U18 World League

ARENA DO TERROR
Spectators: 7532 (Terracing: 5650, Seating: 1732, VIP seats: 150) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Christoffel Stocks kicked off to start the match. In the 3rd minute, Andrez Wintermans 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. After some fancy dribbling in the 11th minute, Will deconinck managed to get in a good position for a shot. Twelve Ravens's supporters rose to their feet, but Will deconinck was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Carlos Fernando da Cunha breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Jilian Cortens lost his temper 19 minutes into the game and shoved another player to the ground. He was immediately shown a red card. 18 minutes into the game, one of Twelve Ravens:s players got tackled near the goal, and the referee blew for a penalty. Nando Breckenfeld came free with the goalkeeper in the 26th minute of the match, and shot straight on target. The shot was a little too simple and Jules Bernardts could save by the left post. After 31 minutes of play, Twelve Ravens's Christoffel Stocks made it 1-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Carlos Fernando da Cunha was left in no man's land by his defense there! In the 35th minute of the match, Nando das Neves tried to roll the ball into the goal by the right post, but Jules Bernardts saw his intentions and got control of the ball before it passed the line. 37 minutes into the match, Twelve Ravens's goal looked a bit too open when Orlando Paraíba came free, but Jules Bernardts reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 38th minute of the match, Nando das Neves tried to roll the ball into the goal by the right post, but Jules Bernardts saw his intentions and got control of the ball before it passed the line. 40 minutes into the match, Christoffel Stocks notched a goal, 1-2, to the right of TOCO Y ME VOY F.C. -DMZ-'s Carlos Fernando da Cunha. Carlos Fernando da Cunha was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. After 42 minutes, Will deconinck mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Twelve Ravens and the TOCO Y ME VOY F.C. -DMZ- players grew even worse after the yellow card. After a rather tough play, Twelve Ravens's Will deconinck got a free kick in the 42nd minute. After the first half Twelve Ravens were leading 1-2. They had played with great self confidence throughout the first half and fully deserved their lead.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Orlando Paraíba was the one to do the kick off. Jules Bernardts showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Nando das Neves in the 51st minute of the match. Carlos Fernando da Cunha took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Christoffel Stocks, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Christoffel Stocks sent away a hard shot on goal in the 61st minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 67th minute Nando das Neves shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Jules Bernardts saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After 75 played minutes TOCO Y ME VOY F.C. -DMZ- got a freekick which was hit by Nilson Novaes. Jules Bernardts showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Orlando Paraíba in the 77th minute of the match. Jules Bernardts showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Nando das Neves, who was totally free with the ball in the 79th minute. Twelve Ravens's Andrez Wintermans got a good chance for a goal in the 81st minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Christoffel Stocks fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 83rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Carlos Fernando da Cunha having to interfere. With a little luck, TOCO Y ME VOY F.C. -DMZ-'s Carlos Fernando da Cunha got control of the ball when Christoffel Stocks tried to sneak it across the goal line. 87 minutes into the match, Christoffel Stocks had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Carlos Fernando da Cunha. TOCO Y ME VOY F.C. -DMZ-'s manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Christoffel Stocks was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 3-3. 90 minutes into the match, TOCO Y ME VOY F.C. -DMZ-'s goalkeeper Carlos Fernando da Cunha had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Christoffel Stocks. The teams fought very hard right up to the final whistle. Both sets of players were happy to go away with a draw.