U18 World League

Lions Arena
Spectators: 7498 (Terracing: 5624, Seating: 1725, VIP seats: 149) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Vedat Arslanoğlu took the kick off in the first half of the match. Lenny Van de Poel hit a great freekick 4 minutes into the match. In the 9th minute, Artur Van De Wijngaert 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. Robbie Van Beylen was a little too slow when Vedat Arslanoğlu got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 17th minute. The score was now 1-0. Limburg United's defense didn't have a chance, in the 20th minute, when Artaç Ünsan scored to the left of an out of position Robbie Van Beylen, making the score, 2-0. Mark Heijligem hit a great freekick 28 minutes into the match. After some careless play in the Limburg United defense, Vedat Arslanoğlu kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Robbie Van Beylen. The Limburg United fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Robbie Van Beylen should have stopped the shot. 42 minutes into the match, Limburg United's goal looked a bit too open when Vedat Arslanoğlu came free, but Robbie Van Beylen reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 42nd minute, Oliver Skouten hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Af the end of the first half the score was 3-0. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Frans Machiels made a kick off. The audience was convinced that Vedat Arslanoğlu's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Robbie Van Beylen was relentless in the 54th minute of the game. Lenny Van de Poel hit a great freekick 54 minutes into the match. Teun De Groot hit a great freekick 58 minutes into the match. Vedat Arslanoğlu received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 64th minute. Robbie Van Beylen tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Arif Burak Erengüç made a fantastic save in the 70th minute, when Frans Machiels sent off a good shot on target. After 75 minutes, Vedat Arslanoğlu made it 4-0 with a short kick to the right side. Limburg United's Robbie Van Beylen tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. In the 78th minute Vedat Arslanoğlu shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Robbie Van Beylen saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. When the match clock showed 79 minutes, the score became 5-0 when Vedat Arslanoğlu sped through Limburg United's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Robbie Van Beylen. 82 minutes into the match, Lions Of Turks's goal looked a bit too open when Artur Van De Wijngaert came free, but Arif Burak Erengüç reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. If Artur Van De Wijngaert had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 95th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Lions Of Turks's supporters were delighted with their team's performance and swarmed onto the pitch at the end of the match to celebrate the victory with the players.