U21 World League

Marakana
Spectators: 9295 (Terracing: 6973, Seating: 2137, VIP seats: 185) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Zikri Eygül made the kick off which started today's match. If Zikri Eygül had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 4th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Lu Yuan Yin received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 6th minute. Juan Ignacio Van Landschoot tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. A collision led to Circus BAF getting a freekick after 7 minutes play. Tommy Van Gertsuyden hit a great ball. Zbigniew Boniek took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 8th minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Juan Ignacio Van Landschoot. Circus BAF's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. Circus BAF's Juan Ignacio Van Landschoot proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 10th minute of the match, managed to save Circus BAF from getting a goal against them. Waldemar Pawlik showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Jorden Van der Hoeven in the 14th minute of the match. Circus BAF's Juan Ignacio Van Landschoot proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 21st minute of the match, managed to save Circus BAF from getting a goal against them. After 25 played minutes Circus BAF got a freekick which was hit by Timmy Simons. 27 minutes into the match, Chelmza Team's Lu Yuan Yin sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Juan Ignacio Van Landschoot narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Waldemar Pawlik took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Tommy Van Gertsuyden, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After 34 minutes of play, Circus BAF's Tommy Van Gertsuyden made it 0-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Waldemar Pawlik was left in no man's land by his defense there! Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Zikri Eygül in the 39th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Juan Ignacio Van Landschoot prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Zbigniew Boniek made a great header on Chelmza Team's corner, it was just that Circus BAF's Juan Ignacio Van Landschoot managed to reach the ball for a save. The Chelmza Team players were disheartened as they walked off the pitch after the first half. Circus BAF were winning 0-1.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Jorden Van der Hoeven made a kick off. Juan Ignacio Van Landschoot made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Stathis Giannopoulos in the 56th minute of play. In the 57th minute Mehmet Akif Ceceli shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Juan Ignacio Van Landschoot saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The audience was convinced that Lu Yuan Yin's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Juan Ignacio Van Landschoot was relentless in the 59th minute of the game. The Chelmza Team fans' excitement grew in the 60th match minute when Chelmza Team's Lu Yuan Yin looked to have a clear shot with the ball near the goal. The shot wasn't hard, but the ball still rolled over the goal line to make it 1-1 before the goalkeeper had a chance to intervene. Mehmet Akif Ceceli scored 2-1 in the 64th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Juan Ignacio Van Landschoot, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Juan Ignacio Van Landschoot showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Zikri Eygül in the 68th minute of the match. 69 minutes into the match, Circus BAF's goal looked a bit too open when Lu Yuan Yin came free, but Juan Ignacio Van Landschoot reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Waldemar Pawlik made a fantastic save in the 71st minute, when Tommy Van Gertsuyden sent off a good shot on target. Waldemar Pawlik made an important save on a dangerous shot by Tommy Van Gertsuyden in the 71st minute. Juan Ignacio Van Landschoot showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Lu Yuan Yin, who was totally free with the ball in the 73rd minute. Juan Ignacio Van Landschoot stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Lu Yuan Yin's shot from short distance in the 74th minute. In the 75thth minute of the game Lu Yuan Yin who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Circus BAF's Juan Ignacio Van Landschoot was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Juan Ignacio Van Landschoot made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Lu Yuan Yin in the 76th minute of play. In the 81st minute, Lu Yuan Yin ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Juan Ignacio Van Landschoot was frozen by the shot and now it was 3-1. Circus BAF made a substitution. Steffen Hemelaers replaced Tommy Van Gertsuyden. Lu Yuan Yin's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Juan Ignacio Van Landschoot read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 85th minute of play. In the 90th minute the ball was on its way in behind Circus BAF's goalkeeper Juan Ignacio Van Landschoot, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Juan Ignacio Van Landschoot showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Zikri Eygül, who was totally free with the ball in the 91st minute.