U18 World League

Estadio Olavarria
Spectators: 7487 (Terracing: 5616, Seating: 1722, VIP seats: 149) Robbie De Kijser started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. Ludo Verstraeten took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Robbie De Kijser, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 9th minute Luk Ombelets shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Ludo Verstraeten saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Guillaume Carels in the 14th minute of play forced Forza Heppenbach's goalkeeper Ludo Verstraeten to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Ludo Verstraeten made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Guillaume Carels in the 16th minute of play. 17 minutes into the match, Forza Heppenbach's goal looked a bit too open when Robbie De Kijser came free, but Ludo Verstraeten reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Robbie De Kijser could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 19th minute of the match, but Ludo Verstraeten made a huge save. In the 26th minute, Olavarria FC's Luk Ombelets ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Ludo Verstraeten. Ludo Verstraeten yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 2-1. 29 minutes into the game, one of Forza Heppenbach:s players got tackled near the goal, and the referee blew for a penalty. Forza Heppenbach:s Ludo Verstraeten showed great skill when he stopped Robbie De Kijser:s penalty. With an all-out effort, Olavarria FC's Ludo Verstraeten threw himself towards the right post 32 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Robbie De Kijser, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. 36 minutes had been played when some careless play by Olavarria FC's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Wouter Tielemans was slow to take the kick. During this time Forza Heppenbach's players had a chance to rest. Ludo Verstraeten took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Luk Ombelets, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 40th minute of the match, Guillaume Carels tried to roll the ball into the goal by the right post, but Ludo Verstraeten saw his intentions and got control of the ball before it passed the line. Forza Heppenbach's Ludo Verstraeten played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Luk Ombelets in the 41st minute of play. Af the end of the first half the score was 3-1. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Hendrik-Jan Goddez to strike the kick off in the second half. Ludo Verstraeten made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Luk Ombelets in the 52nd minute of play. The supporters of Olavarria FC booed when Forza Heppenbach was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 57 match minutes in a wonderful position. Axel De Beer didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 58th minute, Robbie De Kijser 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. The audience was convinced that Robbie De Kijser's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Ludo Verstraeten was relentless in the 60th minute of the game. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Luk Ombelets in the 61st managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Ludo Verstraeten saved Forza Heppenbach from getting behind. Ludo Verstraeten came out of the goal in the 64th minute to try and stop a shot by Olavarria FC's Luk Ombelets. But to his dismay, Luk Ombelets quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 4-1. In the 74th minute, Robbie De Kijser left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Olavarria FC fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 6-1. Dimitri Gielis hit a great freekick 76 minutes into the match. Dimitri Gielis kicked well hit freekick during the 78th minute of the match. The audience thought a goal was coming when Hendrik-Jan Goddez got free with Rüştü Preudhomme in the 82nd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. 86 minutes into the match, Forza Heppenbach's goal looked a bit too open when Stephen Camps came free, but Ludo Verstraeten reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Guillaume Carels received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 90th minute. Ludo Verstraeten tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. An unexpectedly hard shot by Robbie De Kijser in the 92nd minute of play forced Forza Heppenbach's goalkeeper Ludo Verstraeten to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After a rather tough play, Olavarria FC's Stefan Klopterop got a free kick in the 94th minute. 96 minutes into the match, Hendrik-Jan Goddez notched a goal, 6-2, to the right of Olavarria FC's Rüştü Preudhomme. Rüştü Preudhomme was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. It was no surprise that this one had ended in a win for the home team. Olavarria FC had played much better football throughout.