U21 World League

Heppenbach
Spectators: 7486 (Terracing: 5615, Seating: 1722, VIP seats: 149) With a couple of smart ball manuevers Géza Herman in the 3rd managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Ludo Verstraeten saved Forza Heppenbach from getting behind. Ludo Verstraeten showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Simão Lobato in the 6th minute of the match. Sporting Tuga FC's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Eusébio Miguéis in the 7th minute. Eusébio Miguéis made a great header on Sporting Tuga FC's corner, it was just that Forza Heppenbach's Ludo Verstraeten managed to reach the ball for a save. Ludo Verstraeten didn't succeed to prevent the ball from going into goal when Sporting Tuga FC's Géza Herman shot an unexpected shot in the crossbar's under edge and made 0-1 in the ordered_time% minute. Ludo Verstraeten showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Telmo Silveira in the 17th minute of the match. The supporters of Sporting Tuga FC booed when Forza Heppenbach was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 18 match minutes in a wonderful position. Aime Rondou didn't get a good kick on the ball. Jasper Jespers kicked well hit freekick during the 20th minute of the match. 21 minutes into the match, Forza Heppenbach's goal looked a bit too open when Aloísio Pimenta came free, but Ludo Verstraeten reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Géza Herman in the 22nd minute of play forced Forza Heppenbach's goalkeeper Ludo Verstraeten to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Rufus Peterson hit a great freekick 23 minutes into the match. Joery Bastiaens's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Eusébio Caiado read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 24th minute of play. Forza Heppenbach's Ludo Verstraeten played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Eusébio Miguéis in the 28th minute of play. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Telmo Silveira during the 34th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. In the 34th match minute, Sporting Tuga FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Telmo Silveira to maneuver through the defense. Jasper Jespers could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 38th minute of the match, but Eusébio Caiado made a huge save. In the 40th minute Géza Herman 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. After a rather tough play, Sporting Tuga FC's Rufus Peterson got a free kick in the 42nd minute. In the 43rd minute, Joery Bastiaens sent off a long shot on goal, but the shot was nowhere near the goal and Sporting Tuga FC's Eusébio Caiado didn't even have to move. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 0-2.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Géza Herman to make the kick off. Telmo Silveira hit a great freekick 53 minutes into the match. The audience was convinced that Ward Raeymakers's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Eusébio Caiado was relentless in the 56th minute of the game. Sporting Tuga FC's Aloísio Pimenta managed, thanks to a brazen rush, stole the ball on a throw-in made by Johny Van der Borght in the 59 minute of the game. 62 minutes into the match, Forza Heppenbach's goal looked a bit too open when Mete Mete came free, but Ludo Verstraeten reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Forza Heppenbach's Ludo Verstraeten played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Géza Herman in the 65th minute of play. Jasper Jespers fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 69th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Eusébio Caiado having to interfere. Géza Herman could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 73rd minute of the match, but Ludo Verstraeten made a huge save. Johny Van der Borght made in the 74th minute of the game a sloppy throw-in which Ward Raeymakers however managed to control. In the 76th minute Ward Raeymakers 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 77 played minutes Sporting Tuga FC got a freekick which was hit by Rufus Peterson. Eusébio Caiado showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Joery Bastiaens in the 78th minute of the match. When Forza Heppenbach's Jasper Jespers in the 80th minute got a chance for a shot 80th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Sporting Tuga FC's goalie prevented a goal. After 80 played minutes Sporting Tuga FC got a freekick which was hit by Flávio Colaço. Ludo Verstraeten stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Eusébio Miguéis's shot from short distance in the 85th minute. Ludo Verstraeten showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Géza Herman in the 87th minute of the match. 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 91st minute. 94 minutes into the match, Forza Heppenbach's Ward Raeymakers sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Eusébio Caiado narrowly saved just below the crossbar. After 95 minutes of play, the referee blew the whistle. It was a penalty for Sporting Tuga FC! When the final whistle sounded Sporting Tuga FC left the ground with the victory after a much better performance than Forza Heppenbach.