms shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Nicolas Lapurdi saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Tiburcio Faro hit a great freekick 65 minutes into the match. If Emanuel Ooms had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 75th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Eliseo Lando had several of the Twierdza Osowiec's defenders around him in the penalty area when he, after 79 minutes of play, received a pass and succeeded in some way to shoot a shot which went straight ahead into goal. This resulted in a 1-3 score and a disappointed Tomm Uyttebroeck as he didn't even see the shot coming. Miguel Abuelo's shot when he came free in front of the goal in the 87thth minute, Tomm Uyttebroeck skillfully showed off with a save to what seemed to be an obvious goal. Etienne Reijckmans fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 88th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Nicolas Lapurdi having to interfere. The Twierdza Osowiec supporters were disappointed that their team didn't take anything from the match, despite matching Psycho-Circus's performance. The match ended with a win for Psycho-Circus.
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