U21 World League

Winthont Arena
Spectators: 8011 (Terracing: 6010, Seating: 1842, VIP seats: 159) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Jacobus Lubbers made the kick off which started today's match. Tigran Balayan made a fantastic save in the 7th minute, when Jacobus Lubbers sent off a good shot on target. Tigran Balayan made a fantastic save in the 7th minute, when Jacobus Lubbers sent off a good shot on target. Tigran Balayan stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Dirk Lubbers's shot from short distance in the 11th minute. 12 minutes into the match, Winthont FC's goal looked a bit too open when Arno Martirosyan came free, but Jan-Peter Wansink reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Jan Hendrik Paas in the 15th minute of play forced Winthont FC's goalkeeper Jan-Peter Wansink to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 18 minutes into the match, Jacobus Lubbers notched a goal, 1-0, to the right of Khachatryan's Tigran Balayan. Tigran Balayan was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. In the 22nd minute, Jacobus Lubbers reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Tigran Balayan. The goal made the score 2-0. Tigran Balayan showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Dirk Lubbers, who was totally free with the ball in the 25th minute. The supporters of Winthont FC booed when Khachatryan was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 31 match minutes in a wonderful position. Tigran Terzian didn't get a good kick on the ball. Winthont FC's Egbert Fleur got a good chance for a goal in the 31st minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. With a little luck, Khachatryan's Tigran Balayan got control of the ball when Jacobus Lubbers tried to sneak it across the goal line. Khachatryan's Tigran Balayan proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 45th minute of the match, managed to save Khachatryan from getting a goal against them. 46 minutes into the match, Khachatryan's goalkeeper Tigran Balayan had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Jacobus Lubbers. Jan-Peter Wansink took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Jan Hendrik Paas, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Arno Martirosyan to strike the kick off in the second half. An unexpectedly hard shot by Jacobus Lubbers in the 55th minute of play forced Khachatryan's goalkeeper Tigran Balayan to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Jan-Peter Wansink showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Arno Martirosyan in the 60th minute of the match. Tigran Balayan showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Jacobus Lubbers in the 65th minute of the match. Jan-Peter Wansink came out of the goal in the 73rd minute to try and stop a shot by Khachatryan's Jan Hendrik Paas. But to his dismay, Jan Hendrik Paas quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 2-1.