U21 World League

Inferno Tuga
Spectators: 7456 (Terracing: 5593, Seating: 1714, VIP seats: 149) Ludo Verstraeten was a little too slow when Géza Herman got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 3rd minute. The score was now 1-0. Sporting Tuga FC's Eusébio Caiado played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Dimitri Gielis in the 10th minute of play. Eusébio Caiado showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Dimitri Gielis in the 12th minute of the match. After 13 minutes Sporting Tuga FC's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Joery Bastiaens who took care of the corner kick. In the 15th minute Dimitri Gielis shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Eusébio Caiado saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 17 minutes had been played when some careless play by Sporting Tuga FC's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Joery Bastiaens was slow to take the kick. During this time Forza Heppenbach's players had a chance to rest. After taking down the ball on Forza Heppenbach's corner Guust de Pelsmaekers fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Eusébio Caiado quite easily take care of the ball. Ludo Verstraeten showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Géza Herman, who was totally free with the ball in the 19th minute. Forza Heppenbach's Ludo Verstraeten played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Jerónimo Bernardes in the 21st minute of play. Mattias Valcke fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 23rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Eusébio Caiado having to interfere. A throw-in in the 27th minute of the game was made by Geert Vissenaeken with Augustijn Luytens as target, who quickly passed the ball forward. Telmo Silveira received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 29th minute. Ludo Verstraeten tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Guust de Pelsmaekers kicked well hit freekick during the 32nd minute of the match. Géza Herman took the ball and in the 33 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Ludo Verstraeten. Ludo Verstraeten dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 2-0. In the 36th minute Mattias Valcke shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Eusébio Caiado saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After having played for 39 minutes, Mattias Valcke managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Forza Heppenbach's supporters crossed their fingers, but Mattias Valcke was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. 41 minutes into the match, Forza Heppenbach's goalkeeper Ludo Verstraeten had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Géza Herman. After 42 minutes, Rufus Peterson mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Sporting Tuga FC and the Forza Heppenbach players grew even worse after the yellow card. Rufus Peterson hit a great freekick 42 minutes into the match. Joery Bastiaens struck a weak shot in the 43rd minute. Eusébio Caiado didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Forza Heppenbach. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 2-0.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Géza Herman was the one to do the kick off. Ludo Verstraeten made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Simão Lobato in the 52nd minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Telmo Silveira in the 53rd minute of play forced Forza Heppenbach's goalkeeper Ludo Verstraeten to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. When the match clock showed 53 minutes, the score became 3-0 when Géza Herman sped through Forza Heppenbach's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Ludo Verstraeten. After 57 minutes of play, Sporting Tuga FC's Mete Mete made it 4-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Ludo Verstraeten was left in no man's land by his defense there! 65 minutes into the match, Sporting Tuga FC's goalkeeper Eusébio Caiado had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Mattias Valcke. 68 minutes into the match, Aloísio Pimenta notched a goal, 5-0, to the right of Forza Heppenbach's Ludo Verstraeten. Ludo Verstraeten was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. In the 74th minute Telmo Silveira 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. Forza Heppenbach's Mattias Valcke got a good chance for a goal in the 76th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. 79 minutes into the game, Telmo Silveira cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 6-0. Ludo Verstraeten was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Telmo Silveira took the ball and in the 85 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Ludo Verstraeten. Ludo Verstraeten dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 7-0. In the 89th minute, Géza Herman left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Sporting Tuga FC fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 8-0. After 94 played minutes Forza Heppenbach got a freekick which was hit by Aime Rondou. Sporting Tuga FC's Flávio Colaço couldn't find anyone to pass the ball to, so he shot a long shot towards the goal in the 95th minute. The shot went wide which resulted in a goal kick for Forza Heppenbach. Sporting Tuga FC's supporters were delighted with their team's performance and swarmed onto the pitch at the end of the match to celebrate the victory with the players.