U21 World League

Heppenbach
Spectators: 7460 (Terracing: 5596, Seating: 1715, VIP seats: 149) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Hendrik-Jan Goddez made the kick off which started today's match. 3 minutes into the match, Forza Heppenbach's goal looked a bit too open when Amador Abenda came free, but Ludo Verstraeten reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Gonza Abendano hit a great freekick 5 minutes into the match. Hendrik-Jan Goddez succeeded to score despite a near miss that spronge from right pole into the goal to 1-0 in the 6th playminute. Xavon Abellaneda received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 13th minute. Ludo Verstraeten tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Aime Rondou hit a great freekick 17 minutes into the match. In the 18th minute, Augustijn Luytens hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Ludo Verstraeten showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Alberto-Federico Duran, who was totally free with the ball in the 23rd minute. Dimitri Gielis received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 25th minute. Cordairo Abad tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Dabi Abarca hit a great freekick 29 minutes into the match. In the 30th minute of the match Joery Bastiaens shot from a long distance. The ball could have gone into the goal to the right of the goalkeeper, but Cordairo Abad showed his good shape when he easily got hold of the ball. A collision led to Deportivo Empate getting a freekick after 31 minutes play. Dabi Abarca hit a great ball. Ludo Verstraeten took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Alberto-Federico Duran, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After some careless play in the Forza Heppenbach defense, Firme Abastas kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Ludo Verstraeten. The Forza Heppenbach fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Ludo Verstraeten should have stopped the shot. 47 minutes into the match, Forza Heppenbach's goal looked a bit too open when Alberto-Federico Duran came free, but Ludo Verstraeten reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After a very even first half the match was still tied. The players went to their respective dressing rooms to discuss the tactics for the second half.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Amador Abenda was the one to do the kick off. Firme Abastas could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 52nd minute of the match, but Ludo Verstraeten made a huge save. Ludo Verstraeten showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Alberto-Federico Duran, who was totally free with the ball in the 56th minute. Ludo Verstraeten made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Alberto-Federico Duran in the 65th minute of play. Ludo Verstraeten made a fantastic save in the 68th minute, when Alberto-Federico Duran sent off a good shot on target. Ludo Verstraeten showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Alberto-Federico Duran, who was totally free with the ball in the 70th minute. Forza Heppenbach's Johny Van der Borght quite brazenly broke a throw-in by Xavon Abellaneda, made in the 71st minute of the game. Ludo Verstraeten showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Alberto-Federico Duran in the 74th minute of the match. In the 76th minute, Augustijn Luytens 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. Ludo Verstraeten showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Alberto-Federico Duran, who was totally free with the ball in the 78th minute. Ludo Verstraeten took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Alberto-Federico Duran, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. An unexpectedly hard shot by Xavon Abellaneda in the 87th minute of play forced Forza Heppenbach's goalkeeper Ludo Verstraeten to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After some careless play in the Forza Heppenbach defense, Alberto-Federico Duran kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Ludo Verstraeten. The Forza Heppenbach fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Ludo Verstraeten should have stopped the shot. Aime Rondou's late challenge caught a Deportivo Empate's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Aime Rondou helped the player get up and apologised. After 92 played minutes Forza Heppenbach got a freekick which was hit by Aime Rondou. Ludo Verstraeten made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Amador Abenda in the 95th minute of play. The Forza Heppenbach fans had already started to leave before the final whistle blew. Deportivo Empate were clearly better and deserved to take the win.