U18 World League

ThE Wonder ArEnA
Spectators: 7471 (Terracing: 5604, Seating: 1718, VIP seats: 149) Ludvig Skark made the kick off and thus started the match. In the 3rd match minute, No Gravity FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Babak Savage to maneuver through the defense. After some careless play in the The Original Wonderteam defense, Ludvig Skark kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Ferdinand Serneels. The The Original Wonderteam fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Ferdinand Serneels should have stopped the shot. When Ludvig Skark came up free with the goalie in the 9th minute, the No Gravity FC fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Ludvig Skark couldn't finish the play. After a rather tough play, No Gravity FC's Jens-Erik Kjellman got a free kick in the 11th minute. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Julien Maerschalck during the 13th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. A collision led to The Original Wonderteam getting a freekick after 13 minutes play. Julien Maerschalck hit a great ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Hicham Savage in the 16th minute of play forced The Original Wonderteam's goalkeeper Ferdinand Serneels to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Hicham Savage sent away a hard shot on goal in the 17th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Hicham Savage recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 19th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Jens-Erik Kjellman kicked well hit freekick during the 23rd minute of the match. No Gravity FC were furious when Jens-Erik Kjellman was red carded, 25 minutes into the game, but the referee dismissed their protests. The goalkeeper, Mikael Sjöberg, was totally fooled by The Original Wonderteam's Rocky Breugelmans, who 27 minutes into the game made a penalty shot that went in on the goalkeeper's left side. After 34 played minutes The Original Wonderteam got a freekick which was hit by Dimitry Meys. 36 minutes in the game, the ball went up into the seats when No Gravity FC's Ludvig Skark fired away a shot that was just a little bit too high. He walked away shaking his head. 38 minutes into the match, Wiboon Savage notched a goal, 1-2, to the right of The Original Wonderteam's Ferdinand Serneels. Ferdinand Serneels was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. The referee gave No Gravity FC a penalty, 44 minutes into the game. The penalty shot was made by Bengt-Arne Ek, who made a well placed shot into the net to the right of The Original Wonderteam's Ferdinand Serneels. 1-3. Even after changing tactics the home team jogged off the field with a 1-3 deficit. They would have to work harder if they wanted to turn things around in the second half.

The wind increased when Frank Dewolf made the kick off in the second half. Bengt-Arne Ek's late challenge caught a The Original Wonderteam's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Bengt-Arne Ek helped the player get up and apologised. After 51 played minutes No Gravity FC got a freekick which was hit by Bengt-Arne Ek. 55 minutes into the match, Ludvig Skark notched a goal, 1-4, to the right of The Original Wonderteam's Ferdinand Serneels. Ferdinand Serneels was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. 64 minutes into the match, The Original Wonderteam's goalkeeper Ferdinand Serneels had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Hicham Savage. With a little luck, The Original Wonderteam's Ferdinand Serneels got control of the ball when Ludvig Skark tried to sneak it across the goal line. A hard shot 68 in the game by Hicham Savage from a close distance when the talented Ferdinand Serneels managed to make a qualified save. The Original Wonderteam's players were relieved. The audience thought a goal was coming when Hicham Savage got free with Ferdinand Serneels in the 71st minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Ferdinand Serneels didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Wiboon Savage went, in the 72nd minute, to the upper right corner, 1-5 was the resulting score. Wiboon Savage hit a great freekick 76 minutes into the match. Dimitry Meys fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 77th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Mikael Sjöberg having to interfere. Ferdinand Serneels took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Ludvig Skark, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. An unexpectedly hard shot by Hicham Savage in the 81st minute of play forced The Original Wonderteam's goalkeeper Ferdinand Serneels to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. When the match had gone on for 84 minutes, Ludvig Skark took a quick shot and it went in 1-6 without a chance for Ferdinand Serneels to make any attempt to save it. 93 minutes into the match, Ludvig Skark had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Ferdinand Serneels. The Original Wonderteam's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Ludvig Skark was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-8. No Gravity FC's fans were overjoyed with their teams well-earned victory and stayed in the stadium long after the final whistle to celebrate the win.