U23 World League

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Spectators: 8147 (Terracing: 6111, Seating: 1874, VIP seats: 162) After some fancy dribbling in the 5th minute, Teun Moek managed to get in a good position for a shot. Mijdrecht Maffia's supporters rose to their feet, but Teun Moek was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Marcos Xabel breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. 7 minutes into the match, Mijdrecht Maffia's goal looked a bit too open when Severo Tono came free, but Mirko Vervoort reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 14 minutes had been played when some careless play by Resurrección Diabólica Ψ's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Arda Heerckes was slow to take the kick. During this time Mijdrecht Maffia's players had a chance to rest. In the 16th minute Ate Veninga shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Marcos Xabel saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 20th minute of the match Saul Ostots shot from a long distance. The ball could have gone into the goal to the right of the goalkeeper, but Mirko Vervoort showed his good shape when he easily got hold of the ball. Marcos Xabel stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of 西门 亮's shot from short distance in the 21st minute. Marcos Xabel showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Juvenal Vaz, who was totally free with the ball in the 27th minute. Severino Dacio struck a weak shot in the 28th minute. Mirko Vervoort didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Resurrección Diabólica Ψ. If 西门 亮 had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 30th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. With a couple of smart ball manuevers 西门 亮 in the 35th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Marcos Xabel saved Resurrección Diabólica Ψ from getting behind. Mirko Vervoort made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Severino Dacio in the 40th minute of play.

In the 52nd minute Severo Tono shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Mirko Vervoort saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Arda Heerckes was astounded when the referee showed him the red card after a seemingly innocent challenge, 55 minutes into the match. 54 minutes into the game, one of Mijdrecht Maffia:s players got tackled near the goal, and the referee blew for a penalty. Mirko Vervoort had in the 57thth minute some difficulties stopping Vicente Ortle's well aimed penalty as it nearly passed him on his left side, but he still managed to hold the ball. Juvenal Vaz fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 59th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Marcos Xabel having to interfere. An unexpectedly hard shot by Teun Moek in the 60th minute of play forced Resurrección Diabólica Ψ's goalkeeper Marcos Xabel to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Juvenal Vaz received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 67th minute. Marcos Xabel tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Wouter Matthijs kicked well hit freekick during the 70th minute of the match. Mirko Vervoort showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Gabriel-Omar Lucifer in the 74th minute of the match. Marcos Xabel made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Juvenal Vaz in the 75th minute of play. In the 80th minute Ate Veninga shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Marcos Xabel saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 85th minute the ball was on its way in behind Resurrección Diabólica Ψ's goalkeeper Marcos Xabel, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Ate Veninga hit a great freekick 91 minutes into the match. Severino Dacio fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 92nd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Mirko Vervoort having to interfere. With his leg Mirko Vervoort managed to avoid a goal in the 94thth minute, when Resurrección Diabólica Ψ's Gabriel-Omar Lucifer fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. The audience thought a goal was coming when Gabriel-Omar Lucifer got free with Mirko Vervoort in the 96th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. The teams fought very hard right up to the final whistle. Both sets of players were happy to go away with a draw.