U23 World League

Decathlon Arena
Spectators: 7993 (Terracing: 5996, Seating: 1838, VIP seats: 159) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Pacho Carabajal got the match started through his kick off. 5 minutes into the match, Pacho Carabajal had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Fabian Janssens. Decathlon Dudes's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Pacho Carabajal was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-1. The supporters of Decathlon Dudes booed when Brugge United was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 8 match minutes in a wonderful position. Laurent Hollandts didn't get a good kick on the ball. Decathlon Dudes's Jan Raas shoveled away a really nice long shot in the 9th minute of play. The shot was stopped by Aldo Candal but with some difficulty. Aldo Candal showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Chiel Middeljans, who was totally free with the ball in the 18th minute. A collision led to Decathlon Dudes getting a freekick after 19 minutes play. Klaas Zwartkruis hit a great ball. 24 minutes into the match, Jan Raas notched a goal, 1-1, to the right of Brugge United's Aldo Candal. Aldo Candal was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. A collision led to Decathlon Dudes getting a freekick after 27 minutes play. Chiel Middeljans hit a great ball. Fabian Janssens showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Pacho Carabajal, who was totally free with the ball in the 30th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Chiel Middeljans in the 34th minute of play forced Brugge United's goalkeeper Aldo Candal to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Brugge United's Laurent Hollandts managed, thanks to a brazen rush, stole the ball on a throw-in made by Jonas Vingegaard in the 38 minute of the game. The audience was convinced that Chiel Middeljans's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Aldo Candal was relentless in the 43rd minute of the game. 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. Chiel Middeljans was the one to do the kick off. After 55 played minutes Decathlon Dudes got a freekick which was hit by Theo Dijkman. After having played for 56 minutes, Casper Jannes managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Brugge United's supporters crossed their fingers, but Casper Jannes was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Brugge United's attentive Laurent Hollandts managed to snatch the ball when Harmen Hilkes made a throw-in in the 58th minute of the game. Roth Prot fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 59th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Fabian Janssens having to interfere. Wilco Keldermans charged in rather forcefully in the 60th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Wilco Keldermans the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. The audience thought a goal was coming when Pacho Carabajal got free with Fabian Janssens in the 64th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. When Decathlon Dudes's Chiel Middeljans in the 68th minute got a chance for a shot 68th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Brugge United's goalie prevented a goal. Fabian Janssens showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Pacho Carabajal in the 70th minute of the match. With a little luck, Decathlon Dudes's Fabian Janssens got control of the ball when Pacho Carabajal tried to sneak it across the goal line. Brugge United's Aldo Candal played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Chiel Middeljans in the 72nd minute of play. Aldo Candal made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Chiel Middeljans in the 72nd minute of play. After 73 minutes, Chiel Middeljans made it 2-1 with a short kick to the right side. Brugge United's Aldo Candal tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. Fabian Janssens showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Pacho Carabajal in the 76th minute of the match. When the match had gone on for 78 minutes, Dieter Uyttebroeck took a quick shot and it went in 2-2 without a chance for Fabian Janssens to make any attempt to save it. 83 minutes into the match, Brugge United's goal looked a bit too open when Chiel Middeljans came free, but Aldo Candal reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After 85 minutes, Raoul Lambert mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Brugge United and the Decathlon Dudes players grew even worse after the yellow card. After a rather tough play, Brugge United's Raoul Lambert got a free kick in the 85th minute. After 93 played minutes Brugge United got a freekick which was hit by Raoul Lambert. Jeers came from both ends of the stadium when the final whistle went. Neither team had looked impressive and the draw seeemd a fair result.