U21 World League

Juan Roman Riquelme
Spectators: 7645 (Terracing: 5735, Seating: 1758, VIP seats: 152) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Gillis Lembrechts took the kick off in the first half of the match. In the 6th minute Constant Van den Gans shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Marciano Quintyn saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 6 minutes into the match, Constant Van den Gans had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Marciano Quintyn. La Pachorra LSF's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Constant Van den Gans was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-1. Artur Sterckmans came out of the goal in the 11th minute to try and stop a shot by La Pachorra LSF's Eliseo Luar. But to his dismay, Eliseo Luar quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 1-1. Marciano Quintyn took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Gillis Lembrechts, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. The supporters of KV Schoonwater booed when La Pachorra LSF was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 20 match minutes in a wonderful position. Ernesto Florinio didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 30th minute Gillis Lembrechts shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Marciano Quintyn saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Artur Sterckmans showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Eliseo Luar, who was totally free with the ball in the 32nd minute. Maxime Caes took the ball and in the 33 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Marciano Quintyn. Marciano Quintyn dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 1-2. Marciano Quintyn didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Armand Hemeleers went, in the 39th minute, to the upper right corner, 1-3 was the resulting score. Ernesto Florinio hit a great freekick 43 minutes into the match. Marciano Quintyn made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Gillis Lembrechts in the 44th minute of play. Felix Orlandus hit a great freekick 45 minutes into the match.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Eliseo Luar stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. In the 51st minute, Felix Orlandus made a precise shot to the right of Artur Sterckmans. KV Schoonwater's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 2-3. 54 minutes into the match, KV Schoonwater's goal looked a bit too open when Felix Orlandus came free, but Artur Sterckmans reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. A collision led to La Pachorra LSF getting a freekick after 56 minutes play. Aldo Lauro hit a great ball. Artur Sterckmans took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Felix Orlandus, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 65 minutes into the match, KV Schoonwater's goal looked a bit too open when Eliseo Luar came free, but Artur Sterckmans reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. The audience was convinced that Eliseo Luar's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Artur Sterckmans was relentless in the 73rd minute of the game. After 74 played minutes KV Schoonwater got a freekick which was hit by Maxime Caes. In the 75th minute the ball was on its way in behind KV Schoonwater's goalkeeper Artur Sterckmans, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Marciano Quintyn showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Gillis Lembrechts, who was totally free with the ball in the 79th minute. The supporters of La Pachorra LSF booed when KV Schoonwater was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 80 match minutes in a wonderful position. Constant Van den Gans didn't get a good kick on the ball. La Pachorra LSF's Wilfredo Silviano got a good chance for a goal in the 82nd minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. An unexpectedly hard shot by Gillis Lembrechts in the 90th minute of play forced La Pachorra LSF's goalkeeper Marciano Quintyn to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 96th minute, Felix Orlandus ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Artur Sterckmans was frozen by the shot and now it was 3-3. Neither set of supporters seemed pleased with the draw, but both teams had played equally well today.